Abdurauf Fitrat and his poems

The poem “Mirrix yulduziga” is thought to have been written in 1920. The lyric hero addresses the star Mirrix (Mars) with a series of bitter questions: do you too have the humiliation and baseness found on our earth – hypocrisy, oppression, the wrecking of life’s order for one’s own gain, and betrayal of the homeland? According to the textbook, Mirrix is chosen because it is the patron of the month of Hamal (Navro‘z, the season of hope) and also a symbol of war. The questions are a reaction to injustice in the region; in the time it was written, saying such words took great courage. In “O‘gut” the poet addresses a steady young man and sees the nation’s future in the young; through short, sharp commands he calls him to tireless action, to overcome fear and to remove the old obstacles on the road to progress, and he regards failing this task as a disgrace. According to the textbook, “o‘gut” in the title means not advice but more a call and an awakening. “Go‘zalim, bevafo gulistonim...” is a love poem, written in syllabic metre, yet it has many classical devices such as simile, personification and metaphor. In this address to a parted beloved the lover recalls happy past days, describes the pain of separation, and ends each stanza with the same mournful question. The textbook also says this poem is in harmony with Cho‘lpon’s love poems.