The Tale of the Armament of Igor · 1915
Part III · IV. Reminiscence of Boyan
Translated by Leonard A. Magnus (1915)
Boyan has told of the expeditions of Svyatoslav [the First] against the Kogan: "I am the poet of the ancient time [i.e. Vladimir I], of the time of Yaroslav [the First], and Oleg [of Tmutarakan]." Though it be heavy to thee, the head, parted from the shoulders; ill is to thee, body, parted from the head: — to the Russian land without Igor!'
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Anonymous (The Lay of Igor's Campaign). The Tale of the Armament of Igor, Part III · IV. Reminiscence of Boyan. Translated by Leonard A. Magnus. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/lay-of-igor-magnus/26/.
Chicago
Anonymous (The Lay of Igor's Campaign). The Tale of the Armament of Igor, Part III · IV. Reminiscence of Boyan. Translated by Leonard A. Magnus. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/lay-of-igor-magnus/26/.