19th century

Mulla Xo'ja Nizom (Nizomiy Xo'qandiy)

XVIII–XIX asrGhazal, lyric poetry

Biography

Mulla Xo'ja Nizom (Nizomiy Xo'qandiy) was a gifted poet and calligrapher who lived and worked in the Kokand literary circle in the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century. Under the Kokand Khanate he took an active part in the circle of writers gathered at the court of Umarkhan (Amiriy). In his verse he celebrated sincere love, fidelity and devotion, human decency and Sufi ideas. Following the traditions of Alisher Navoiy and Fuzuli, he wrote ghazals, muhammas and ruba'is in a simple, flowing and affecting language. Many of his ghazals have reached us through various bayaz anthologies and manuscript collections.

Excerpt

— From a ghazal

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Translation

Что тебе стоит бросить один взгляд на этого измученного, больного твоего? Пусть сердце и душа мои будут жертвой тем твоим хмельным очам. От тоски по тебе сердце моё стало кровью, и состояние моё вконец разбито; смилуйся же, кумир, над тем, чья грудь — как обожжённый тюльпан. Низамий каждый миг готов отдать жизнь на твоей улице — быть может, тот шах сжалится над этим больным, подобным Меджнуну.

Original

Ne bo'ldi gar qilursan bir nazar bu zori xastangga, Dilu jonim nisor o'lsun sening ul ko'zi mastangga. G'amingda qon bo'lub ko'nglum, erur holim xarob oxir, Rahm qilg'il, sanam, endi bu bag'ri lola-pustangga. Nizomiy ko'yida har dam fido qilmoqchi jonini, Magar rahm aylagay ul shoh bu majnun sifat xastangga.

Works

G'azallar
Muxammaslar
Ruboiylar
Bayoz va qo'lyozma majmualardagi she'rlar