Poetry
Шукуфаи адабиёт
Not translated into English
Pairav Sulaimoni · 1931
Synopsis
The poet's first collection, published in 1931. No source describes it in its own right: those that present his work speak of a poetry at first faithful to the ghazal, then open to the new life, to the liberation of the women of the East, to May Day or to the Red Crescent.
Context
The collection appeared at the same time as a narrative poem published separately; in 1932 followed a second collection, in the Latin alphabet, and a third volume, posthumous, the year after his death. Sadriddin Aini had included poems by Payrav in his anthology of Tajik literature as early as 1926, giving him a prominent place. The Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature has since gathered his work in a single volume.
Who it is for
For those interested in Tajik poetry of the early Soviet years, between the classical ghazal and new subjects.
Prizes and reception
He is presented as a renovator of the traditional metrics of Tajik poetry.