In the distant Dagestan village of Tsada in 1923 Rasul Gamzatov was born . And distances and times moved, an outstanding cultural figure united the peoples, countries and dialects with a poetic line. He interpreted in Avar Pushkin, Lermontov, Yesenin, Mayakovsky ...
And the lyrics of Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov were translated into Russian by A. Voznesensky, R. Rozhdestvensky, Y. Kozlovsky, S. Gorodetsky, E. Nikolaevskaya and many others, thanks to which a wide circle of readers is familiar with beautiful poems.
The main theme in the poetry of Rasul Gamzatov
He was born in the family of the national poet of Dagestan Gamza Tsadasa, so from childhood he absorbed the creative folk spirit and style of poetry, but, like any educated person, he enriched the old traditions with new poetic discoveries that went beyond national literature and became in demand everywhere.
It is no coincidence that his poems were translated into dozens of languages ​​of other nations. And the song "Cranes" has become for millions of people the embodiment of true service to the Motherland, veneration of the heroic deed of a soldier defending his land.
It sometimes seems to me that soldiers who did not come from the bloody fields did not once fall into our land, but turned into white cranes ... R. Gamzatov, translation by N. Grebnev
He chose love
The theme of the Motherland, participation in the achievements in the country, empathy with each day, of course, was one of the main in the work of Rasul Gamzatov.
But nevertheless, the poet considered love to be the most important component in poetry. The reader can find so many diverse variations on the theme of love that lives in the poet’s heart in his lyrics.
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And, wandering along the icy waves roaming in vortices, roaring hundreds of frets, I saved, I saved this miracle - Feeling, whose name is love!
The poet devoted many poems to his only beloved wife in life. Although it is clear from the poetic lines that they quarreled, and sometimes jealousy annoyed them, but the poet found new words for his muse. For example, such:
My wife says to me: "When was it? What day did we quarrel, dear?" “I don’t remember something,” I answer her. “I simply don’t include these days in my life.”
(Rasul Gamzatov: aphorisms, quotes about love).
The fruit of much thought, a chord to the lines of love, these prophetic words of the poet sound:
There is only love in the world. The rest of Life is the expectation of love ...
And the warning is guessed in the lines that even the most rational or busy with their daily thoughts people, and they soften under the influence of love.
Sometimes, deer fallow deer seeing a sight, Shooter and he shoots out of place.
Theme of mother and native land
Amazing in terms of penetration, Rasul Gamzatov wrote about his mother. In the poem “Mom”, he says that “mum” is a holy word, although it sounds differently in different languages, for all people it is equally priceless.
This is the very first word that a person speaks on Earth, but it can also be a soldier's farewell word. The poet comes to the conclusion that no matter how the word "mother" may sound, it is the essence of our existence on Earth, our main attachment and protection. Because holy motherly love warms everyone in his life.
Rasul Gamzatov: quotes about mother:
The great slave is worried for the son of constantly holy love. In Russian - “mother”, in Georgian - “nana”, And in Avar - affectionately “woman”.
An extraordinary impression remains after reading R. Gamzatov’s poems "There are three treasured songs ..." about what main songs in life mothers sing and how they affect the fate and life of their addressees.
There are three cherished songs in people, and in them human grief and fun. One of the songs of all the other brighter. - Her mother composes over the cradle ...
Wisdom for ages: about life, friendship and destiny
The wisdom with which the poetic lines of Rasul Gamzatovich are saturated is also amazing. Not instructive, not obsessive in its majesty. True worldly wisdom.
The trusting and soulful tone of the poems evokes an unconditional perception of sayings and instructions, behind which, it seems, life itself is hidden.
Rasul Gamzatov: quotes about life:
Our eyes are much higher than our legs. That’s the meaning I see and a special sign: we are so created that everyone can look around before taking a step
Or the figurative perception of what is most important during life is to remain human:
He was not known as a sage. And not a brave man. But bow to him: he was a man
A lot of poems and songs have been written about the friendship of peoples. But the lines of Rasul Gamzatov are distinguished by a short and capacious generalization, justice and accuracy of definitions:
I really like all the nations. And thrice will be cursed one who thinks, who tries to blacken some people.
Rasul Gamzatov: quotes from poems
Each person at least once in his life, but asks himself: why does he live? Well, they say, people are gifted, famous or rich. And what is the use of a simple person?
There is an answer in the poetry of Rasul Gamzatov, which sounds like comfort for everyone. If you are born and own this miracle called "life", then live, leaving behind only the good:
We will all die, there are no immortals. And all this is known and not new. But we live to leave a mark: a house or a path, a tree or a word ...
And as the last desire of Man with a capital letter, these lines of R. Gamzatov are perceived:
I am happy: not mad and not blind. I have nothing to ask for fate, and yet Let bread be cheaper on earth, and human life more expensive!
Creative testament to poets
Separately, I would like to talk about the eight-verses of Rasul Gamzatov, which are similar to the scattered diamonds of wisdom and love. In his eight-poems, the poet briefly, but figuratively and capaciously expressed his feelings and views on life, on this world, for which the poet has many names:
Cut the butt of the mother’s face on the gun, so that each time with a condemnation or a plea in the mother’s gaze, they would look at you.
The most important task, generalized to the state level in the poetry of Gamzatov, is the continuity of generations, the preservation of the traditions of peoples, their language. This is possible under one condition - if love and peace live in a person’s heart:
I rarely rejoice in my victories, it seems to me that there is something missing in the verses. It seems to me - the already born true poet is following me. May he surprise the world with a new consonance, which I may not understand, And may he once remember me with a kind word for my love for him.
Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov lived a rich and fruitful life, he died in 2003. The streets of many cities, gymnasiums and schools were named after him, monuments were erected in Dagestan and Russian cities. There is an honorary medal named after Rasul Gamzatov. In space there is an asteroid named after the poet.
He strove to know this life and share his discoveries with everyone who does not remain indifferent, who care about such words as Motherland, love, mother.