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He was in the habit of
Roaring out his threats
To those who come down
To make them drop the eyes,
Kneel in front of him,
Those who come down to kill him
Will be made knuckle down and
Will be trampled under foot.
His sunny childhood
Not being lassoed,
His lucky young years
Not being returned
Were spent together
With long-haired
White-faced and slender
Wide-eyed and talkative
Three sisters, three beauties.
The eldest sister, Aitalyy-Kuo,
Having eight-sagened hair,
The second sister, Aiyy-Usantai
Kind-hearted one,
The youngest one is Kyys Cherelin.
His wealth is enormous:
A lot of cattle having spread
All the comers of his large land
Reached even Kamchatka.
The evenks of this land
Killing them with chocks
Eating them constantly,
Failed to find the end.
Herds of horses having spread
Up to upper reaches of
Numerous rivers,
Were killed and eaten
By the Oimekon evenks,
But failed to finish them.
Increasing their cattle,
Expanding the herds of horses,
They invited people to ysyakh6.
Collected ornamented chorons,