Category: Translations from Uzbek poetry

Dear Friends! Please meet an Uzbek poet, peace-lover, journalist KHAYRULLA HAMIDOV. I’ll complain to God If you do not let me live in peace I will give the world to you away. But I will be not in perfect bliss,[…]

For me to die in bitter torment – it’s easy bit without you, I better die, hey soul, to stay I can’t admit without you. A dead man cannot breath at all, however when you look at me The lamentation[…]

Dilorom Ergash is a poetess from Namangan in the Ferghana Valley. She has several poetry collections to her credit. She writes beautiful ghazals. Dilorom always supports young poets and writers to improve their creative writing. *** I’ve no strength to[…]

My dear friends, please meet a real legend of Uzbek literature, SHUKRULLO! You might tear my whole flash apart, My clear conscience I would not disguise. I placed the pain of people in my heart, Kill, I am not afraid[…]

A sweetheart heals the pain, I don’t have love mate, My soul’s full of heaviness, but no compassionate. I tied my heart to your arrow, to who can I wail now, Your edge cut my flesh and blood – no[…]

Do not leave me, I might cognize myself not a moment sans you, Come closer, even not a second I can be tolerant sans you. Be always in my heart, it is yours, but if I perish in outland To[…]

by Abdurauf Fitrat A lovely star, The most precious one of our land, Why did you run away from us so far? Why did you not speak to dear friend? Tell, how are things, do you like this world, Star?[…]

THERE IS A WORD Beautiful as a fresh dawn As a bud opened in the morning Clean like a drop of dew in the bud. There is a word like A sweet child of honeyed feelings As if joy of[…]

Dear Friends! Please meet OMON MATJON, a national poet of Uzbekistan, former editor-in-chief of a reputed literary magazine. His poem below is in harmony with my feelings these days: Life is flying, flying day, Kings and crown pass away, Luck[…]