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English: Excerpt of song 40 from The Kalevala. The excerpt begins at verse 221 and ends at verse 264.

The song describes the creation of the first kantele and of the attempts by old and young to play it.

The Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by John Soininen on November 5, 1939 in Berkeley.
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Vaka vanha Väinämöinen
itse tuon sanoiksi virkki:
"Näistäpä toki tulisi
kalanluinen kanteloinen,
kun oisi osoajata,
soiton luisen laatijata."
Kun ei toista tullutkana,
ei ollut osoajata,
soiton luisen laatijata,
vaka vanha Väinämöinen
itse loihe laatijaksi,
tekijäksi teentelihe.
Laati soiton hauinluisen,
suoritti ilon ikuisen.
Kust' on koppa kanteletta?
Hauin suuren leukaluusta.
Kust' on naulat kanteletta?
Ne on hauin hampahista.
Kusta kielet kanteletta?
Hivuksista Hiien ruunan.
Jo oli soitto suorittuna,
valmihina kanteloinen,
soitto suuri hauinluinen,
kantelo kalaneväinen.
Tuli tuohon nuoret miehet,
tuli nainehet urohot,
tuli pojat puol'-ikäiset
sekä pienet piikalapset,
tytöt nuoret, vaimot vanhat,
naiset keskikertaisetki,
kanteletta katsomahan,
soittoa tähyämähän.
Vaka vanha Väinämöinen
käski nuoren, käski vanhan,
käski keskikertaisenki
soittamahan sormillansa
tuota ruotaista romua,
kalanluista kanteletta.
Soitti nuoret, soitti vanhat,
soitti keskikertaisetki.
Nuoret soitti, sormet notkui,
vanhat väänti, pää vapisi:
ei ilo ilolle nousnut,
soitto soitolle ylennyt.
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast,
Answered in the words which follow:
"Yet a harp might be constructed
Even of the bones of fishes,
If there were a skilful workman,
Who could from the bones construct it."
As no craftsman there was present,
And there was no skilful workman
Who could make a harp of fishbones,
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast,
Then began the harp to fashion,
And himself the work accomplished,
And he made a harp of pikebones,
Fit to give unending pleasure.
Out of what did he construct it?
Chiefly from the great pike's jawbones,
Whence obtained he pegs to suit it?
Of the teeth of pike he made them;
Out of what were harpstrings fashioned?
From the hairs of Hiisi's gelding.
Now the instrument was ready,
And the kantele completed,
Fashioned from the pike's great jawbones,
And from fins of fish constructed.
Thereupon the youths came forward,
Forward came the married heroes,
And the half-grown boys came forward,
And the little girls came likewise,
Maidens young, and aged women,
And the women middle-agèd,
All advanced the harp to gaze on,
And the instrument examine.
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast,
Bade the young folks and the old ones,
And the people middle-agèd,
With their fingers play upon it,
On the instrument of fishbone,
On the kantele of fishbone.
Played the young and played the aged,
Likewise played the middle-agèd,
Played the young, and moved their fingers,
Tried the old, whose heads were shaking,
But they drew no music from it,
Nor composed a tune when playing.

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