The Earth is trembling
Hearing the sound of rockets.
The skies vomits the blood
Through projectile of the cannons.
The seas are waving,
Like the banner of objection.
The clouds are rocking,
As if they are going to fall.
Look, the birds are crying.
They fell through their songs.
The flowers are mourning
From the wish of to live.
The trees can’t look at
Their growing shoots.
The mothers are wailing
For their newly born babies.
The war is death
It is a tear, it is oppression.
Hey, people, think for a while
What will you gain in the war?
If the humanity passes away
The world will turn to ruins.
Coldness
It was too cold
In BC
The rain drops of the sky
Was too tough
And there were little sun light.
Despite of all these
The human beings of the earth
Were brave and warm-blooded.
They warmed one another
With kindness and love.
They didn’t have greediness
They weren’t fraud.
But then…
The days became hot
The kindness
And the justice of the people
Disappeared.
You see that the hearts of the people
Are too cold
They are stone-hearted.
You see that the love
And the holiness and devotion of the people
Turn into ice day by day.
Then…
The people rise
To the top of the unhappiness
By falling through the eyes of one another.
Even they gave a name to their action- policy!
In this way
They get a lot of things.
They take posts, they get money,
They become famous.
Then
Their hearts turn into stone
One day
When they lose all what they had
And want to come back and be a human
The lifetime don’t let them return…
Like a film
The forgotten paths
The tired knees
The waving seas
Are like my heart.
I don’t know whether I am familiar or strange
Have a peaceful sleep, you are in my dream.
The life that caused you to shed tears
Is like oppression for me.
All which is born is like a breath,
The time is like the cage
The love which ends with parting
Is like a film.
Translated from Azerbaijani into English by Sevil Gulten
VAHİD ASLAN (Azerbaijan)
Biography
Vahid Aslan was born on September 29, 1972, in the village of Parakend of Gadabay District of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He is a member of Union of Azerbaijani Writers and Union of Azerbaijani Journalists. He is the author of the books titled as “ Green loves”, “ In the hand of Loneliness”, “ Love is holy”,” Lifetime of a violet”, “ When the stones blossom”, “ Mathematics and Poetry”, “ Twin spirits”, “ Praying to the God”,” The weather of rain”, “ The martyrs of Gadabay District”, “ Gadabay poets”, “ My heart is the nest of word”, “ Symbol of Dignity” , including two textbooks, three monographs, and more than 350 articles. He was honored with a number of prizes for his activity in the field of journalism and literary. He is the docent of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University (ASPU). He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the newspaper ‘Teacher’s word’.
