Alp Er Tunga
Legendary Turkic Khan
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Alp Er Tunga or Alp Er Tonga[1] (Alp "brave, hero, conqueror, warrior",[2] Er "man, male, soldier, Tom",[3] Tonga/Tunga "Siberian tiger") is a mythical Turkic hero who was mentioned in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, Yusuf Balasaguni's Kutadgu Bilig and in the Vatican manuscript of Oghuznama by an unknown writer.[4]
The Karakhanids claimed to have descended from Alp Er Tunga.[4]
Alp Er Tunga Epic
| Original Middle Turkic with Turkish transliteration |
Translation[5] |
|---|---|
| Alp Er Tunga öldi mü? | Did Alper Tunga die? |
| İsiz ajun kaldı mu? | Did poor (world) remained unheaded? |
| Ödlek öçin aldı mu? | Did the fate (time) took its revenge? |
| Emdi yürek yırtılur. | Now the heart is breaking. |
| Ödlek yırag közetti, | The fate defended him, his weapon, |
| Ogrı tuzak uzattı, | Added strength to his strength, |
| Begler begin azıttı, | Made the bey of beys go astray |
| Kaçan kalı kurtulur. | How he could find rescue had he stayed there, |
| Ulşıp eren börleyü, | The brave men would howl like a wolf, |
| Yırtıp yaka urlayu, | Tear their collars and cry loudly, |
| Sıkrıp üni yurlayu, | Scream and shout, |
| Sıgtap közi örtülür. | Shed tears and the tears will dim their eyes. |
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