Aziz Isa Elkun
It’s a sunny golden morning here
Life is beautiful under the blue sky
and the sun
When they are revealed.
But my desiring heart finds inspiration…
Life sometimes fills with emotion
and much more is on its way.
When I gently touch the golden leaves,
They flutter in the wind.
I feel that I am reading
thousands of verses of poetry.
all written for us by the God of love.
22nd October 2016, London
Aziz Ia Elkun
The sun shines above the volcano
By the sea where Mussolini’s boot was burned
Their green orchards were full of fruit
Their fortresses were the tallest of all.
Fish swim merrily through the sea
The smell of wine has not yet evaporated from the pot
A couple on the beach forget the world
A love song sung at high tide.
The silver-coated water gleams
Love’s sails blush on the horizon
Unlucky mountains with great sorrow in their hearts –
Shake the earth when they explode.
Translated by Aziz Isa Elkun
(Uyghur folk music & song, Meshrep*)
Are you playing in the garden
Are you singing like a nightingale
You have loved me before
And now are you going to abandon me?!
I don’t want to go there
I don’t want to play music
Where there is no meshrep!
