Heydar Babaya Salam

Shahryar,The Poet,
( 1905 - 1988 )
Eng. Heydar Baba, when the lightenings flash
Floods from the valleys roar and splash
To those waters the girls' looks clash
Give my greeting to your glorious tribe
May you on their tongues my name scribe

Tuk. Heydar baba eildrimlar shakhanda Soular shaghildiyub akhanda Gizllar ona saf bagligib bakhanda Ghoy yel ghatursun buyana Balkeh manim yatmish bakhtim oyana SHAHRYAR was born at a time when the Constitution Movement was stirring the roots of the traditional social systems. As soon as the boy was born, he was sent to Khoshknub, a small village far away from Tabriz. Shahryar spent his childhood at the village and the rustic life with the sharpness of physical features had a great impact on the would be poet. It was a time when the traditional rustic life was giving way to the urbanization and the migeration of the villagers to the cities had already started.