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Epic Poetry
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An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos), from ἔπος (epos) "word, story, poem") is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have been written down at least since the works of Virgil, Dante Alighieri, and John Milton. Many probably would not have survived if not written down. The first epics are known ...more
An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos), from ἔπος (epos) "word, story, poem") is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have been written down at least since the works of Virgil, Dante Alighieri, and John Milton. Many probably would not have survived if not written down. The first epics are known ...more
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لَكِ فُسْحَةٌ كُبْرى بِذاكِرَتي
فَتَحَفَّظي, أَرْجوكِ سَيّدَتي
لا تاجَ عِنْدي...لا قصور معي...
حَتّى تَكوني أَنْتِ مَمْلَكَتي
لا تُجْهِدي عَيْنَيْكِ بي فَأَنا
رَجُلٌ جِراحاتُ الهَوى لُغَتي
أُشْفى مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ بِإِمْرَأَةٍ
فَأَحُلُّ مُشْكِلَتي بِمُشْكِلَةِ…
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The burning coals turned red,
What's gulped down won't come back.
The tiger is lurking in the high steppes, they say,
The Kyrgyz heart is pounding...
Will the Kyrgyz, locked up, now die, alas?
Will every one of our people become a Chinaman, alas?
Will it put fear in the heart, alas?
Will the ugly-faced dark Chinese,
Enjoy trampling us down, alas?
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― Manaschi
― Manaschi
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