Abdulla Oripov was born on March 21, 1941 in the village of Nekoz, Kason district, Kashkadarya region. He graduated from high school in 1958 with a “Gold Medal”. In the same year, he entered the Faculty of Philology of Tashkent State University. In 1963, he graduated with honors and started working as an editor at the “Yosh Gvardiya” publishing house. In 1967-1974, he worked as an editor in the “Gafur Gulom” publishing house, and in 1974-1976, he headed the poetry department of the “Sharq yulduzi” magazine.
In 1983-1985, he worked as the editor-in-chief of the “Gulxan” magazine, in 1985 as the secretary of the Writers’ Union of Uzbekistan, and in 1988 as the chairman of the Copyright Protection Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Abdulla Oripov is the author of the National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan. More than 50 books of the creator, who is the author of about eight thousand poems, have been published.
The great poet died on November 5, 2016 in a hospital in Houston (Texas, USA) at the age of 75.
Purple land
The phone rings,
The door is knocked …
This event again
In the evening or in the morning
Your green bonfires
When will they turn on
Since winter, I thee …
I waited, Spring
Welcome now,
My beautiful spring
Come, I will wait
Dream of my love
My flower face
My unfinished poem
Magical sound
With a wish without you
it doesn’t look pretty
With a intention without you
Immutable being,
How long a flower life
Albeit a short one,
But gives than goes away
A shortcut to living,
Come spring
Again and again
Like my dear friend
Knock on my door
Songs of longing
Me, tell- tell
On your way
I will wait for you
With big valley
Between the mountains
To Sir with Amu
I will give you my soul
The best original
This is the purple land –
My Uzbekistan
The phone rings,
The door is knocked …
This event again
In the evening or in the morning
Your green bonfires
When will they turn on
Without making free
Come now spring
Abdulla Oripov
This poem has been translated by Madinabonu MakhammadrizoyevaCS Njeru Calls On Agencies To Collaborate In Delivery Of Affordable Housing Programme