Ukkonen, you highest master Mighty old man of the heaven Now pull out your sword of fire Stained with blood of the black viper Pull it from its fiery scabbard Strike a fire, father of winds Send out lightning, Väinämöinen, Over the boundless open waters Over the waves of wide and high seas The master of death, he did strike fire Sent out lightning, the wise old man, The flame in fright struck up in the hearth In alarm the sparks flew yonder Burned the knee-caps of a young boy Burned the breasts of a young maiden