Azam Abidov (Аъзам Обид)

[Озор надир, бўлурмиз зор–зор]

Poems

• 1 ФИДОЙИ ЭЛ | Translations: de
• 2 ДУНЁҚАРАШ | Translations: de
• 3 *** [Ҳар кун] | Translations: de
• 4 [Озор надир, бўлурмиз зор–зор] | Translations: de
• 5 ҚАНДОҚ АЗОБ | Translations: de

Language: uzbek

Translations: german ([Nicht nur Schmerz sind wir, auch Wehklage])

[Озор надир, бўлурмиз зор–зор]

Озор надир, бўлурмиз зор–зор,
Фироқ надир, йироқ-йироқ йўл,
Бу дунёси бизга келур тор,
Кетажакмиз севгига мўл-кўл.
 
Оҳ орқали топурмиз паноҳ,
Юрак зил-зил, сохта хандалар,
Бу шундайин бебақо фано –
Ишқдан ўлар ишқсиз бандалар!

Translations:

Language: german

[Nicht nur Schmerz sind wir, auch Wehklage]

Nicht nur Schmerz sind wir, auch Wehklage,
Was ist uns das Getrenntsein? Abgründige Ferne…
Diese Welt ist uns zu eng,
voll Liebe durchmessen wir sie.

Wir finden Zuflucht im Klagen,
Unsere Herzen zu schwer, das Lachen der Anderen unecht,
Das ist die flüchtige Welt,
in der an Liebe stirbt, wer ohne Liebe ist!

Azam Abidov

Аъзам Обид

photo © Azam Abidov

* 08.11.1974, Namangan, Uzbekistan
lives in: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

AZAM ABIDOV is a poet, translator, short short story writer, and cultural adviser from Uzbekistan. He was born on November 8, 1974 in Namangan, city of flowers, Uzbekistan. He trained in philology and has published several books of poetry and translation. He has translated works from eminent voices of Uzbek poetry, Usmon Nosir and Chulpon, and contemporary Uzbek poetry into English. His Uzbek translations from English, American, Indian, French and other world classical and contemporary poetry have also been appreciated in Uzbekistan.

photo © Azam Abidov

One of the founders of the Creative Writing and Translation Club, Azam tries to build a bridge between world and Uzbek literature, widen the circle of young literary translators and encourage them to translate world literature into the Uzbek language and Uzbek literature into world languages. The most successful works by Azam Abidov are Tunes of Asia (English translation of contemporary Uzbek poetry), The Island of Anxiety (poems in Uzbek, English and Spanish), Dream of Lightsome Dawns, A Miracle Is On the Way and I Leave You in Complete Boredom (Uzbek translation of world poetry and fiction). He writes in both Uzbek and English. His poems and translations have appeared in numerous anthologies in Uzbekistan, India, France, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and Colombia and in many web magazines.

Azam’s awards include BBC World Uzbek Service’s award for free speech in Uzbekistan (2005), literary prizes of “Ulughbek” Foundation (1996, 2000); he was a winner of republican contest on Uzbek and Uzbek Literature (1995), winner of poetry contest “My first booklet” among young poets and writers (1990) and winner of the competition “Art Holiday” (1987-1988). Azam’s poems have been translated into Russian, Spanish, Assamese, Persian, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bulgarian, Turkish, Vietnamese, French, Japanese, Hindi and many other languages. He was a Creative Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa in the U.S. (2004) and attended poetry festivals, creative writing workshops and cultural events in India, U.S.A., Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Austria, Netherlands, France, Vietnam, Turkey, Armenia and Colombia.

In collaboration with Uzbek poet Bahrom Ruzimuhammad, Azam compiled two international poetry anthologies, Fish and Snake and The Language of the Birds, involving hundreds of contemporary poets from around the world. He is also a World Poetry Movement’s coordinator of poetry events in Uzbekistan, and one of the founders of Maysara literary and cultural club at the Yudakov Museum in Tashkent.  In 2017, he was a holder of fellowship at LCB at Wannsee, Berlin.  Azam lives with his wife, journalist and poetess Nodira Abdullaeva and with his three sons in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 

 

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