And she spoke the words which follow: 210
"Thus has disappeared my daughter,
Thus it happened to your sister.
To the wood she went for berries,
Sought for raspberries 'neath the mountain,
There it is the dove has vanished,
There it is the bird has perished,
Thus she died without our knowledge,
How she died we cannot tell you.

"Who is longing for the maiden?
Save her mother, no one missed her. 220
First her mother went to seek her,
And her mother sought, who missed her,
Forth I went, unhappy mother,
Forth I went to seek my daughter,
Through the wood like bear I hurried,
Speeding through the wastes like otter,
Thus I sought one day, a second,
Sought her also on the third day.
When the third day had passed over,
For a long time yet I wandered, 230
Till I reached a mighty mountain,
And a peak of all the highest,
Calling ever on my daughter,
Ever grieving for the lost one.

"'Where is now my dearest daughter?
O my daughter, come thou homeward!'

"Thus I shouted to my daughter,
Grieving ever for the lost one,
And the mountains made me answer,
And the heaths again re-echoed, 240
'Call no more upon thy daughter,
Call no more, and shout no longer,
Never will she come back living,
Nor return unto her household,
Never to her mother's dwelling,
To her aged father's boathouse.'"

RUNO XXXV.--KULLERVO AND HIS SISTER

_Argument_

Kullervo attempts to do different kinds of work for his parents, but
only succeeds in spoiling everything, so his father sends him to pay the
land-dues (1-68). On his way home he meets his sister who was lost
gathering berries, whom he drags into his sledge (69-188). Afterwards,
when his sister learns who he is, she throws herself into a torrent, but
Kullervo hurries home, relates his sister's terrible fate to his mother,
and proposes to put an end to his own life (189-344). His mother
dissuades him from suicide, and advises him to retire to some retreat
where he may be able to recover from his remorse. But Kullervo resolves
before all things to avenge himself on Untamo (345-372).

Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring,
With the very bluest stockings,
After this continued living,
In the shelter of his parents,
But he comprehended nothing,
Nor attained to manly wisdo