On our host at head of table,
On our hostess in her storehouse,
On their sons, the nets when casting,
On their daughters at their weaving.
May they have no cause for trouble,
Nor lament the year that follows,
After their protracted banquet,
This carousal at the mansion!“
Runo XXII.—Tormenting of the Bride
Argument
The bride is prepared for her journey and is reminded of her past life and of the altered life that now lies before her (1-124). She becomes very sorrowful (125-184). They bring her to weeping (185-382). She weeps (383-448). They comfort her (449-522).
When the drinking-bout was ended,
And the feast at length was over,
At the festival at Pohja,
Bridal feast held at Pimentola,
Then said Pohjola’s old Mistress,
To the bridegroom, Ilmarinen,
“Wherefore sit’st thou, highly-born one,
Waitest thou, O pride of country?
Sit’st thou here to please the father,
Or for love of mother waitest,10
Or our dwelling to illumine,
Or the wedding guests to honour?
“Not for father’s pleasure wait’st thou,
Nor for love thou bear’st the mother,
Nor the dwelling to illumine,
Nor the wedding guests to honour:
Here thou sit’st for maiden’s pleasure,
For a young girl’s love delaying,
For the fair one whom thou long’st for,
