Questions tagged [uyghur-literature]
Questions about works of literature that were originally written in the Uyghur language, regardless of whether they were written or published in China or elsewhere.
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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 ...
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Why does Tahir Hamut Izgil speak "the names of ants" he's known?
Reading Tahir Hamut Izgil's "Somewhere Else"*, I was confused by why "ants" specifically were brought up here:
night after night
one after another
I spoke the names of ants I’ve ...
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