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                               Is unending and vast,
                               Its wide meadow
                               Is a green carpet.
                               Its deep rivers
                                Seethe and rage,
                             ■ Its sky lark
                                Sings freely day and night,
                                Greeting the Sun,
                                Rising high up,
                               This wonderful land
                                Thrives and flourishes.
                                No dirt stuck to it,
                                No sin overwhelmed it,
                                No misfortune lingered here,
                                Death passed by,
                                Quarrel slipped by,
                                Trouble did not stop here.
                                Thunder accompanies,
                                Lightning flashes,
                                Rain and hail pour down,
                                Intense heat is quiet,
                                Divine drinking strengthens you,
                                Milky drinking cools you down,
                                Sedge is everywhere,
                                Yellow-headed grass
                                Decorates a flat valley.
                                A round alaas
                                Is surrounded with
                                Nine hills like
                                Nine young stallions,
                                As if they are fighting,
                                Defending their herds.
                                Its rich side
                                Breathes warm air,
                                Its greeting front side
                                Has a steep mountain
                                And a safe hill,
                                And a soft hillock,
                                Has three milky
                                Not freezing lakes.
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