Renowned poetess Tarana Turan Rahimli’s poem has been composed in Italian by famous composer Ridvan Sadirkhanov
The Italian song “Oh, Mio Dio”, composed and performed by the famous composer Ridvan Sadirkhanov to the words of the well-known poet, literary critic, doctor of philology, associate professor Tarana Turan Rahimli, hailing from Azerbaijan, has been met with great interest by art lovers in Italy. The poem, taken from Tarana Turan Rahimli’s book of poems “Ho amato persino la pietra”, published in Italy in 2023 and translated and published by the prominent Italian poet Claudia Piccinno, has gained a new lease of life in Ridvan Sadirkhanov’s song.
Here is the English translation of the poem:
OH, MY GOD, THERE ARE A LOT OF POETS
Oh, my God, there are a lot of poets
See, how many poems come to life.
See, how many poems are suffocated
The rope of a word around its neck.
When the price of the words are so cheap,
All are like the shah on the throne of word.
Some fall from their destiny.
Some fall from their words.
We turned to a slave in a slave world,
There is no way to be escaped from here.
Oh, my God, in the world, full of poets,
I don’t feel myself well.
(Translated into English: Sevil Gulten)
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Tarana Turan Rahimli was born into an educated family on February 20, in 1970, in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. Associate Prof. Dr. Tarana Turan Rahimli is an Azerbaijani poet, writer, journalist, translator, literary critic, teacher, academic, and an active member of the International Literary Agency in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Philippine, Kazakhstan, Italy, Oman, Belgium, and USA. She is a doctor of philological sciences, author of 9 books and more than 500 articles. She is the editor and reviewer of 25 monographs and poetry books. Her two books were published in Turkish, one in Italian, and six in Azerbaijani.
Poems of the poet, whose works have been published in 35 languages and in about 50 countries, has been familiar to Italian readers from various European literary anthologies and periodicals since 2016. Tarana Turan Rahimli is the winner of many literary competitions and festivals in Italy, as well as the first prize winner of the “Ossia de Seppia” international poetry competition held in the commune of Taggia.
The author and performer of the composition, Ridvan Sadirkhanov, is a well-known artist in Europe, who was awarded the prize and trophy “For the best performance of works by Italian composers” by the President of Italy, Giulio Andreotti. The director of the Italian Academy of Vocal Arts, Professor Sorbini, entrusted Ridvan Sadirkhanov with the selection of talented students to study at the academy. The composer’s fame in European countries is a great success of Azerbaijani art. He is the author of the rock opera “The Return of Sindibad”, which made a splash in the world of music. The rock opera “The Return of Sindibad”, written using poems by world classics in Azerbaijani, Russian, English, Italian, Czech and even Chinese, is not only a multicultural rock opera, but also a multicultural folk opera. The co-author of the work is the prominent scientist and cultural figure, Professor Rafael Huseynov. All parts in Azerbaijani – the introduction and the ending – were written based on his poems.
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