Questions tagged [tahir-hamut]
Questions about the works of the modernist Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut or Tahir Hamut Izgil (born 1969) or his life as a writer. Use with the tag [uyghur-literature].
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What is an "intermezzo from the dusky elm's trunk"?
Phone Call by Tahir Hamut (full text on Words Without Borders) contains the following line:
An intermezzo from the dusky elm’s trunk
fans the spirit lamp into a bonfire
I'm somewhat confused by the ...
