Poetry
Гули хор
Not translated into English
Bozor Sobir · 1978
Synopsis
The poet's third collection, published in 1978. No source describes it specifically: those that present his work speak of a civic, social and love poetry, attached to the homeland, the village and childhood, written in traditional forms as well as in free verse.
Context
The title translates as “the thorn flower”, and the poet later used it in the title of an anthology, “From the Thorn Flower to the Barbed Wire”. According to Iraj Bashiri, his first books mostly depict rustic life in Tajikistan, before the work turns to Soviet politics and Tajik identity. Selections of his poems have appeared in Russian in Moscow, and he himself translated Byron, Rimbaud, Neruda and Yesenin into Tajik.
Who it is for
For those interested in Tajik poetry of the seventies and its songs of the native land.
Prizes and reception
He is nicknamed the conscience of the nation, and two of his poems have become anthems in Tajikistan.