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I have brought young Kaukomieli, / Brought the Islander and hero, / Also known as Lemminkainen, / Through the jaws of death and ruin, / Through the darkling deeps of Kalma, / To the homesteads of Pohyola, / To the dismal courts of Louhi;
Now must I relate his doings, / Must relate to all my hearers, / How the merry Lemminkainen, / Handsome hero, Kaukomieli, / Wandered through Pohyola's chambers, / Through the halls of Sariola, / How the hero went unbidden / To the feasting and carousal, / Uninvited to the banquet.