Ziyovuddin Mansour

ZIYOVUDDIN MANSOUR, poet, was born in Namangan, author of many poetry collections. He currently works at Namangan regional branch of Writers Association of Uzbekistan. His poems have been translated into many foreign languages. He lives and works in Namangan, city of flowers.

Thought-out world

This world is too considered,
Well-though-out,
It will calculate your every track.
It will give you much, but once, no doubt,
In a moment, all them, will take back.

This world is too considered,
Well-though-out,
If someone wants – on you – to play a trick,
Never beg for mercy from the world,
What you sow before, so you will reap.

A human-being,
Calculate your life,
What are you able to give the world in short?
If you can to find a lay reply,
You will also become a separate world.

Translated by Azam Abidov