The Tale of the Armament of Igor · 1915
Part II · II. Koncak's Invasion
Translated by Leonard A. Magnus (1915)
After him the Accursed One shouted, leapt over the Russian land, shooting forth fire on the people in a flaming horn.
The women of Russia wailed, saying: — "Henceforth can we no longer think with our thoughts of our dear loves nor with our counsel counsel them, nor see them with our eyes nor amass gold nor silver, nay far from it?" and then, brothers, Kiev groaned with mourning, and Cernigov with disasters.
Grief poured forth on the Russian land, abundant tribulation flowed through the Russian lands. But the princes themselves forged discord amongst themselves, and the Pagans with victories overrode the Russian land and took tribute from each household of a squirrel's skin.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (The Lay of Igor's Campaign). The Tale of the Armament of Igor, Part II · II. Koncak's Invasion. Translated by Leonard A. Magnus. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/lay-of-igor-magnus/14/.
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Anonymous (The Lay of Igor's Campaign). The Tale of the Armament of Igor, Part II · II. Koncak's Invasion. Translated by Leonard A. Magnus. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/lay-of-igor-magnus/14/.