The Mind
Kurroglou Says, I Came into This World
Translated by Alexander Chodzko (1842) · From Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia (1842)
Kurroglou says, 'I came into this world. I learned the price of the days gone by. I died the very day my mother brought me forth. I have only two brothers, my sword and my horse. Ye mountains, ye are my sisters.'
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
A self-description in which Kurroglou says he has only his sword and his horse as brothers, and calls the mountains his sisters.
Cite this poem
MLA
Köroğlu. “Kurroglou Says, I Came into This World.” Translated by Alexander Chodzko. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/koroglu/23/.
Chicago
Köroğlu. “Kurroglou Says, I Came into This World.” Translated by Alexander Chodzko. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/koroglu/23/.
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