Gökyüzünde yaş yağdıran bir bulut
Güneş yaslara bürünmüş batıyor...
Altın, gümüş ve çelikten bir tabut
Bu tabutta Hun güneşi yatıyor.
A cloud shedding tears in the sky
The sun sinking in sorrow and grief…
A tomb made of gold, silver and steel
The sun of Huns lies in this tomb
When
Attila returned from his expedition to Italy, he wanted to organise a last military
expedition in order to establish dominion in the entire world. He had established
domination in the entire West. He planned to establish dominion and to impose tax over
Sasani State that was dominant in Iran in order to establish dominion in the entire East.
However,
he could not accomplish his plans for the military expedition towards Iran.Pursuant to his
expedition to Italy, Attila made a great feast-wedding ceremony in his palace in a night
with full moon and he was married with a very beautiful princess named Ildiko in that
night. As a result of haemorrhage in the first night of his marriage, he died of blood
coming from his nose (453). The kam (religious leader) that examined the corpse stated,
"There is not any assassination. His elder brother, Buda (Bleda) had also died of the
same disease".
The death
of Attila caused a terrible grief and mourning among Huns. However, he had reached to the
eternal state in the memories of the nations. According to the rumours, he was put within
three coffins one within the other. The first coffin was made of gold that was shining
like the sun since he was the sun of Huns. The second coffin was made of silver that was
shining like the comae of the comet since he was a comet that was rarely seen. The third
coffin was made of steel that was tempered twice since he was as strong as steel.
Upon the
organisation of a great mourning ceremony, this three-layered coffin that was made of
gold, silver and steel was buried in one of the isles of Tisza River together with the
weapons and valuable materials of Attila. This little isle was digged in depth and then,
the riverbed was diverted and the river ran over it. Therefore, nobody would be able to
find his tomb and plunder it. Actually, it has not been found yet.
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