Dibdir-dabdir,

A loud noise,

A terrible fuss,

For days and nights,

Everything

Was in a great confusion,

Ilbis, the spirit of war, sings…

‘If I loosen my lips

That have been stuck together,

If I open my mouth

That has been shut, –

Nurgun Botur the Swift oburgu

Who rides a fleet of foot black horse,

Born standing on the border

Of the clear, white sky:

‘The menacing warrior,

Who sits in the blood

Of her slain enemies,

The best of the girls,

Kiritinay Tikaray,

The great woman

Kys Nurgun oburgu,

Who out of spite,

Wants to destroy

My good name,

To tear apart my thick skin

And spill my black blood,

To break my bones,

Pierce my neck

And rip off my ears,

She wants

To make me her slave,

She threatened

To cross my wide path…

Before she pierces my neck,

I, the son of the honoured family,

Who never worships anybody,

Will fight,

Before she destroys

The name of the descendant

From the famous family,

People are afraid to speak my name,

I am going to find her.'

The never-tamed

Great fighter

Of the Middle World

Made up his mind

To go and marry her…

The hooves of his horse

Clattered along the road,

They were riding

For thirty days and thirty nights.

As they were running

It rained and snowed,

They swirled

Nine mighty whirlwinds,

They span

The western black wind,

A storm with stones

The size of a three-year-old cow

Broke out,

A gale of rattling stones

The size of a three-year-old bull

Broke out.

Four mighty claps of thunders

Growled,

Forked lightning

Flashed.

His shouts

Were heard

High above the highest clouds,

His speech

Was heard

Under the lowest clouds.

He tore apart

Dark clouds,

He blew away

White clouds,

Passing by

He kicked the frozen tree

That was left resounding

Like a toyon,

Passing by.

He kicked and broke

A rotten tree

That was left complaining

Like an old woman…

Soon

He came to the mouth

Of other alaas valleys,

He stepped

Onto the surface

Of unknown lands,

Tomon-Imen land

Lay in front of him,

Kimen-Imen land

Spread in front of him,

Khaman-Imen land

Stretched out in front of him…