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I am a woman – Bouquet of Poems from Azerbaijan

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I am a woman – Bouquet of Poems from Azerbaijan
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I am a woman, created by God at an auspicious hour. In my eyes, in my heart is God, the light of love!

Tarana Turan Rahimli, an eminent poetess and writer of Azerbaijan, shares her poetry

Tarana Turan Rahimli - poetess - Azerbaijan Sindh CourierTarana Turan Rahimli was born into an educated family on February 20, in 1970, in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. She is 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 poems and prose works have been translated into 35 languages. The work has been published in more than 45 Western and Eastern countries. Prominent poets and literary critics of 15 countries wrote articles about his poetry, and his interviews were published in 27 countries. She has been awarded with more than 50 international awards and 300 honorary degrees and diplomas. In Turkey her two books “They will recognize me from my love” (Izmir, 2013,) “The poem that I didn’t write to you” (Ankara, 2013) have been published. She translated the poems of about 200 world poets from Turkish, Russian and English into Azerbaijani. In 2024, she translated the poems of the Italian poet Claudia Piccinno into Azerbaijani. She has been awarded with more than 50 international awards and 300 honorary degrees and diplomas.

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I AM A WOMAN 

I’m not an artist,

But I know colors that many artists don’t.

The color of love, the color of longing,

The color of pain…

 

I’m not a composer,

But I hear sounds

That every composer doesn’t hear.

The sound of separation, sadness, hope.

 

I am not a gardener,

But I know the fragrance of

Months and days like flowers.

My life is decorated

With a fragrant garland of bright emotions.

 

I am not an artist,

I am not a composer,

I am not a gardener…

I am a woman,

Created by God at an auspicious hour.

In my eyes, in my heart

Is God the light of love!

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I AM NOT THE ONE IN THE MIRROR

It ran, looked, familiar face,

Followed a piece of life.

I looked around for myself.

I’m not the one in the mirror.

 

It was ice statue in the stone mirror,

Frozen ice looking in the mirror.

My eyes are spring, summer, winter in the mirror,

I’m not the one in the mirror.

 

Luck it was my mirror reflects my luck

Shows me a golden bed.

My God, what a happy shows

I’m not the one in the mirror.

 

My shots were numerous,

My eyes don’t even smile.

The mirror can’t look at me

I’m not the one in the mirror.

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images (3)I WAS SO QUIET THEY MET WITH A STONE

What place was this?

Who sent me here?

The giants saw the way

They made me travel a hundred miles.

 

They didn’t hear what I heard

They didn’t suffer enough.

They left no space in me

Say, where did I hide me?!

 

They took my spring like winter

They were confused as to what I did.

They knew I was quiet

They pushed me against the wall.

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woman-calligraphy-loveIF YOU WROTE LETTER

You wrote a letter,

No fragrance, no breath.

In one of the lines

No sound of your heart

 

You wrote a letter,

It was cold-blooded.

Warm but saying no word

How did you send it?

 

You wrote a letter,

Feeling, emotionless.

My mind was restless

I stayed sleepless.

 

You wrote a letter,

As the blind’s staff

Scratches the ground.

As engraver wrote

On his headstone…

(English translation by Anit Roy)

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Prepared by Angela Kosta Academic, journalist, writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, translator

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