He wandered through landscapes painted   Green by forests and blue by lakes   All the way of leagues ten and five   Until he arrived during the fall of twilight      Gathered the villagers around him   To hear the sad news he had to bring   "Three dawns ago in the land towards sunrise   Was thy king slain in a battle at night"      A gray cloud shadowed the hearts of men   And flowing tears wet women's eyes   Their king had gone to Tuonela   Had his spirit among them died?   Had it gone away with the flames   That burned his warship - his grave   The nightwinds had called his name   The gods got another man brave      Weeks after the funeral was seen a shadow gray   Roaming in the woods of the eastern land      Hiding in daytime then returning at night   Haunting in the minds of the mortals who killed a king