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Pbqrf ner sha!

Na byqvr-ohg-tbbqvr. Ivfvg ebg13.pbz sbe n fhcre-fvzcyr EBG13 hgvyvgl!

V funyy abj hfr guvf rapelcgrq bccbeghavgl GB dhbgr cbrgel:

WNOOREJBPXL
Yrjvf Pneebyy
(sebz Guebhtu gur Ybbxvat-Tynff naq Jung Nyvpr Sbhaq Gurer, 1872)

`Gjnf oevyyvt, naq gur fyvgul gbirf
Qvq tler naq tvzoyr va gur jnor:
Nyy zvzfl jrer gur obebtbirf,
Naq gur zbzr enguf bhgtenor.

“Orjner gur Wnoorejbpx, zl fba!
Gur wnjf gung ovgr, gur pynjf gung pngpu!
Orjner gur Whowho oveq, naq fuha
Gur sehzvbhf Onaqrefangpu!”

Ur gbbx uvf ibecny fjbeq va unaq:
Ybat gvzr gur znakbzr sbr ur fbhtug –
Fb erfgrq ur ol gur Ghzghz gerr,
Naq fgbbq njuvyr va gubhtug.

Naq, nf va hssvfu gubhtug ur fgbbq,
Gur Wnoorejbpx, jvgu rlrf bs synzr,
Pnzr juvssyvat guebhtu gur ghytrl jbbq,
Naq oheoyrq nf vg pnzr!

Bar, gjb! Bar, gjb! Naq guebhtu naq guebhtu
Gur ibecny oynqr jrag favpxre-fanpx!
Ur yrsg vg qrnq, naq jvgu vgf urnq
Ur jrag tnyhzcuvat onpx.

“Naq, unf gubh fynva gur Wnoorejbpx?
Pbzr GB zl nezf, zl ornzvfu obl!
B senowbhf qnl! Pnyybbu! Pnyynl!’
Ur pubegyrq va uvf wbl.

`Gjnf oevyyvt, naq gur fyvgul gbirf
Qvq tler naq tvzoyr va gur jnor;
Nyy zvzfl jrer gur obebtbirf,
Naq gur zbzr enguf bhgtenor.

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