Lend
me Görogly’s curved sword and your spear to me, Jygalybeg !
No
fear! I shall fight to death. Give me your own crown, Jygalybeg !...
(31.)
It is in the
moral area of my heart and memory that Oguz Han, Togrul Beg and Görogly
Beg and many of the others live.
(74.)
You
find the spirit of Görogly riding his horse all through our land at a
gallop for the defence of all the oppressed, ill-treated and innocent.
(78.)
I
desire to talk with our ancestors who rode on horseback in the depths of
history.
I try to talk with them, with their fame. However they are busy
with their important problems. Suddenly you hear Görogly’s
enthusiastic voice from the mountains:
O
lads! Let’s feast and drink,
And
relieve our hearts for a while,
Let’s
push our enemies off and clear the way
As
our ancestors did.
Thy
Görogly says, “You, guys!
Fill
the bowls full!
I
am proud of the Turkmen!
I
love you all!”
You
shout, “Görogly, Görogly Beg, I am here!” Görogly does not hear
you! However, you hear his voice, the hoof-falls of his galloping horse,
as they are close by you. Tears fall from your eyes. The mountains where
Görogly lived became misty...
(97.)
The
soul of Görogly said:
“The
nation that travels a straight road is happy. The happiness of the
nation is the basis of the brave preservation of the country and the
territory. Today, the happiness of your nation is in your hands.
Saparmyrat, show the way of the golden life to the Türkmen nation. This
will be your task; this will be your way.”
(148.)
Today,
we have reached the state and statehood that Görogly Beg desired.
(153.)
Just as Görogly came into the light of this world from the grave,
I also came to this world from the ruins.
(154.)
Görogly
has opened new horizons in my life; there was justice in his world. I
have understood that there can be nothing greater than justice.
(156.)
When
I considered my situation, I understood that I was not an orphan! How
can someone be an orphan if he has a father like Oguz Han, a teacher
like Gorkut Ata, an elder brother like Görogly, an advisor like
Magtymguly?
(156.)
The
Görogly Era, the third era in Türkmen history, was the era when the
world heard the reputation of the Türkmen nation.
(157.)
The
directions of Görogly Beg have remained in the memory of the people as
the way of Görogly Beg and the directions of the father Magtymguly have
remained in the memory of the people as the way of Magtymguly.
(164.)
Read
Oghuznama, Gorkut Ata, or Görogly and you see a harmony with
nature; this harmony reminds you of the relations between father and
son. Thus Türkmen nation calls this country the “homeland.” This
kind of relationship gives the Türkmen spirit naturalness, health,
spiritual loftiness, and beauty. In this we can see the affinity between
the hero Gorkut Ata and the rivers and the plains, and the respect and
attachment of Görogly for the mountains.
(180.)
The
Görogly Epics show where arrogance leads to. The story is so clear that
even the blind can see its meaning.
Görogly
goes on a hunting trip together with forty of his warriors and puts them
under the command of Köse, saying they should bring back forty types of
game. He himself sits and drinks wine, one glass of wine, then a second,
then a third. His adopted son, Öwez, tries to persuade him not to
drink. Görogly says:
O
my Öwez, say ‘Right’ to whatever I say otherwise I’ll cut your
head off!
-
Right, my master.
-
Even Nowºirvan Adil never ruled fairly, but I do.
-
Right, my master!
-
Even Hatam Taýam didn’t share fairly, but I do!
-
Right, my master!
-
Even Ali the Great, didn’t fight, but I do!
-
O my master, you speak presumptuously because you challenged the
Qur’an!
Görogly
himself sees that he has really gone far beyond the limit, takes all the
warriors’ blankets and sleeps. In his drunken sleep he is captured by
Arap Reýhan. Arap Reýhan boasts of his power while carrying Görogly
away to his lands. So, having been captive to his own arrogance, Görogly
gives Arap some advice even though he is his enemy:
I
stole a sheep from every range,
Looted
all Istanbul,
Scourged
by my arrogance, here to crouch.
Arap,
never be so arrogant!
Görogly
even advises his rival not to be so arrogant. Arap Reýhan’s arrogance
leads to his death and Görogly’s plea for mercy leads him to freedom.
(193-194.)
Görogly
and Alp Arslan were not ordinary men. So who becomes haughty? Those who
are always successful may become arrogant.
(197.)
Tigers
roar in her canyons and her summits are cloudy,
Her
mountains where the eagles nest on their heights remain always young,
The
great land, on her outskirts mountain cities are built, is safe,
There
are bowers in Çandybil and the future is the time of magnificence,
There
are the messages of Görogly on her mountains, they said.
(271.)
The
legendary hero Görogly did not play his dutar in vain. The spirit of
this age was symbolized by this particular instrument. The spirit of
this age accumulated the strength that broke stones and destroyed
mountains. This strength had impacts not only on the ground but in the
sky as well.
The
political and military pace at which Oguz Han travelled became a
cultural and historical pace. The spiritual leader of this era is Görogly.
(292.)
I
sometimes get so tired. I take the first opportunity to visit the
stables at that time. My white horse starts neighing and moving around
when he hears my footsteps. He expresses his love for me like that. He
approaches. I caress his head. I comb his mane. I look into his eyes
that are like apples. Görogly’s saying comes into my mind: “White
horse, if you can speak, then do so.” Although he can’t speak, he
expresses his pleasure with his eyes. I feel like I should give him a
hug. Then I remember Görogly again. I understand better why he says,
“I didn’t wish I had a son, but I wished I had my horse.”
(343.)
