Aziz Isa Elkun
In these years that pass by full of memories,
I lived on your streets with constant effort.
My hope shines like an ever bright star,
I will celebrate you today with flowers.
I love this life, this world so beautiful,
I live in the desert and dream of the oasis.
I wish to soar like an eagle,
I wish the blue sky for my homeland!
Translated by Aziz Isa Elkun
by Abdurehim Abdulla
All the poets talk of mother
Do you not remember your fathers?
They are such fathers
That even tigers might envy.
They are such fathers
That many beauties admired them
Sharp knives ready to strike
If any betrayer should appear.
Aziz Isa Elkun
You’re the blue sky above me
The one I have always loved
Since I learned to walk
To see, to smell, to eat…
I have the deepest feeling for you
It’s always been there
Deep like the ocean
High like the Heaven Mountains
Though my roots are planted in the desert
