Page 1 of 5 KALEVALA
Translated by
John Martin Crawford
Transcribed by
Echo of Snac
Page 2 of 5 RUNE I, PART VII
BIRTH OF WAINAMOINEN
Since the Moon
refused to free him,
And the Sun would not
deliver,
Nor the Great Bear
give assistance,
His existence growing
weary,
And his life but an
annoyance,
Page 3 of 5 Bursts he then the
outer portals
Of his dark and
dismal fortress;
With his strong, but
unnamed finger,
Opens he the lock
resisting;
With the toes upon his
left foot,
With the fingers of his
right hand,
Page 4 of 5 Creeps he through the
yielding portals
To the threshold of
his dwelling;
On his knees across
the threshold,
Throws himself head
foremost, forward
Plunges into deeps of
ocean,
Plunges hither,
plunges thither,
Page 5 of 5 Turning with his hands
the water;
Swims he northward,
swims he southward,
Swims he eastward,
swims he westward,
Studying his new
surroundings.
