Editing Kalevala (section)

====Poetry example====
{{listen
  |filename=Vaka vanha Vainamoinen.ogg
  |title=Vaka vanha Väinämöinen
  |format=[[Ogg]]
  |image=none
  |description=Excerpt of song 40 from the ''Kalevala''. [[:File:Vaka vanha Vainamoinen.ogg#Lyrics|The excerpt]] begins at verse 221 and ends at verse 264.<br />The [[Library of Congress]]' ''California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection''; performed by John Soininen on 5 November 1939 in [[Berkeley, California]].<br />The song describes the creation of the first [[kantele]] and of the attempts by old and young to play it ({{Audio|DIY kantele sample raw.ogg|same melody on a kantele|help=no}}).
}}

Verses 221 to 232 of song forty.<ref name="Kirby Kalevala"/><ref>{{cite book | year = 1849 |editor=Elias Lönnrot | title = The Kalevala }}</ref>
{{Verse translation|
{{lang|fi|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.}}
|
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.}}