History & Politics
The Hour of Departure Has Arrived
Translated by Alexander Chodzko (1842) · From Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia (1842)
The hour of departure has arrived. Whoever will follow me into Kurdistan, now let him be ready! The man whose lips are wont to drink in the cup of valour, let him follow me! I will have no cowards. Accursed be their infamous race! Those who can tear to pieces the shroud of death, — let them follow me!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Kurroglou's call to his band of seven hundred and seventy-seven men before they set out for Kurdistan.
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MLA
Köroğlu. “The Hour of Departure Has Arrived.” Translated by Alexander Chodzko. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/koroglu/6/.
Chicago
Köroğlu. “The Hour of Departure Has Arrived.” Translated by Alexander Chodzko. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/koroglu/6/.
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