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The conquest to the west... |
(Words:1311) It is the morning and its glory that began and Alexander viewed his armies from the balcony The sun's heat was heavy on the heads and metal and the brave hearts were looking to the balcony Whispers became obvious, and then into shouts the hero raised one hand high into the heaven With a glance of sun's ray over his fingers the crowds kept silent like preying wolves The Alexander started the speech with praises for the Lord of earth and Lord of heavens Then announced the beginning of the journey of hardships and agony, under the Eyes of God And by the commandments of the Almighty the crowd of armies headed to the west Into some lands they have never seen into some lands they have never heard of And the time had come now to go ahead and all shall be heading towards the west And although the graceful mother of the hero wept and wept until her eyes became white By the grace of God he calmed her down and she understood no one here shall be left For the Earth is nothing but a revolving wheel of happiness and agony, of life and death as well Days passed and the journey was to the west they marched into different lands and villages Some joined them and some resisted them and some hosted them as friends and brothers And the march continued amid day and night between the plains and the forests so dark Until the limits of the western horizon glanced where the sun sets in the cold sea of Échalán And there lie the lands of the pagans so fierce idolators, and for the stone they bow and heed Worshippers of nature, and forgot Who made it thus cruelty got planted in their hearts and eyes Their children they gave for nothing but mere myths and their own earnings for the bless of the unknown Geltáns they were called and named in records the guardians of the western paths to the sun Thus, the command from the Almighty came down O Alexander, teach them who Am I, The Lord and let them praise Me and worship Me as well If they insisted with cruelty then your sword shall work and you are a faithful man, thus punish or have mercy My grace endowed you with the sense of justice and mercy Then, the news of the hero approached the borders of might and the hordes of Geltáns were made ready for the new comer The army of the hero with twelve generals stood firm before the walls and the gates of Galatanga the bold A might city and mighty walls, and mighty men not countable from the distance, but hard and tough Alexander sent a messenger before him with a letter and he approached the army with a raised hand above He showed them the letter high up, and signed for peace and asked to meet the king to reveal the tidings before him The king was there, on a throne carried by six slaves among his men, and enjoying the view of his kingdom The king with a point from his finger made all silent and pointed to the messenger to read his tidings The messenger went on with no fear to read on "From Alexander, king of the Caqobians, To Karnagod, king of the Geltáns, after the proposal of peace that we came for, We invite you to worship the One, and the Only, the Lord of Heavens and Earth and the beyond And shall you make peace, we are for the peace yet, mischief would be in your demeanours Thus, you dug for your people their graves" and the king went fierce with reddish eyes With a point of his finger to some guards the innocent messenger was cut into pieces The tidings of the ill omen travelled like lightning the king killed the messenger for no right or wrong Thus, Alexander raised his eyes up to the sky and prayed with tears on the cheeks for the poor man he sent "O Lord, what to do, I obeyed and listened but the devilish ones accepted nothing but evil By Your might I come and go, live and die guide me through this and do not let me go astray" Then the voice came down to Alexander and only he could hear it in his ears from above "O Alexander, by My power you shall succeed, and with the light of Mishdárá you shall go on We know what happens, and happened and what will go and victory is yours, this is a test for you and your men" Thus, Alexander got down from the mare and bowed down to the Almighty, the Giver of life, the Giver of might Then to his soldiers he looked and organized and spread the twelve generals across his eyes Chinchán, Ishkán, Chírán, Érán to his right Dómí, Tólímí, Kahrímí, Gehámí to his left Then Shakrashom, Dartalom, Keríhom come along with Galgalom, they were in his front While the bugles of war screamed so high for the blood scattering and for men's valour The fierce eyes met with the frowned faces while Chinchán exchanged the show of power There was Kákhbár, standing there beside the king a valour general, mercy has no landing into his heart His drink was the blood, and his food was the flesh and his jokes were made of spears cut into the throat Then with a loud voice from the horizon did it appear Chinchán shouted from afar at the so called Kákhbár "We heard of a mass of muscles, and a heart of stone a man called Kákhbár the hero, and I doubt if it is so" The glorious Geltán had his blood violently out from him and shouted back with words that no one understood He walked alone to the field and everyone was watching while Chinchán was there waiting for him with pride Two heavy things were meeting at that time of old age if not men, then it is free for others to imagine the beyond Copper and Iron, no difference in color they have now but similarities they hold in the sound they do when beaten Strike by strike, they exchanged the power so fiercely everyone saw the fire coming out from swords and eyes If it was not for a mistake in the steps of Chinchán his head wouldn't be a target to be splitted into two Just then the Geltáns released the shout of ego and the knees of Caqobians shivered of fear Alexander did understand the test of his Lord thus with a point from his hand ordered an attack While Chinchán's Son, Wirchán took the lead seeking the revenge and chasing The Kákhbár The armies met, just like a fleet of locusts nothing can be seen but blood and heads While the ringing of metals deafened the ears and the shouts of agony and wrath filled the air Alexander was not any less with his fierce heart knocked down the heads reaching for his Karnagod Finally they met together amid the twirl of blood shield to shield, sword to sword, and eye to eye Yet though the fear among the army of the hero the grace of the Lord was revealed down on them And when Wirchán seized the head of his enemy did Alexander plant his sword, and Karnagod no more Thus, when the men of Geltáns heard of the disaster ran like insane in every direction seeking refuge But many of them were seized and captured and prisoners they became with dignity no more After war, the peace and the belief spread over and Alexander assigned his men to hold this land Wirchán and Dómí held the matters of this one of the north, and one to the south of West |