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The hero of the Middle World
Having gone through
Troubles and misfortunes
Stumbled over the lair
To the terrible Low World
From where nobody came back
Eles Bootur, the great
Addressing his horse said:
“If I manage to come back
Safe and sound,
As soon as I call you
Be near me, even if you
Are far from here,” —
And he set his horse free.
Looking into the passage
Gaping at it he saw:
Bushes here and there
Winding roads full of
Evils and turmoils.
Eles Bootur the Great
Couldn’t move backwards
And he continued his way
To a fathomless pit
Of evil spirits.
On his way to it looking back
He saw the last gleam
Of his land as a sun ray
Getting to a dim gorge
He made out with a vigilant eye
A passage with trees
Looking like sharp stakes.
A lot of men trying to jump over
Were picked becoming victims
Of birds and animals,
Only their skeletons
Were mocking at now.
Having seen it,
Eles Bootur shuddered,
His hair stood on end,
He stepped back.