II.412Reel 14, side BSuusamyr, 19876 min 41 s
Lament for a brother
Cholpon Kasym kyzy, at home; recorded by Aigul Choro kyzy
The listening copy of this reel is in the reading room. Online listening opens volume by volume as the families agree.
English working translation by the archive. The Iradi text is in the reading-room catalogue.
1My brother, the grey colt you broke is standing at the door,2it will not drink, it looks down the road you took.3The Kenkol pass is white. Who will bring you over it?4I have tied your whip to the tündük. Come and take it down.
1 Sung twice on the reel. 3 Kenkol: the pass road out of the Suusamyr, where the brother drove a lorry (collector's note on the box). 4 Issued in 2015 on Suusamyr Koshoktoru, track 3.