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Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti_n0cI1q9M
While I am not of Circassian descent, one needn't be in order to feel sympathy for their plight during the Russian invasion & Circassian Genocide of 1763-1864. Imagine coming upon a cave full of hundreds of dead and dying people, some your own neighbours. A baby tries in vain to nurse from its dead mother, then falls still.
Oh, may the heart
that would not break
at such a sight
be turned to stone
and pulverized!
The "enemy's ancestors" are the nomadic Proto-Indo-Europeans, who dwelt to the North of the Black Sea. The "old song made new", "words and deeds", and the idea of weaving words are all phrases that can be traced back, in one form or another, to Proto-Indo-European.
The phrase "tħam bətərbəf" (тхьэм бытырбыф) is an Adyghe expression meaning "Go to Hell", but literally means "May God send you to (Saint) Petersburg" — i.e. somewhere far away where one is surrounded by enemies, and from where one cannot return.
While I am not of Circassian descent, one needn't be in order to feel sympathy for their plight during the Russian invasion & Circassian Genocide of 1763-1864. Imagine coming upon a cave full of hundreds of dead and dying people, some your own neighbours. A baby tries in vain to nurse from its dead mother, then falls still.
Oh, may the heart
that would not break
at such a sight
be turned to stone
and pulverized!
The "enemy's ancestors" are the nomadic Proto-Indo-Europeans, who dwelt to the North of the Black Sea. The "old song made new", "words and deeds", and the idea of weaving words are all phrases that can be traced back, in one form or another, to Proto-Indo-European.
The phrase "tħam bətərbəf" (тхьэм бытырбыф) is an Adyghe expression meaning "Go to Hell", but literally means "May God send you to (Saint) Petersburg" — i.e. somewhere far away where one is surrounded by enemies, and from where one cannot return.
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