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Kullervo, Kalervo’s offspring,
Just as he his home was leaving,
Spoke these words unto his father:
“Now farewell, O noble father!60
Shall you perhaps be weeping sorely,
If you hear that I have perished,
And have vanished from the people,
And have perished in the battle?”
Then his father gave him answer:
“Not for thee shall I be weeping,
If I hear that you have perished,
For another son I’ll rear me,
And a better son will rear me,
And a son by far more clever.”70
Kullervo, Kalervo’s offspring,
Answered in the words which follow:
“Nor for you shall I be weeping,
If I hear that you have perished.
I will make me such a father,
Mouth of clay, and head of stonework,
Eyes of cranberries from the marshes,
And a beard of withered stubble,
Legs of willow-twigs will make him,
Flesh of rotten trees will make him.”80
Then he spoke unto his brother:
“Now farewell, my dearest brother.
Shall you weep for my destruction,
If you hear that I have perished,
And have vanished from the people,
And have fallen in the battle?”
But his brother gave him answer,
“Not for you shall I be weeping,
If I hear that you have perished.
I will find myself a brother,90
Better brother far than thou art,
And a brother twice as handsome.”
Kullervo, Kalervo’s offspring,
Answered in the words which follow:
“Nor for you shall I be weeping,
If I hear that you have perished.