Poetry
Амьддаа бие биеэ хайрла
Not translated into English
Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar · 1980
Synopsis
The poem addresses its readers as one gives advice: do not wound others with harsh words, which rust like metal and gnaw at the heart, do not mock the one who has fallen, lift up the child who stumbles, bring sunlight into a cold house. Each stanza takes a situation, the friend, the wounded, the beloved, the one who suffers, and recalls that the cradle and the coffin are common to all; the injunction to love returns as the answer to everything.
Context
The poem was written in Moscow in 1980, during its author's student years; according to one of the founders of the group to which he belonged, all his verses bear the mark of that circle. It was reprinted in book form in 2003, in the first volume of Шидэт ертөнц. The title is found in several forms, including Амьддаа бие биенээ хайрла хүмүүс ээ, “love one another as long as you live, O people”.
Who it is for
A poem of about six stanzas, in Mongolian, in free verse with the tone of advice; a German version exists.
Prizes and reception
The poem that made its author's name; translated into German in 2014 for the first record of Mongolian poetry in that language.
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