Thou hadst no need to follow the wild bull.

Oh, groan not, Sia-Manto, groan not so!”

“My Guje-Zare,” from below he called,

“Weep not! Thy wailing causes me more pain

Than this curst oak trunk.”

“But thou groanest there,

My Sia-Manto, and shall I not weep?

Thy groans, that pierce my heart, call forth my tears.

There is a great storm on Mount Ararat.

Here are thy bow and arrow, O my love.