The conquest to the east... |
(Words: 1228) 1. Alexander camped 7 days and 7 nights 2. he organized the west, spread the goodness 3. he banished the evil from the hearts 4. and the message of Heavens arrived 5. "Alexander, catch the sun from its roots" 6. on the 8th day he got ready with his soldiers 7. and along the long path he should go 8. amid deserts and forests, amid waters and fires 9. people come and go, tribes settle and move 10. wars and victories, along with friendships 11. some joined him by their well and some by force 12. until he reached the line of the day 13. where night falls just after the other side 14. he made a decision to settle with the hordes 15. amid the noise of hatred among the men 16. amid the fear that spread among their hearts 17. but the hero had a heart of a man and man shall be 18. and a gaze to the generals he made and they settled down 19. while he wandered between the two lands 20. he praised God for His wonders in that spot 21. while angels came down greeting him with a smile 22. they told him he will be back here one day 23. to see wonders beyond the wonders 24. in some land they called Ayvar 25. Alexander wondered for the name 26. he never heard of it in the pages of history 27. but so he obeyed the commands and got back to his camp 28. and kept the words for himself as a secret 29. and in the next morning he raised up with his men 30. and to the roots of the sun they were marching 31. until the Earth swept its green cover and the water 32. and with sands filled the ground and salt 33. there, they glanced many a tribe from afar 34. barely cover themselves and barely live 35. running after insects of the desert 36. and drinking the dirty waters 37. their looks were miserable 38. their poverty pulls out the tear 39. Alexander then approached them with peace 40. and they gathered together with fear in the eyes 41. their action amazed Alexander 42. he announced the peace before them 43. but they kept their silence with fear 44. the hero then offered them some food 45. and they attacked the food with their teeth 46. fierce was their hunger 47. fierce was their thirst 48. and their tongue was not comprehensible 49. after eating with peace 50. the tribes gathered round Alexander 51. though he tried to speak to them in vain 52. they kept talking with no sense 53. Alexander gazed amid his men and asked 54. "whoever can explain the ideas between us?" 55. A man of valour then raised up for the task 56. and the name he had was Patúl 57. from a far away land called Cimcuráyá 58. and this he said, may I try and succeed 59. Alexander permitted him and he advanced 60. with cautious steps toward the unknown 61. and when the tongue he could not understand 62. and they could not understand his gestures 63. on the ground he drew a shape of a man 64. and they all said in one voice, Bulughman! 65. thus Alexander called them the Bulughmans 66. and he who seemed to be the chief of those 67. pointed to the mountains not far from there 68. and in fierce talk he started to express 69. but his words were not understood by any 70. then Alexander ordered a horseman called Carnúg 71. to go to the mountains and overlook the valley 72. and bring the tidings of what had been so fierce 73. Carnúg went with his horse racing the winds 74. until he reached a place between the two tops 75. where Dágh, the red, lied over his right side 76. and on his left side lied Daghíl, the white 77. he took a look over the valley of Malúnet 78. you can see from afar he was paralyzed in his place 79. his legs got frozen and his voice got trapped in his throat 80. it was some time until he got his power again 81. then he got back to his camp sweating like a waterfall 82. everyone gathered around him waiting for his tongue 83. but his tongue was stuck like a piece of wood 84. Alexander passed his hand over his head gently 85. and with a smooth voice asked him to go on 86. Carnúg shouted then: Blood! Blood! 87. everyone looked to the other in amazement 88. Carnúg continued: the valley is full of blood, 89. and there are creatures from other lands 90. another lands not similar to us by any way 91. they eat whatever comes their way in any way 92. barbarians with no one like them 93. some as tall as trees in the forest 94. and some as dwarf as rocks of the desert 95. nude never heard of a cover for their bodies 96. and their smell is that of the fresh blood 97. in that situation and fear 98. Alexander drew something similar on the ground 99. like the shapes of those beasts 100. and they yelled with fear in one voice 101. Jawgá! Majawgá! Hayhókhaman! 102. just then Alexander remembered the legends 103. legends was told by his late father 104. about sons of the demons and sinners 105. when they met together and gave birth 106. he remembered Jawgá Majawgá 107. children of doom, children of hell 108. then once again the command was revealed 109. from Heavens down to earth for Alexander 110. "Alexander, you are victorious. Go ahead!" 111. it was then when Alexander called the men 112. the courageous generals of all times 113. and he divided them into three divisions 114. Chirán, Tólímí, Shakrashom and Galgalom 115. four generals with thousands of men 116. these will block the way from the valley 117. Érán, Kahrími, Dartalom 118. these with workers from invaded lands 119. shall dig the ground and take the ores 120. and a dam they shall make over the valley 121. Ishkán, Chirán and Keríhom 122. three generals with mighty swords 123. these will surround the Bulughmans 124. and be their defence in war time 125. and so on with the bless they went on 126. workers extracted the ores from the land 127. and a dam was made over the valley 128. and when Jawgá Majawgá felt it 129. they attacked worse than the beasts of the deserts 130. and the men of Alexander suffered severely 131. for the beasts did not spare their bodies 132. and the archers pointed to their eyes 133. for it was the only way to astray them 134. and the men of Galgalom assaulted heavily 135. deep into the valley of Malúnet, the damned 136. they perished but with victory and honour 137. and Galgalom lost limbs until he died 138. and then the dam was ended in a hurry 139. stretching from the two mountain tops 140. blocking the way and harder than rocks 141. all men then retreated behind the dam 142. and dug the graves for their friends and mates 143. and the black banners were raised high 144. for those who had no apparent grave |