Lament to the Fallen Khahan[note 1] was an improvised funeral dirge performed during the funeral of Jadaran Khan's father in 1359 DR. The song was initially sung by a single man but was picked up, repeated, and embellished further, moving across Jadaran Khan's army.[1]
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The winds of heaven are not balanced. The body of birth is not eternal.
Who drinks the sacred water of life? In our short lives, let us enjoy.
The winds of heaven are beyond touch. The lives of men are not eternal.
Who drinks the sacred water of life? In our short lives, let us enjoy.
Who drinks the sacred water of life? In our short lives, let us enjoy.
The winds of heaven are beyond touch. The lives of men are not eternal.
Who drinks the sacred water of life? In our short lives, let us enjoy.
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— An excerpt from Lament to the Fallen Khahan
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- ↑ The ballad was unnamed; this article uses the author's descriptors in lieu of the proper name.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Cook (May 1990). Horselords. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 10. ISBN 0-8803-8904-4.