{"id":75,"date":"2016-02-04T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T11:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.azizisa.org\/en\/?p=75"},"modified":"2017-03-24T13:06:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T13:06:27","slug":"a-question-to-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azizisa.org\/en\/a-question-to-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Question to the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aziz Isa \u00cblkun<\/span><\/p>\n

New Year has come, the old year has passed,<\/span>
\n A page of life has been torn out.<\/span>
\n I ask myself quietly-<\/span>
\n Where has the value of life gone?<\/span><\/p>\n

I have passed forty years \u2026<\/span>
\n But have not yet achieved my desire.<\/span>
\n I live stretching out my hand towards hope-<\/span>
\n Placing myself close to my suffering people.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

On this rainy night I sink into melancholy,<\/span>
\n I throw the year behind me and bid it farewell.<\/span>
\n For the love of my homeland I am a wanderer,<\/span>
\n Following the desert caravan towards our destination.<\/span><\/p>\n

Always on my mind, \u201cAnswer to the Years\u201d,<\/span>
\n If you know that cry of hope for the Uyghurs.<\/span>
\n Oh years, don\u2019t be proud, don\u2019t mock us,<\/span>
\n We live for our country. That is your answer!<\/span><\/p>\n

I wander on the bank of the Thames,<\/span>
\n The church bells ring loud.<\/span>
\n I send my greetings of freedom by the birds,<\/span>
\n My heart erupts for my country \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

I live far away, my country is strange to me,<\/span>
\n But it occupies the gloomy garden of my soul.<\/span>
\n How can I enjoy happiness and ease-<\/span>
\n Without seeing freedom for my country.<\/span><\/p>\n

No place to go, no close friend,<\/span>
\n I have shelter in London but my soul is numb.<\/span>
\n My breath flows in Uyghur-<\/span>
\n My path is full of regret.<\/span><\/p>\n

A sea of people around me,<\/span>
\n Though they greet me I do not know them.<\/span>
\n A busker stands under the bridge-<\/span>
\n His music catches my mood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colourful fireworks salute the New Year,<\/span>
\n In the Tarim an old man weeps under an oil lamp.<\/span>
\n \u201cHappy New Year\u201d say my friends,<\/span>
\n Ignoring the hooting of the owl.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amidst the sea of people I am alone,<\/span>
\n Forced to speak another tongue.<\/span>
\n Who are the Uyghurs? Who am I? They don\u2019t know,<\/span>
\n Bitterness in my heart, pain in my soul.<\/span><\/p>\n

No difference between day and night,<\/span>
\n London\u2019s eye turns, spreading its light.<\/span>
\n The busy clock ticks \u2026<\/span>
\n I force myself to bid farewell to the old year!<\/span><\/p>\n

1st January 2013, London<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

_____________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n

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

http:\/\/www.azizisa.org\/yengi_yilgha_sual<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aziz Isa \u00cblkun New Year has come, the old year has passed, A page of life has been torn out. I ask myself quietly- Where has the value of life gone? I have passed forty years \u2026 But have not yet achieved my desire. I live stretching out my hand towards hope- Placing myself close<\/p>\n

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