1. Mother Nayman

In August, the mad sun is burning furiously

in the firmament

a camel is running like flying on the parched plain

followed by a bird and a legend

a white cloud of the empire and Mankurt

are hanging from the scales

on both sides of the street

are standing you and the shadows

the plain is endless

and the hills, erected like trees, keep changing their postures

with time

2. Mankurt

Your head is like a huge cage

with your mother in it

like a bird struggling in the darkness

in the back shadow of your ashes

the chess is waiting

for the fingerless performance

voyeurs in God'sforbidden area

discard your body

and what they have buried is your soul

thieves are rushing around at night

keeping in memory

the moment when the clock is struck

*Mother Nayman and Mankurt are characters in The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Yearsby Chinghiz Aitmatov.

 Written in Kazakh by Ardakh Nurgaz

                                                           Translated into Chinese by Gulnar Akhan

                                                           Translated from the Chinese by Ouyang Yu