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Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel, / The eternal wisdom-singer, / Laves his hands to snowy whiteness, / Sits upon the rock of joyance, / On the stone of song he settles, / On the mount of silver clearness, / On the summit, golden colored;
Takes the harp by him created, / In his hands the harp of fish-bone, / With his knee the arch supporting, / Takes the harp-strings in his fingers, / Speaks these words to those assembled: