The gay Lemminkäinen,

The bright lively youth, 130

Draws the sword from his girdle,

The bone biter from his side;

Struck the sea with the sword,

Stirs under the side (of the ship).

Himself rolled into the water, 135

Fell splash into the billow hands foremost.

Then the smith Ilmarinen,

Clung on to the hair of the hero,