Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures

I was chief of the Chatagai A thousand years ago; Turan’s souls and her swords were high; Arrows flew as snow might fly, We shook the desert and broke the sky When I was a chief of the Chatagai A thousand years ago.When I was a chief of the Chatagai, A thousand years ago, I bared my sword, I loosed the rein, I shattered the shahs on Iran’s plain, I smote on the walls of Rhoum in vain, When I was chief of the Chatagai A thousand years ago.I was a chief of the Chatagai, A thousand years ago, And still I dream of the flying strife, Of the desert dawns and the unreined life When I took the wars of the world to wife – When I was a chief of the Chatagai A thousand years ago.