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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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Available Languages: German, Uzbek, Tatarish, Russian, English

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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Available Languages: Chinese, Russian, English, Tatarish, Uzbek

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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Available Languages: German, Uzbek, Russian, English, Tatarish, Chinese

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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Available Languages: German, Uzbek, Russian, English, Tatarish

Hands wrought under the dark veil...

Anna Akhmatova
Hands wrought under the dark veil…“What is it that makes you so pale and faint?”- I’m afraid that I made him drunk...
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Available Languages: English, Russian

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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Available Languages: German, Russian, Tatarish, English

Memory of the sun

Anna Akhmatova
In the heart, the memory of the sun fades,Yellower turns the grass.The wind disperses the early flakesBarely, with...
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Available Languages: Russian, 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...
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Available Languages: German, English, Chinese, Uzbek, Tatarish, Russian

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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Available Languages: German, Uzbek, Russian, English, Chinese, Tatarish

Song of the final meeting

Anna Akhmatova
How helplessly chilled was my chest, yetMy footsteps were nimble and light.I unconsciously put on my left handThe...
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Available Languages: English, Russian

The boy there, on the bagpipes playing...

Anna Akhmatova
The boy there, on the bagpipes playing,The girl, who weaves herself a wreath,Two forest paths that cross while...
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Available Languages: English, Russian

The Cauld Lad of Hilton

English fairy tales
At Hilton Hall, long years ago, there lived a Brownie that was the contrariest Brownie you ever knew. At night, after...
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Genres: Fairy-tales
Available Languages: Russian, English

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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Available Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Tatarish, English

The Fairies of Merlin's Craig

English fairy tales
Early in the seventeenth century, John Smith, a barn-man at a farm, was sent by his master to cast divots (turf) on...
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Genres: Fairy-tales
Available Languages: English, Russian

The fish and the ring

English fairy tales
Once upon a time, there was a mighty baron in the North Countrie who was a great magician and knew everything that...
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Genres: Fairy-tales
Available Languages: Russian, English

The girl's song

Musa Cälil
My beloved, joy of my life,To fight for his land departs.My beloved, joy of my life,Is taking his friend's heart.I am...
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Available Languages: Russian, Tatarish, English, Uzbek

The Golden Snuff-Box

English fairy tales
Once upon a time, and a very good time too, though it was not in my time, nor your time, nor for the matter of that...
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Genres: Fairy-tales
Available Languages: English, Russian

The Jackal and the Partridge

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A Jackal and a Partridge swore affiliated friendship; but the Jackal was complete crushing and jealous. "You don't do...
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Genres: Fairy-tales
Available Languages: Russian, English

The last song

Musa Cälil
The Earth is so vast,Spacious, lovely!And my prison isDark and stinking.A bird in the skySoars to the clouds.On the...
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Available Languages: German, Tatarish, English, Uzbek, Russian, Chinese

The last straw

Musa Cälil
With burning indignation life here ending,I imprecate my cruel destiny.Why, Mother, did you cherish me and tend...
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Available Languages: English, Chinese, Russian, Uzbek, Tatarish
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