(b.)
Semmer, the limping boy, sowed land formerly,
Sowed humid dells, birches sprang up—sowed hills, spruces grew up,
Sowed hillocks, firs grew up—sowed ridges, aspens grew up,
Little [v. bushy] pines grew up, wretched saplings sprang up,
Tall slender firs grew up, huge airy pines,
Bird-cherries grew, oaks grew, unbending junipers grew,
The juniper has fair berries, the bird-cherry has good fruit.
The Creator uttered from the sky, the pure God speaks forth:
"All trees are created by God, are grown by the Omnipotent,
Are rocked by Tuuletar'[1] are tended by chilly wind,
Put to sleep by frosty weather, suckled by hard frost."
Variants.
1 Swamp's girl (and) Heather's (Kanerva) son started off to sow land,
1 Kyyni walked over sandy heaths, Kyyni sowed the sandy heaths.
(c.)
A wolf was running on the ice, a pike was swimming beneath the ice,
A hair of the wolf snapt off—a pale grey tooth of the pike.
Lovely Kati,[2] youthful maiden, plucked the hair from the ice,
Dug the root end into a heath—into Ukko's[3] black mud,
Planted the top end in a dell, the wind blows against the top end.
Hence a birth took place, hence a family was bred,
Hence a large fir with scored bark grew up, a "moist with honey" in Metsola,
It was cradled by Hongatar,[4] swung to and fro by Lemmetar,[5]
Tended by Kangahatar,[6] rocked by Tuuletar,
Put to sleep by chilly wind, suckled by hard frost.
