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33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tear the mistress' thighs asunder, See that through her calves you bite her, 150 When she comes to look around her, And she bends her down to milk you."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Praise to Jumala be given, Sounds the pipe, the herd is coming, 170 Whence obtained the slave the cow-horn, That he made a horn to blow on? Wherefore does he thus come playing, Blowing tunes upon the cow-horn, Blowing till he bursts the eardrums, And he gives me quite a headache... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ill thou dost, O wicked herdsman, Driving bears unto the homestead, To the yard these wolves gigantic."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ill I did, a wicked herd-boy, Not so great as wicked mistress. In my cake a stone she baked me, Baked a lump of rock within it, On th... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you haste not to release me, Come not quickly to my rescue, Death will quickly fall upon me, And to earth shall I be altered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you die, so may you perish, If you perish, may you perish! Room there is in earth to hold you, Room in K... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But in all my life I never, Never in my life I hastened, Through the swamp to make a platform, Or a bridge in marshy places; 90 But I sank not in the marshes, For I had two hands to help me, And I had five nimble fingers, And ten nails to lift me from it."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wait thou, wait thou, Untamoinen, Watch thou, of my race destroyer! If I seek thee out in battle, I will quickly burn thy dwelling, And thy farms to flame deliver."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whither goeth Kullervoinen, Where will Kalervo's son hasten?"
},
{
... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From what lake has come the stranger, From what country is the wanderer?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is your son then all forgotten, Know you not your child, your offspring, Who by Untamo's marauders, With them to their home was carried, Greater not than span of f... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had two sons in the past days, And two daughters of the fairest, And among them two have vanished, Two are lost among the elder, 200 First my son in furious battle, Then my daughter, how I know not. Though my son has reached the homestead, Never has returned my daughter."
},... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus I shouted to my daughter, Grieving ever for the lost one, And the mountains made me answer, And the heaths again re-echoed, 240 'Call no more upon thy daughter, Call no more, and shout no longer, Never will she come back living, Nor return unto her household, Never to her m... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shall I pull with all my efforts, Row, exerting all my vigour; Shall I row with common efforts, Row no stronger than is needful?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pull away with all your efforts, Row, exerting all your vigour, Row the boat in twain you cannot, Neither b... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, you understand not rowing, You have split the wooden rowlocks, Ribs of juniper have shattered, Shattered quite the boat of aspen. Thresh the fish into the drag-net, Perhaps you'll thresh the water better."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shall I thresh with all my ... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, you understand not threshing, Into tow is threshed the drag-net, And the floats to chaff are beaten, And the meshes torn to fragments, Therefore go and pay the taxes, Therefore go and pay the land-dues. Best it is for you to travel, Learning wisdom on the journey."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come into my sledge, O maiden, Rest upon the furs within it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In thy sledge may Death now enter, On thy furs be Sickness seated."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come into my sledge, O fair one, Pride of earth, and journey with me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In thy sledge may Tuoni seek thee, Manalainen journey with thee."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come into my sledge, O maiden, Underneath my rug, my dearest, And you there shall eat my apples, And shall crack my nuts in comfort."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At your sledge I spit, O villain, Even at your sledge, O scoundrel! Underneath your rug is coldness, An... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From the sledge at once release me, Leave the child in perfect freedom, 160 That I hear of nothing evil, Neither foul nor filthy language, Or upon the ground I'll throw me, And will break the sledge to splinters, And will smash your sledge to atoms, Break the wretched sledge to ... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell me now of your relations, What the brave race that you spring from, From a mighty race it seems me, Offspring of a mighty father."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, my race is not a great one, Not a great one, not a small one, 200 I am just of middle station, Ka... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Would that I, poor wretch, had perished, Hapless one, had met destruction, That the second year thereafter, Or the third among the summers, 250 I had shone forth as a grass-blade, As a lovely flower existed, On the ground a beauteous berry, Even as a scarlet cranberry, Then I ha... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Woe my day, O me unhappy, Woe to me, and all my household, For indeed my very sister, I my mother's child have outraged! Woe my father, woe my mother, Woe to you, my aged parents, To what purpose have you reared me, Reared me up to be so wretched! Far more happy were my fortune,... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the village folk had asked thee, 'Why is in the room no cradle? Wherefore have you locked the bath-house?' Then might this have been the answer: 310 'In the fire I burned the cradle, Where on hearth the fire is glowing, While I made the malt in bath-house, While the malt was ... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thereupon to death she cast her, Plunged herself into destruction, In the furious foaming cataract, And amid the raging whirlpool. But I cannot now determine Not decide and not imagine How myself to death should cast me, I the hapless one, should slay me, 340 In the mouths of wo... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If against a goat thou fightest, And wouldst meet in fight a he-goat, Then the goat will overcome thee, In the mud the he-goat cast thee, 20 That like dog thou home returnest, Like a frog returnest homeward."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In the swamps I shall not si... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I cannot keep on weeping, And no strength is left for grieving, 150 Weeping in the people's presence, I will weep in bath-room hidden, Till the seats with tears are flowing, And the flooring all is flooded."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At thy home has died thy father, And thy aged parent perished. Now return to gaze upon him, And arrange for his interment."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is he dead, so let him perish. In the house there is a gelding, Which unto the grave can drag him, And can sink h... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In the house with care, O wash her, With the Saxon soap, the finest, Wind her then in silken wrappings, Wrap her in the finest linen, Thus unto the grave convey her, Sink her gently down to Kalma, Then upraise the songs of mourning, Let resound the songs of mourning, 230 For not... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But thou hearest not, O mother, Even though my eyes are sobbing, And my temples are lamenting, And my head is all complaining."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Still there lives the black dog, Musti, Go with him into the forest, At thy side let him attend thee, Take hi... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wherefore at thy heart's desire 330 Should I not thy flesh devour, And drink up thy blood so evil? I who guiltless flesh have eaten, Drank the blood of those who sinned not?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never, people, in the future, Rear a child in crooked fashion, Rocking them in stupid fashion, Soothing them to sleep like strangers. Children reared in crooked fashion, Boys thus rocked in stupid fashion, Grow not up with understanding, Nor attain to man's discretion, Though th... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sometimes in these times so dismal, Often in my time of trouble, 30 Often in my dreams at midnight, Has my hand felt out at nothing, And my hand seized only trouble, As it strayed about in strangeness."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Such as you a wolf may wish for, But I want a golden consort, One of silver half constructed."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Such as you a wolf may wish for, But I want a golden consort, One of silver half constructed."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She would be a pretty maiden, 160 If she had the art of speaking, And had sense, and spoke discreetly."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is not so pleasant for me. I will take the maid to Väinö, Pass her on to Väinämöinen, 200 On his knee as wife to seat her, Dovelike in his arms to nestle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O thou aged Väinämöinen, Here I bring a damsel for you, And a damsel fair to... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do thou not, O mother, ask me, Do not question me in thiswise 30 How your daughter may be living, How your dear one now is dwelling! Death has borne her off already, Grisly death has seized upon her. In the ground is now my berry, On the heath is now my fair one, And her dark lo... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No more daughters will I give you, Nor my daughter will I give you, That she wash the soot from off you, And she scratch the soot from off you, Sooner would I give my daughter, And would give my tender daughter, 60 To the fiercely-foaming cataract, To the ever-seething whirlpool... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Maiden, O my dearest sister, O rejoice not in this lover, Neither in his mouth so subtle, Neither in his feet well-shapen, For his gums are like a wolf's gums, Curved his claws like those of foxes, 90 And the claws of bears conceals he, And his belt-knife blood is drinking, 'Tis... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hear me now, smith Ilmarinen, If you will not now release me, I will smash your sledge to pieces, And will break it into fragments, Break it with my knees asunder, Break it with my legs to fragments."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Know, the sledge by smith was fashio... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What has passed across our pathway?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Woe to me, unhappy creature! Better surely had I found it, And my lot were surely better If the hare's track I could follow, In the traces of the Crook-leg. Than in sledge of such a suitor, 'Neath the... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What has passed across our pathway?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Woe to me, unhappy creature, Better surely had I found it, And my lot were surely better, Were I riding in a fox-sledge, And in Lapland sledge were fleeing, 220 Than in sledge of such a suitor, 'Neath... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What has passed across our pathway?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Woe to me, unhappy creature! 240 Better surely had I found it, And my lot were surely better If a growling wolf I followed, Tracked the pathway of the Snouted, Than in sledge of such a suitor, 'Neath ... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not to forest beast I'll sing her, All the forest would be troubled; Neither to a water-creature, Lest the fishes all should shun her; 270 Better slay her with my hanger, With my sword will I despatch her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not for this was I constructed... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ilmarinen, smith and brother, Wherefore is your mood so gloomy, Wherefore is your cap pushed sideways, As from Pohjola thou comest? How at Pohjola exist they?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus I speak, and tell you truly, And again repeat it to you, How at Pohjola exist they, 310 When at Pohjola's the Sampo! There is ploughing, there is sowing, There is every kind of increase, And their welfare is eternal."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ilmarinen, smi... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O thou smith, O Ilmarinen, Unto Pohjola we'll travel, And will seize this splendid Sampo, And behold its pictured cover."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, we cannot seize the Sampo, Cannot bring the pictured cover, 10 From the gloomy land of Pohja, Sariola for ever ... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "First a new sword do you forge me, Make me now a keen-edged weapon, So that I with beasts can struggle, Chase away the folks of Pohja. 60 Forth I go to seize the Sampo, From the cold and dismal village, From the gloomy land of Pohja, Sariola for ever misty."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Does this sword befit a hero, Is the sword to bearer suited?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus, with such a blade as this is, Can I cleave the mountains open, Cleave the rocky hills asunder."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How shall I myself, unhappy, How shall I, the weak, defend me, And shall armour me, and belt me, 'Gainst the risks of land and water? 1... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Perhaps it is a girl complaining, Or perchance a dove lamenting. Shall we go to look about us, Shall we nearer go to listen?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wherefore weep, O wooden vessel, Boat with rowlocks, why lamentest? Dost thou weep that thou art clumsy, And art dreaming at thy moorings?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Other boats, and even bad ones, Always wander forth to battle, And are led to battle-struggle Three times in the course of summer, And return with money loaded, In their hold they carry treasure, 190 But for me, though well constructed, Of a hundred boards constructed, Here upon... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Speed thou on through treeless regions, O'er the wide expanse of water, O'er the lake do thou float lightly, As on waves a water-lily."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What this boat may be I know not, Whose may be this handsome vessel, Which is hither rowed from Suomi, From the east, with strokes of oars, And its rudder to the north-west."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whose the boat that cleaves the water, Whose the vessel on the... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In my boat is wood in plenty, 410 Planks sufficient for the vessel, And besides 'tis heavy laden. Wherefore do you bring more planking, Bringing timber to the vessel?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Foresight will not sink the vessel, Nor o'erturns a prop the haystack... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From the lake there comes rejoicing, And what song from lake re-echoes, 10 Far more joyous than aforetime, And a finer song than any?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If this is not yet sufficient, Ukko, Jumala in heaven, With thy sword direct the vessel, With thy naked sword direct it, 80 That the wooden boat speed onward, Journey on, the pinewood vessel."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O thou lively son of Lempi, Stoop thou down, and look around thee. Look what stops the boat from moving, Look what keeps the vessel moveless Here amid the open water; What the force beneath that holds it, 110 Whether stopped by rocks or branches, Or by any other hindrance."
},... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All pretend to grow to manhood, And are ready to be bearded, Such as these we count by hundreds, And their number mounts to thousands."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not the half of manhood have you, Not the third part of a hero, But a man is now required, And a man's sense now is needed, All the sense of the unskilful, All the efforts of the others."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let the eldest of the yeomen, Come and cleave the pike to pieces, Let him carve it into slices, Let him hew the head to pieces."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the captor's hands are finer, And the speaker's fingers better."
},
{
"from": "human",
"valu... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What might perhaps be fashioned from them, From the pike's teeth be constructed, 210 From the fragments of the jawbones, Were they to the smithy taken, To the skilful smith entrusted, To the hands of one most skilful?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing comes from... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O ye boys half-witted only, And ye maidens, all so stupid, And you other wretched people, 'Tis not thus you play upon it, Neither are you skilled musicians. 270 Give me now the harp of fishbone, Let me try to play upon it, On my knees now place it for me, At the tips of my ten f... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are none among the youthful, Nor among the growing people, Nor among the aged people, Who can play upon these harpstrings, Drawing cheerful music from them. Perhaps in Pohjola 'twere better, Tunes might perhaps be played upon it, 290 Cheerful music played upon it, If to Po... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the harp of Suomi's people Cannot really give us pleasure, Lulls us not to sleep when weary, Nor to rest does it incline us. Cast it forth upon the waters, Sink it down beneath the billows, Send it back to where it came from, And the instrument deliver 330 To the hands of th... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come ye now to listen to me, Ye before who never heard me, Hear with joy my songs primeval, While the kantele is sounding."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never have I heard such music, In the course of all my lifetime, 140 As is played by Väinämöinen, Joyous and primeval minstrel."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is there in this youthful party, 'Mid the young and fair here gathered, 220 'Mid these high-descended people, Any darling child of father, Who the tears I shed can gather, From beneath the sparkling water?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are none among the youth... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Men, what tidings do you bring us, What fresh news, O heroes, bring you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Men are speaking of the Sampo, Heroes, of its pictured cover. 40 We have come to share the Sampo, And behold its pictured cover."
},
{
"from": "human",
... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O thou lively son of Lempi, Of my friends the most illustrious, 120 Come thou here to take the Sampo, And to seize the pictured cover."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O, I am a man of mettle, And a hero-son of Ukko! I can surely move the Sampo, And can seize its pictu... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whither shall we bear the Sampo, Whither now shall we convey it, Take it from this evil country, From the wretched land of Pohja?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thither will we bear the Sampo, And will take the pictured cover, 180 To the misty island's headland, At t... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the oars should be too little, And too weak should be the oarsmen, In the stern too small the steerer, And the vessel's master's children, Ahto, give thyself thy oars, To the boat, O Water-Master, Give the best and newest oars, Give us, too, a stronger rudder. 210 Do thou sea... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Formerly when I was rowing, There was water for the rowers, There was singing for the minstrels, But at present time, when rowing, Nothing do we hear of singing, 230 In the boat we hear no singing, On the waves we hear no chanting."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do n... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Woe to me, this day unhappy, 320 For a stranger here has entered, And the locks have all been opened, And the castle's doors been opened, And the iron hinges broken. Has the Sampo perhaps been stolen, And the whole been taken from us?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But if this is not sufficient, Ukko, thou, of Gods the highest, Golden king in airy regions, Mighty one, adorned with silver, 360 Let the air be filled with tempest, Raise a mighty wind against them, Raise thou winds and waves against them, With their boat contending ever, Falli... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's no man, how weak soever, Not among the laziest heroes, 380 Who by clouds would thus be hindered, And by mists would thus be worsted."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Iku-Turso, son of Äijö, 420 Wherefore from the lake uplift thee, Wherefore rise above the lake-waves, Thus thyself to men revealing, Even Kaleva's own children?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Iku-Turso, son of Äijö, Wherefore from the lake uplift thee, Wherefore rise... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus has gone what I constructed, And my cherished harp has vanished, And is lost my life-long pleasure. Never will it happen to me, In the course of all my lifetime 500 To rejoice again in pike-teeth, Or to play on bones of fishes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Woe... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rise, O wind, aloft to heaven, And among the clouds disport thee, To thy race, where thou wast nurtured, To thy family and kindred. Do not harm this wooden vessel, Sink thou not this boat of pinewood. 540 Rather fell burnt trees in clearings, On the slopes o'erthrow the pine-tre... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O thou lively son of Lempi, Of my friends the dearest to me, Climb thou quickly to the masthead, And among the canvas hasten. 30 Look thou to the air before thee, Look thou to the sky behind thee, Whether clear is the horizon, Or the sky is somewhat clouded."
},
{
"from"... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Still I know a plan of safety, Still I see a little marvel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let a reef of this be fashioned, And a cliff be fashioned from it, Where may run the ship of Pohja, Fitted with a hundred rowlocks, And may strike in lake tempestuous, And amid... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who can aid me now with counsel? Who can help me in this trouble?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O thou aged Väinämöinen, Turn thy head beneath the sunrise, 170 Do thou turn thine eyes to north-west, Look a little now behind thee."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ukko, Jumala the Highest, Thou our Father in the heavens, Cast a fiery robe around me, Over me a shirt of fire, 200 That I thus may fight protected, And may thus contend protected, That my head may fear no evil, Nor my hair may be disordered, When the shining swords are clashing... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Down ye men, and down ye swordsmen, Down with all the sleepy heroes! From her wings, ye men a hundred, Ten from ends of every feather."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O thou lively son of Lempi, Wretched Kauko, worthless fellow, For thou hast deceived thy mother, Lied... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From these seeds the plant is sprouting, Lasting welfare is commencing, Here is ploughing, here is sowing, Here is every kind of increase, 300 Thence there comes the shining moonlight, Thence there comes the lovely sunlight, O'er the mighty plains of Suomi, And the lovely land o... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the heath the bear I'll waken, From the pines the wide-toothed monster, That he may destroy thy geldings, And that he thy mares may slaughter, And that he may kill thy cattle, And that he thy cows may scatter. I'll with sickness slay thy people, And thy race will wholly slaug... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the heath the bear awaken, And the fierce cat in the bushes, From the wood the curving-clawed one, 'Neath the pines the wide-toothed monster, But to range the paths of Pohja, And to prey on Pohja's cattle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now my might has all depart... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Build thou up a fence of iron, And of stone a castle build us, Round the spot where I am dwelling, And round both sides of my people. Build it up from earth to heaven, Build it down to earth from heaven, As my own, my lifelong dwelling, As my refuge and protection, 430 That the ... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O thou smith, O Ilmarinen, Yestreen and before thou workedst, Work to-day with equal vigour. Forge me now a rake of iron, Let the teeth be close together, Close the teeth, and long the handle 20 That I rake among the billows, And may rake the waves together, And may rake among t... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go, thou boat, into the water, To the waves, O vessel, rush thou, 50 Even though no arm should turn thee, Even though no thumbs should touch thee."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Unto me is lost for ever Pleasure from the harp of pike-teeth, From the harp I made of fish-bone."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wherefore weep'st thou, beauteous birch-tree, Shedding tears, O green-leaved birch-tree, By thy belt of white conspicuous? To the war thou art not taken, Longest not for battle-struggle."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the wind brought ills upon me, And the frost brought bitter sorrows. 150 Tore the wind my green cloak from me, Frost my pretty dress from off me. Thus am I of all the poorest, And a most unhappy birch-tree, Standing stripped of all my clothing, As a naked trunk I stand here,... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now the frame I have constructed, From the trunk for lasting pleasure. 180 Whence shall now the screws be fashioned, Whence shall come the pegs to suit me?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now the harp-screws are constructed, And the harp-pegs are provided. 200 Something even now is wanting, And five strings as yet are needed. How shall I provide the harp-strings, Which shall yield the notes in playing?"
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Give thy hair to me, O maiden, Give me of thy hair, O fair one, Give me hair to form my harp-strings, For the tones of lasting pleasure."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never have we heard aforetime, Heard before such charming music, In the course of all our lifetime, When the brilliant moon was shining."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ukko, thou of Gods the highest, Slay thou Kaleva's whole people, Slay them with thy hail of iron, With thy steely needles slay them, Or by sickness let them perish, Let the evil nation perish, 20 Let the men die in the farmyard, On the cowshed floor the women."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stands in swamp a hut three-cornered, Just upon a lakelet's margin, 90 In the gloomy land of Pohja, Near where Sariola's bay stretches. There thou may'st bring forth thy offspring, There lay down thy heavy burden, There it is that people need thee, There do they expect thy offsp... |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do thou take thy club all golden, In thy right hand do thou take it, 140 Each impediment remove thou, And the door-posts move asunder, Bend thou the Creator's castles, Break thou all the bars asunder, Push the large ones and the small ones, Even to the very smallest."
}
] |
33089 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's a stone in midmost mountain, 'Mid the stone there is an opening, Which has there been bored by auger, Where the auger has transpierced it. Do thou thrust therein the sufferings, Overcome these painful ulcers, Crush thou in these raging tortures, Do thou end our days of s... |
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