“Khas-Bulat is daring! |
Your poor saklya;
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I will shower you with a golden treasury.
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I will decorate your saklya magnificently all around,
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I will upholster the walls in it with a Persian carpet.
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Galun your beshmet I will spread around the edges
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And I will give you my treasured pistol.
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I'll give you a checker with a mark older than you,
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I will give you a dashing horse with a Kabardian brand.
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I'll give my rifle, I'll give Bazalai's dagger,
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Only for this you give me your wife.
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You're already old, you're already gray, she can't live with you,
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At the dawn of a young age, you will destroy her.
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It's hard to answer her without love
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And not loving your wrinkles, kiss.
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You see, there Yamman-Su washes the steep bank,
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There yesterday I was in the forest with your wife.
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Under the thick plane tree we sat together,
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The moon floated golden, everything was silent around.
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And the river played with a rolling wave,
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And a hand slid over the young chest.
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She gave herself to me until the last day
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And she swore by Allah that she did not love you! |
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Khas-Bulat gripped the checkers tightly
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And, seizing the dagger, he began to answer him:
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"Prince! |
Your story is long, you told me in vain,
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My young wife and I lay in wait for you yesterday.
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Take care, prince, of the treasury and own it yourself.
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For unfaithfulness I will give you a wife as a gift.
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Admire your bride, go -
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She sleeps in my shrine with a dagger in her chest.
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I closed her eyes, drowning in tears,
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My kiss froze on her lips."
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The voice of the old man is silent, the steep bank is dozing,
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And the river plays with a rolling wave.
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Here is an angry prince
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He suddenly drew his saber;
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head of an old man
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Rolled into the meadow.
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For a long time he stood silent
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The prince is at the corpse with a pillar;
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I reproached myself
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But I decided on my own.
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The dew soon fell
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A fresh wind blew
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The voices of the birds were silenced,
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Only the river roared.
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With a mad roar suddenly,
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Hitting the rock
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The murderous prince jumped
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And he went to the bottom. |