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He met you somewhere on his way, The joyful lad got carried away: “Quran praises you as the best of the best? There’s no one like you in the East or West.” Amazed that the...

When I’ve these downfalls in life, When my pain is sharper than a knife, I begin to read the magic surahs of Quran. They send my grief and sorrow on the run. All doubt leaves...

At times, I sit in front of her, admiring her eyes, Her pupils dark, her eyebrows black, the beautiful disguise. I don’t know where she’s coming from; she knows not what I mean, Yet hours...

You occupy my thoughts both day and night Your health is mine; your plight, it is my plight Oh people mine, you sacred above all You I cannot betray for all the world With boundless...

It is a summer day, it is extremely hot. A man is sweating, so he takes a pot, Fills it with water, ready to cool off. He suddenly begins to tremble and to cough. Already...

Pushkin Alexander, please accept my admiration, I am a poet too, from thee I get my inspiration. O wizard of the verse! Thou make the stones dance, To be a poet without harmony or music...

My sleepy consciousness, you had enough of dreams, You, clouds, go away, chased out by the sunbeams. Blind and confused, I’m desperate and tired, O, pull me out of darkness – where’s my guide? I’m...

The field is covered with a blanket of snow, The earth is asleep, spring postpones her show. All nature will sleep yet another cold month, Waiting till winter surrenders to warmth. Green grass under ice...

There is a golden cradle in the Himalayan heights, The one who sleeps in it is guarded through the night. When the Sun is rising, the Wind is already there Praising the Sun’s entrance, the...

Up on the hill, is my village, my aul, There is a creek, with water pure and cool. I feel its taste, I know its every part, I love this place with all my soul...