The boat is on the neck of a pike,
On the hip bones of a water dog.’ 120
The prudent old Väinämöinen,
Spoke a word, thus said:
‘There are all sorts of things in a river,
Timber, pikes:
If it be on the neck of a pike, 125
On the hips of a water-dog,
Smite with the sword into the water,
Cut the fish in two.’