You are all born of one mother, nursed by one breast, Now all get up, take turns inhaling the smell of my chest and leave. All the children rise, take turns hugging their mother and, inhaling her scent, return to their places. Know that the smell of your mother’s breast will soften your hardened hearts. Please, try to awaken a cooled mercy towards each other. GENGHIS KHAN: (Excitedly) We are, until we are born At the mercy of Heaven. We often went to bed on the ground Under the blizzard that rushed forward. There is no blanket to keep warm, There is no home in which to hide. With a lump in my throat, we are tired of the cold, To rise, there is no relief, To enter in a group whole, After all, there is no turning back. We were on an equal footing with her, Noble mother, with Hanim. You have cooled the heat of her heart, You intensified the pain in the temples, Think and pity everything, Spleen smashed. Wound you – think fist and twirl your moustache, You blurted out nonsense, Chagatai. Chagatai, after listening to his father’s reproach, jumps up and, bowing his head on his mother’s lap, asks for her forgiveness. CHAGATAI: Forgive me, mother, who fed me your milk. Each meeting with Jochi left a bitter taste in my mouth. Just like the gossip of the crowd, it offended our image, our honour. I could not remain silent. Forgive me for such far-fetched slander. Borte strokes his long hair, lifts his head from her knees and stares into his eyes. BORTE: There is sincerity in your heart and purity in your eyes, it seems that you’re alright; I believe you. GENGHIS KHAN: Well, Jochi, do you have anything to say? JOCHI: As we did not fight at each other’s throats, in the end we will not become enemies. Chagatai and I, having united, have decided to call Ogedei the next great khan. GENGHIS KHAN: What does ‘united’ mean? The territory is vast, the rivers and lakes countless. Foreign countries are subjugated by you; divide into different khanates and command them. Do not be too lazy to expand and strengthen the boundaries of the peoples under your control. Either way, what do you say, Ogedei? OGEDEI: You give permission to speak, father-Khan,
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