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About heroism

Musa Cälil

I know in your song, dzhigit, there isA flame and love to the native land.But the warrior is famous not for his...

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A dream in the prison

Musa Cälil

I dreamt of my daughter.She came and stroked my forelock with her hand.— Oh you have been away for long! — se told...

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A dream of joy

Musa Cälil

The exhaustion of prison is taking its toll.All the days and the nights arc anguish.Every hope, every passion that...

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A fickle mistress

Musa Cälil

One day a young enchantress told her suitor,A prince whose passion nothing could allay:“If you want me to believe...

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After illness

Musa Cälil

I am healthy again. And my tired brainIs free of oppressive gloom.My forehead is damp. As though it coveredWith...

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A plea to motherland

Musa Cälil

Forgive me, Motherland, whose nameWas on my lips in bitter strife,Forgive me - to your sacred gloryI failed to...

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A warrior's oath

Musa Cälil

He gave his oath with all his heart,With all his soul - and on his horse,Gun on his shoulder, straight he sat,Ready...

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Bell

Musa Cälil

Once on the steps of a houseThere stood a boy right in front of the door,And he couldn't reach his finger to the...

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Convict

Musa Cälil

The verdict was announced today:He Is sentenced to death.Only tears that were seething in his chest.Are all gone......

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Don't believe

Musa Cälil

If they bring news to you about me,If they say: «He is tired, he is lagging behind, he fell down»,Do not believe, my...

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Freedom

Musa Cälil

When with the light of dawn I am awaking,Or when I sink into sleep's dark abyss,I have a feeling that there's...

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Gardener

Musa Cälil

Our gardener is a restless old man.Me is, perhaps, ninety years old.But he, as the dawn lights up,Is awake, rolls up...

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Handkerchief

Musa Cälil

We said good-bye, and the dearly loved handsGave me a handkerchief with an embroidered edge.A present of my dearly...

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If only there was a will

Musa Cälil

1If I was a swallow,If I made noise with wings,At the hour when the dawn flashesAnd the Chulpan-star rises,My home,...

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It sometimes happens

Musa Cälil

It sometimes happens that the soul stands firm.Although death’s cruel wind blows everywhere,The soul's frail blossom...

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My ailing thoughts

Musa Cälil

I'm afraid that fool death will defeat me soon,The hunger, lice and cold will do me in,And I'll die as in winter an...

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On trial

Musa Cälil

Our execution’s soon ‒ we’ve out been taken,And lined up in a solitary spot...In order not to see a deed so...

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Parting

Musa Cälil

A parting with a friend is past all bearingWhen there's no hope of meeting any more.Especially if the riches you can...

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Recovery

Musa Cälil

I have been ill, and I was really bad,I have exhausted the chemist's nearby,But still I was growing paler and...

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The chosen

Musa Cälil

Many bridegrooms hurry tot he girl-dawnFrom a foreign land overseas.All are clad in brocade and satin, and with a...

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