Rasul Gamzatov: quotes, photos

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Rasul Gamzatov (1923-2003) - the greatest Dagestan, Soviet, Russian poet, public and political figure. 15 years after his death in his homeland, in Dagestan, people's love for this wise highlander does not fade. Despite the fact that the poet never wrote in Russian, Rasul Gamzatov's quotes about life, friendship, love, and women are very popular. His poems, statements with their depth and wisdom are relevant to this day. This article contains photos and quotes from Rasul Gamzatov.

Writing about the work of Rasul Gamzatov is not easy, because he never became a hostage to any one topic. His poems are multifaceted - these are love lyrics, and philosophical works, and discussions about friendship, loy alty, and, of course, chanting of the Motherland.

About women, about love

Rasul Gamzatov always had a very reverent attitude towards women. He writes about them with infinite love and care. Maybe because all his life he was surrounded by women - mother, wife, three daughters, several granddaughters?

The poem "Take care of mothers" showed the whole world the ideal image of the keeper of the family hearth in the literal and figurative sense. A special place in the poet's work is occupied by the main woman in the life of every person - mother. The life of women in the mountains has always been difficult, but at the same time, respect for the mother is the basis of education in the Caucasus.

Therefore, the manifestation of filial love is very valuable, the poet is aware of the need not to miss the time for showing attention. About his mother, he always wrote penetratingly, but at the same time, clearly and simply. A lot of Rasul Gamzatov's works are devoted to chanting: "Mother shakes the cradle in the village…", "Mom", "Mothers", "I don't need doctors' medicine".

All the poet's poems about love are sincere, full of tenderness and nobility.

A house without a woman is a mill without water. A world without women is a sandy desert.

But I never remembered the one I loved, because I never forgot about her.

With a loved one, the night is brighter than the day, and with an unloved one, the day is blacker than the night.

For centuries, the evil gossips were those women who were not loved.

I'm talking about you, who is dearest to me, I'm afraid to write. Suddenly someone, loving, Will speak to another, beloved too, With the words that I found for you.

You are my light, and the star, and the dawn. When you are near - it's sweet to me, When I don't see you - it's bitter! But here's the wife - a star and light Appeared, stood at the threshold. "You're here again," cried the poet, "Give mework, for God's sake."

I learned to walk in order to come to you. I learned to speak in order to talk to you. I fell in love with flowers to give them to you. I loved you to love life.

About friendship, including between peoples

Dagestan is a multinational region, where people of dozens of nationalities live. "Dagestan" in translation means "country of mountains". And this region is also called the "mountain of languages", referring to its multinationality. Historically, the poet's homeland was torn apart by many wars and enemy raids. Therefore, every mountaineer had to carry a dagger. And now the strength of the people of the Caucasus lies in the friendship and unity of all peoples. Friendship, mutual understanding and mutual assistance - these are the simple human truths on which Rasul Gamzatov himself was brought up, and which he sang in his poems. What is more important - the language you speak, or your honor, mind, conscience? The great mountaineer knew the answers to these questions.

Great meaning hid her covenant and I understood before the truth in the answer: There are no bad peoples on the planet, although there are bad people on the planet.

Live long, live righteously, striving to join the whole world in fellowship, And do not blaspheme any of the nations, keeping your own honor at the zenith.

Without friendship, my small people would perish, Great only because they live with love. We need true friendship and a song about it We need more than air, and we need more bread.

I really like all peoples, and whoever takes it into his head, who tries to slander any people will be cursed three times!

If I love a man, I will love his nation,and if I hate him, I will forever forget what nationality he is.

People, I ask you, for God's sake, do not be ashamed of your kindness. There are not so many friends on earth: beware of losing friends.

About the Motherland, about the war

In the poems of the poet who survived the war, who lost two brothers on it, this topic has always stood out. In the work of Rasul Gamzatov, stories about the war are always very closely intertwined with the theme of love for the Motherland, one's country, the sunny mountainous land in which he was destined to be born. He has visited many countries. But throughout his life he carried love for his native republic of Dagestan. He liked to listen to stories and legends about the life of folk heroes from early childhood.

Thanks to the work of Rasul Gamzatov, the whole world learned about the existence of a small, but very courageous and proud Dagestan, its natural and human beauty. The literary heritage of Gamzatov is a huge layer of the richest material for the pedagogical, cultural, moral, patriotic education of modern youth. Love for the motherland - big and small - is fully reflected in the poems and quotes of Rasul Gamzatov.

Sometimes it seems to me that the soldiers, who did not come from the bloody fields, Didn't die in this land once, But turned into white cranes.

What is this song of wagon wheels about, And the chirping of birds, And the rustling of birches? About the motherland, only about the motherland.

When far from your native land Fate or the road took you away, And joy is sad - now I understand - And the song is bitter, And love is not bright, Oh, Motherland …

On the fieldfallen friends in battle - there were many of you who passionately loved life. I know: I survived to tell about you, who lived so little.

Every day the news is disturbing, again the world is armed. Maybe my mother and I should stand together between the warring parties?

About life

Great many years of experience, teaching activities, communication with various famous people makes Rasul Gamzatov's quotes so deep that you want to constantly reread them. One of the main leitmotifs of the poet's work is love of life, wisdom, love for the family.

All my life I have been looking for the truth, all my life I made my mistakes, but I understood only before the last feast: mistakes were truth and life.

And I flipped through the pages of intricate books, but inevitably I became convinced that we can’t learn everything from someone else’s bad experience.

Our eyes are much higher than our feet. In this sense, I see a special sign: we are so created that everyone can look at everything before taking a step.

You live at least a lot, at least a little, but I will tell you, not melting: if the pain of others did not become yours, your life was lived in vain.

Look forward, strive forward, and yet someday Stop and look back at your path.

Two people looked out the window: one saw rain and mud, the other green foliage, spring and blue sky. Two people were looking through the same window…

A person cannot be happy without the welfare of the people around him.