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Rafail Taghizadeh‘s "Garabaghname" - Vagif Yusifli

15-02-2023 [ 13:47 ] [ read:85 ]
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Karabakh, which gave the world geniuses, masters of words, and singers who challenged the angels with their voices, was the eternal ruler of our spiritual world.

But for centuries, the land of Karabakh has always been a battlefield. Wars have been fought over Karabakh, which is an inseparable part of Azerbaijan, and blood has been spilled. In order to separate it from Azerbaijan, invading armies have invaded our land, but each time they have turned their noses back.

Unfortunately, the end of the 20th century turned into a real tragedy for Karabakh. Treacherous neighbors, whose name I do not deserve to mention in this article, invaded Karabakh with the great support of their foreign patrons. Our people longed for Karabakh for thirty years. But in the Second Karabakh War - in 44 days, the Azerbaijani army freed our lands from occupation. The Commander-in-Chief and our glorious army brought eternal spring to Karabakh. We are returning to our eternal lands again. During these years, our spiritual Karabakh has always lived with us. The French writer Apollinaire says that being invaded by spirit is worse than being invaded by force of arms. Therefore, the main task of our poems and speech was to raise our spirits and not let them die.

I consider the work of the talented poet Rafail Taghizadeh in the last 20 years as an appeal to the Turkish soul.

To be honest, Karabakh has not yet become the main topic of our literature in the full sense. There is no denying that some beautiful works have been and are being created. But the fire of this great loss and lack of Karabakh should still become a fire in the hearts of our literature and the owners of words. I think that Rafail Taghizade's one-book "Garabagname" is one of the successful steps on this path.

None of Rafail Taghizade's works is called "Garabagnama", but I named his poems and poems that way. In the history of literature, there are seven "Karabaghnames". In those "Karabaghnames", the historical path of Karabakh is illuminated, the authors created the chronicle of the historical Karabakh based on the facts obtained from sources and sources, as well as according to their observations. Rafail Taghizadeh wrote the artistic chronicle of today's Karabakh.

It is the first time that Karabakh with all its troubles, pains and material and moral condition becomes an object of artistic research in poetry..