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• Gabdulla Tukay My Legacy 

  My tired soul, let peace be your reward, It’s time to go to Allah, meet the Lord. Lift up your head; reveal your honest eyes, Then take one final look into the skies. My friends, let mullahs heed m...

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• Gabdulla Tukay The Reply

  Pushkin and Lermontov, two poets, two stars… The third one is Tukai, he comes from the Tatars. The venom you just drank exacerbates the pain, Dreams of fortune and fame drive you insane. The sea is...

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• Gabdulla Tukay From Shakespeare 

  What is it sitting on my loved one’s cheek? An arrogant fly somehow managed to sneak; What a happy creature this fly must be Almighty God, why couldn’t it be me? 1909 В оригинале на татарском: Ш...

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• Gabdulla Tukay Winter, Farewell 

  Winter go away, we’re tired of the cold. Welcome spring is here, her carriage is of gold. Vanish, Santa Clause, keep safe your snowy beard, Watch out for the flowers you hated and feared. The spring...

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• Gabdulla Tukay Miracle 

  “All magic ended with the Prophet’s death; and never Will a camel rise from stone, and no endeavor The moon’s great sphere shall split in two,” the sages say. Should I believe them? Nay… A miracle o...

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• Gabdulla Tukay It Must Be Him

  He’s the king of gossip, knows every tale. Recently he bought a suit on sale. A dandy, indeed, welcome everywhere, Of his dancing prowess he’s quite aware. No question, he knows how to snoop In the p...

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• Gabdulla Tukay So Let Her Laugh 

  “Stop tormenting yourself: this girl is not for thee She loves thee not, it is not meant to be.” “Indeed, she makes a fool of me, I know,   So what… Her teeth are white as snow. That pearly smile of...

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• Gabdulla Tukay Epitaph 

  I feel your heartbeat in my soul; you never died, Your warmth and grace the two of us have tied, And if you die, death is my only choice, But while I breathe, I’ll hear your gentle voice. You’re in m...

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• Gabdulla Tukay Great Joy 

  Joyful you should be, men of Petersburg, Same I want to wish to people in New York. Hey, Berliner folks, where are your happy smiles? Londoners, bring cheer to the gloomy British Isles. I want to see...

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• Gabdulla Tukay Not All That Glitters Is Gold

  At night a dazzling, splashy butterfly Over the flowers joyfully would fly. Then, once, he noticed something from afar, Twas shimmering and shining, like a little star. The butterfly loved beauty. In...

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• Gabdulla Tukay Summer Morning

  (In immitation of Fedorov’s poetry) It is getting lighter, violet morning nears, While the hazy crescent in sadness disappears. The stars up in the skies melting away in peace, The leaves start...

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• Gabdulla Tukay Hard Work

  My child, work hard until day comes to an end, That’s what Allah wants, for that he will commend. After a fruitful day you will sleep well at night, Get up in the morning and learn to read and write....

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• Gabdulla Tukay Repentance 

  I met some charismatic men who from within were rotten, Godless people to avoid – this rule I had forgotten. By their deceptive smiles I got carried away, How could I so rashly my ideals betray? My...

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• Gabdulla Tukay We Will Not Leave! 

  These people desperately want us all to leave: “This land is wrong for you, under the Sultan live,” We disagree, refusing to surrender to these lies, For every ten spies here, there will be fifteen s...

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• Gabdulla Tukay I Feel Sick…

  It is the crack of dawn, another senseless day about to start, First sleep escaped me, nightmares then tore me all apart. I’m all alone, whoever comes, he’s not the one I chose. He sits right next to...

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