Nature
Winter, Winter Is Come
Translated by Alexander Chodzko (1842) · From Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia (1842)
Winter, winter is come, wild ducks are flocking on the lakes. The antelopes have descended in herds into the valleys. Thou art alone, foreign warrior, in the midst of men who are strangers to thee; their language is unknown to thee; thou art indeed to be pitied.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
A song to a foreign warrior left alone among strangers whose language he does not know.
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Köroğlu. “Winter, Winter Is Come.” Translated by Alexander Chodzko. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/koroglu/15/.
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Köroğlu. “Winter, Winter Is Come.” Translated by Alexander Chodzko. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/koroglu/15/.
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