Mehetapja Maie laul (Kodavere)

Mai was an eager maiden,
Maie danced to Tarvastu,
danced up the Tarvastu hill.
Hüljö rode across the field –
Maie sprung into the cart,
jumped into Hüljö’s carriage.
Mai went to bed with Hüljö.
Maie slept through half of the night,
the other half she thought:
“Oh, dear knife,
will you eat what I offer,
will you drink what I give you,
will you drink the blood of the heart,
will you taste the liver?”
Mother-in-law went to call Maie:
“Get up, Maie, my daughter-in-law!”
“Oh, my mother-in-law,
dear mother of my husband,
I cannot get up –
Maie’s bed is bloody,
her bedsheets are gory!”
“Oh, Maie, my daughter-in-law,
why is your bed bloody,
your bedsheets gory?”
“Oh, my mother-in-law,
dear mother of my husband,
I killed the cock in the loft,
the white-headed calf in the cowshed!”
Mother-in-law went to check the loft,
she went to look into the cowshed:
the cock sang in the loft,
the calf was in the cowshed.
Mother-in-law went into the room:
“Oh, Maie, my daughter-in-law,
you killed the young man,
murdered your sleeping husband!”
Then Mai said to her feet:
“Go, feet, hurry, feet,
run into the alder forest,
into the willow forest!”
“Oh, willow, help Maie,
dear birch, protect Maie!”
“How can I help you –
you killed the young man,
murdered your sleeping husband!”
Maie escaped to the lake:
“Oh, lake, help Maie,
dear lake, protect Maie!”
“How can I help you –
you killed the young man,
murdered your sleeping husband!
When tomorrow comes,
you will be caught with a net,
you will be reached with an oar.”
“Oh, my ten brothers-in-law,
oh, my hundred sisters-in-law,
five-six handsome men,
bring my dowry chest into the fallow,
bring it into the meadow,
then make a nice fire
from beautiful jewellery,
from colourful mittens,
from red waistbands,
which will burn my cheeks!”