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About heroism

Musa Cälil
I know in your song, dzhigit, there is
A flame and love to the native land.
But the warrior is famous not for his song:
What tell me, have you done in the war?
Have you stood up for your motherland...
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Available Languages: Uzbek, Tatarish, English, Русский

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 me,
The child cast her glance right into my soul.
My head was going round for joy,...
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Available Languages: German, English, Русский, Tatarish, Uzbek

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 stirred my soul
My confinement strives to extinguish....
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Available Languages: Tatarish, Uzbek, Русский, English

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 your ardour,
Go, Shah-zadeh, your royal brother slay.”...
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Available Languages: German, English, Tatarish, Русский

After illness

Musa Cälil
I am healthy again. And my tired brain
Is free of oppressive gloom.
My forehead is damp. As though it covered
With dewdrops at the hour of blooming dawn.
I can see again the world rich with light,...
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Available Languages: Tatarish, English, Uzbek, Русский

A plea to motherland

Musa Cälil
Forgive me, Motherland, whose name
Was on my lips in bitter strife,
Forgive me - to your sacred glory
I failed to sacrifice my life.
I didn't betray you for a moment
To save my life, a speck of dust....
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Available Languages: Uzbek, Tatarish, English, Русский, Chinese

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 to march to free the Earth.
And where he passed the foe was crushed,...
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Available Languages: Русский, Tatarish, Uzbek, English

Bell

Musa Cälil
Once on the steps of a house
There stood a boy right in front of the door,
And he couldn't reach his finger to the bell,
Mo way — and he was obviously perplexed.
I came up to him and tell him:...
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Available Languages: English, Tatarish, Русский

Convict

Musa Cälil
The verdict was announced today:
He Is sentenced to death.
Only tears that were seething in his chest.
Are all gone... and he is not crying.
it is calm in the prison... from the nocturnal sky...
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Available Languages: German, Chinese, Tatarish, English, Uzbek, Русский

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 dearly loved! This word
My friends will never utter, if they believe in me!...
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Available Languages: German, Chinese, Tatarish, English, Русский, Uzbek

Forest

Musa Cälil
The day is fading, yet I still stand
With a heavy heart and silent thought
And gaze upon the forest wall
That rises up around me naught.
Perhaps the partisans have lit
A bonfire in the evening air...
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Available Languages: German, Русский, Tatarish, English

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 something wanting,
That there is something very much amiss....
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Available Languages: German, Chinese, Русский, Tatarish, English

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 his sleeves
And goes into the garden with a spade... —...
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Available Languages: Tatarish, Uzbek, English, Русский

Handkerchief

Musa Cälil
We said good-bye, and the dearly loved hands
Gave me a handkerchief with an embroidered edge.
A present of my dearly beloved! She is always with me.
With it I covered my wound in a battle....
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Available Languages: German, Tatarish, English, Русский, Uzbek

If only there was a will

Musa Cälil
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If I was a swallow,
If I made noise with wings,
At the hour when the dawn flashes
And the Chulpan-star rises,
My home, my land,
I would fly to you,
As soon as the dawn sheds light....
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Available Languages: German, English, Tatarish, Русский

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 is too proud to tremble:
Even the tiniest petal will not stir....
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Available Languages: Tatarish, Uzbek, Русский, Chinese, English

Misfortune

Musa Cälil
There is a woman in the world alone.
I like her more than anything,
The whole world she could captivate,
But this beauty is married.
— Is she in love with her husband?...
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Available Languages: German, Русский, Uzbek, Chinese, Tatarish, English

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 old beggar dies,
All alone, without comfort of friend or kin....
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Available Languages: German, Русский, Tatarish, Uzbek, Chinese, English

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 shameful,
The sun behind the hill has promptly dropped....
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Available Languages: German, Tatarish, Chinese, English, Русский, Uzbek

Parting

Musa Cälil
A parting with a friend is past all bearing
When there's no hope of meeting any more.
Especially if the riches you can boast of
Comprise of love and friendship, nothing more....
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Available Languages: German, Русский, Tatarish, English
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