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Slaves rising up – Poetry from Azerbaijan

When I said, “Stand up, the judge is coming,” he did not stand up.

“I don’t believe in your justice,” he said.

Bahtiyar Hidayet is a poet from Azerbaijan

Bahtiyar Hidayet-Uzbek Poet-Sindh CourierBahtiyar Hidayet, born in 1974 in the Gazakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan, graduated from university in 1995 and has been working as a history teacher since 1998. Wrote poetry since high school and has 4 poetry books published in Azerbaijan.

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Slaves rising up

The corrupt official

Made a speech consisting of very worthless and meaningless words.

The old men and the neatly dressed people in the meeting stood up and applauded him.

…Sometimes standing up is also a sign of slavery.

 

A toast was raised at the banquet in honor of the dishonorable.

The middle-aged people stood up and drank.

Those people who did not stand up when the homeland was in danger…

They all hid under their beds.

And

…Sometimes standing up is also a sign of slavery.

 

At the concert,

A very rude singer,

Who had dozens of rich men in his life,

Sang a poor song about pure love.

The young people stood up and applauded.

…Sometimes standing up is also a sign of slavery.

 

But in the courtroom

I saw a man who had committed serious crimes many times.

When I said, “Stand up, the judge is coming,” he did not stand up.

“I don’t believe in your justice,” he said.

He was an example to the old, the middle-aged, and the young.

 

By the way,

One of the judges was old, one was middle-aged, and one was young.

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Hazrat Ayyub’s prayer

It rained for two days

The capital was flooded

The capital turned into a sea, the houses into islands

Everyone blames the city administration, the municipality, the water department

 

But the real culprit remained on the sidelines

The religious singer who said “Give me the sea” — Ayyub Yagubov

He has been on the air all day

God heard his prayers

And he is on the air again

The television is working in a flooded house

It is almost like the “sea” meets the singer on television

Even in the belly of a big fish

Hazrat Yunus could have come to meet him

See how much Allah loves His faithful servant

 

Shut up, O mullah,

You say “Music is forbidden”

Allah will bring your mouth to His ears

You will hear your own words

It would be better if you heard them yourself

In any case, Allah will not hear you

 

Oh atheists, explain this too

After all, this miracle

Repeats every year

Accepting Hazrat Ayyub you should

 

…But these atheists are so stubborn

If Moses does not strike the ground with his staff,

If he does not part the sea,

If he does not save the captives,

They will not believe.

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