Bahtiyar Hidayet
Poem ‘A life shattered like a bowl’

(Bakhtiyar Hasanov)

He cherished his lover greatly,
Saying, “My flower, my flower,”
As if nurturing her
In a flower vase.
But his lover—
To unload her anger and rage—
Had turned him into a trash can.
Yet he was a man of great talent,
His chest a treasury of words,
A golden bowl.
There were many fights,
Many bowls were broken during the quarrels.
But he—
Each time, bought new bowls,
Changed the bowls.
Yet he never changed
The flower vase.
He was faithful to his love—
Madly.
In the end,
His life shattered
Like a broken bowl.
Bakhtiyar Hasanov
- A life shattered like a bowl - 14 de agosto de 2026
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Natural do vilarejo de Yukhari Askipara, no distrito de Gazakh, Azerbaijão. Amante das letras, escreve poesia desde os tempos de escola. Formou-se pela Universidade do Azerbaijão e trabalha como professor de História.É autor de quatro livros de poesia: The Hem of Sorrow (2003), White Darkness (2012), Tecnislər (2025) e The Nearest Star (2025). Seus poemas foram traduzidos para diversos idiomas e publicados em revistas literárias internacionais e periódicos online.

