Poetry: Tarana Turan Rahimli (Azerbaijan)

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Tarana Turan Rahimli

THEY WILL RECOGNIZE ME FROM MY LOVE

Some will leave their traces, in this world
Some won’t be satisfied with anything.
A grave of somebody
Will mention about its owner,
A word of somebody
Will be left after somebody.
All will desire
To leave any word in this world.
The centuries will cause to forget them.
The false castles made of lies
Will be destroyed.
The people will know everything
They will reprobate after knowing.
The fires will be made
For the guilty past.
They will choose only the words
And will keep only them..
And ...and they will recognize me
From my love!
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I grew up

I was left on the crossroads, I grow up choosing my own way. I passed through the aches That filled into my inside. I was interested with a strange wish, I directed towards light and sound. I drunk off the love I grew up drinking such loves. I took hands of the expectation, I was lost in the corners of life. I cut the grief to my height I grew up in this way. My spirit was invaded thousand times, I took shelter only in the hemistichs. A fire was made inside of my heart But I didn’t burn, I grew up being experienced.

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You can’t draw my picture

You can draw a picture of a tree or a stone You can draw picture of fading winter in spring You can take all what you see in this world, You can’t draw my picture… You can resemble my eyes and eyelashes, Even you can find the color of my word. You can draw the blind patience inside of me, You can’t draw my picture. Maybe you can draw the heart of a stranger, Maybe you may knock down the expectation in my inside. Maybe you may pour my spirit into the paints, You can’t draw my picture. My image will always be in front of your eyes, But you can’t be able to see my own being. Your lifetime may be over, but that picture won’t be over, You can’t draw my picture.

Setu, August 2018

Tarana Turan Rahimli

Email: terane.turan@gmail.com

Tarana Turan Rahimli was born into an educated family on February 20, in 1970, in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. During 1977 and 1987 she studied at the secondary school number 48 in Baku and at the secondary school number 1 in the city of Barda.  In 1990 she entered the faculty of philology of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University and graduated from University in 1995.  In 2004 she defended candidate of sciences on the theme of “Creative activity of Kamal Talibzade”, and got the degree of candidate of philology.    Just during the studentship years (1991-1994) she worked at the newspaper “ Ganj muallim”

(Young teacher) of ASPU, after graduating the university she worked as the responsible secretary of that newspaper (1994-2000) ,then she became editor-in-chief  (2000-2007)  of that newspaper.  Meanwhile,  during 1996-1997 she was the responsible secretary of the newspaper “ Zaman” (Time)  , in 1999 she was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “ Azerbaijan fighters”,  during 2007-2008  she became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “ Tahsil problemleri” (Educationional problems). Since 2003 she is the teacher of the department of “The literature of Azerbaijan and world” of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, since 2008 she is in the post of a head teacher at the same department, since 2011 she is assistant professor of that department. Starting from 2012-2015 academic years she is the assistant professor of the department of “World Literature” of ASPU.  At the same time she teaches Japan literature at the faculty of Oriental studies of Baku State University. Since 1992 she is the member of Azerbaijan Ashugs Union, (on poetry), since 1994 she is the member of Azerbaijan Union of Journalists, since 1998 she is  the member of the Council of Constitutor of World Young Turkish Writers , since 1999 she is the member of Azerbaijan Writers’ Union, since 2007 she is the member of  well-known honorable organization in Turkey  Cyprys Balkans, – The Organization of Eurasia Turkish Literature .  She is the staff member of academic journal of History and thinking” of Turkish World Studying Organization.

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