{"id":116,"date":"2016-02-20T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T14:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.azizisa.org\/en\/?p=116"},"modified":"2016-12-09T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T10:38:40","slug":"i-ask-if-my-spring-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azizisa.org\/en\/i-ask-if-my-spring-has-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"I ask if my spring has arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Aziz Isa Elkun<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From the morning when the spring bird sings,<\/span>
\n From the garden full of spring scent,<\/span>
\n From the gust of wind which kisses my chin and flees<\/span>
\n I ask if my spring has arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

Elkun is thinking of the distant past<\/span>
\n Desiring every long awaited spring<\/span>
\n Wishing for the early return of dark winter,<\/span>
\n I ask if my spring has arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Though rain falls like the tears of the grief stricken,<\/span>
\n Though there may be thunder storms,<\/span>
\n Though there is dew or frost on the flowers,<\/span>
\n I ask if my spring has arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the cranes fly in a long line across the sky,<\/span>
\n Though the swans have returned and found their houses,<\/span>
\n Though lambs drink the snow melt,<\/span>
\n I ask if my spring has arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the poplar flowers are dropping to the ground,<\/span>
\n Though the cuckoo\u2019s call is heard by its mate,<\/span>
\n Though our girls pick henna from the fields<\/span>
\n I ask if my spring has arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

The farmers\u2019 desires are fulfilled by the land<\/span>
\n They praise the spring singing a Novruz song,<\/span>
\n Children look towards the green horizon<\/span>
\n I ask if my spring has arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

When the spring water arrives in spring,<\/span>
\n When the apricot and willow blossom falls,<\/span>
\n When my grandmother\u2019s wheat ears sprout in the gourd,<\/span>
\n I ask if my spring has arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

Elkun ‘s heart cannot smile inside,<\/span>
\n Because winter has not yet gone from the farmer\u2019s home,<\/span>
\n So he calls the spring with ardent love,<\/span>
\n I ask you please come my spring!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n12th February 2016. London<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nRead the original version of this poem in Uyghur language:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.azizisa.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/14\/keldingmu_baharim\/<\/p>\n

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Aziz Isa Elkun From the morning when the spring bird sings, From the garden full of spring scent, From the gust of wind which kisses my chin and flees I ask if my spring has arrived Elkun is thinking of the distant past Desiring every long awaited spring Wishing for the early return of dark<\/p>\n

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