Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
Life
You’ve changed me,
My eyes like dark coffee.
Youth has risen in me,
And pains have poured heavily.
Why are you so bitter,
Even pepper feels shy?
At times, a sweet prick you are,
Even angels hang their heads high.
Life, tell me, why are you
Never gentle, never plain?
Why push so hard
A girl so pure, so vain?
Life — you’ve changed me,
Taught me how to endure.
Facing betrayal without a smile,
Taught me strength that’s sure.
Giving left to enemies,
Losing friends along the way.
And in the end, you’ve taught me
How to grow and stand someday.
Pride
To the ignorant — pride, to the wise — a friend,
From dust I came, a straw that bends.
I too in this world am just a man,
To the grave I go — a nameless one.
Do not be proud, O passing soul,
You too are born — your name is a role.
Your body betrays, stays behind,
Your spirit roams — unheard, unkind.
You are a guest, and I am the same,
Our leaving is sure, our end’s the same.
The place is known, a poor man’s span,
Death is certain — an ordinary man.
The Mountains Are Calling Me
The mountains call me to their wide embrace,
My heart longs always for that distant place.
With pride they stand, far off yet standing tall,
They call me softly, like a mother’s call.
Their nature’s beauty — like the Alpine view,
My homeland’s mountains, proud and fair and true.
Chimgan, Chorvoq, Amirsoy stand near,
Three brothers strong, in winter or in year.
In every season, friends invite me there,
Their hearts are wide, so open, warm, and fair.
From all the world the travelers arrive,
Drawn by these mountains, noble and alive.
One day when tired, surely I will go,
Away from noisy streets and city flow.
Xasanova Aziza Kumushbek qizi. Born on October 1, 2004 in Chirchik, Tashkent Region. Currently a student at Tashkent University of Economics and Pedagogy. On March 1, 2025, she received the title of “Faculty Zulfiya” in a competition held by the university. She has published several scientific articles.Her poems and stories have been published in many newspapers, magazines, and websites around the world. Her poems, stories, and works are constantly published in countries such as Albania, Pakistan, Italy, America, Great Britain, Germany, India, Argentina, Turkey, Arabia and Uzbekistan, Kenya, Africa, Korea,Bangladesh
