Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar

Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat - Tabrizi (Persian سید محمدحسین بهجت تبریزی; * 1906 in Tabriz, † September 18, 1988 in Tehran ), better known by his author names Shahriar ( Shahryar, Shahriyar, شهریار ), was an Azerbaijani- Iranian poet who wrote both in Persian and Azerbaijani.

Life

Behjat - Tabrizi grew up in Tabriz. Due to the revolution in 1906 he moved with his family to Khoshginab. Here Shahriar lived until 1912, before the family moved back to Tabriz. In 1921, he went to Tehran, where they can complete his schooling at the Dar al - Fonoun school. In 1924 he began studying medicine. But when he fell, he abandoned his studies to go to Khorasan. He returned back to Tehran in 1935 and took up a career in the Agricultural Bank of Iran.

Behjat - Tabrizi published his first book of poems in 1929, discharges of Mohammad- Taqi Bahar, Saeed Nafisi and Pezhman Bakhtiari. His poems were mainly influenced by Hafez. His most famous poem Heydar babaya Salam, which he wrote in Azerbaijani, is considered one of the best modern poems in Azeri. It was published in 1954 and was admitted to the Turkish world with enthusiasm. It served as a template for various plays.

Works

Influenced by the works of Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Shahriar wrote at the age of 7 years ( 1913), his first poem in Azeri.

His second poem he wrote in Farsi:

من گناهکار شدم وای به من

مردم ازار شدم وای به من

(you gonahkar shodam vay be one

Mardimazar shodam vay be one )

" Haydar babaya Salam"

1954 was finally published Haydar babaya Salam. It's about Shariyars childhood and the memories of his village Khoshginab near Tabriz, where he grew up. Heydar Baba is the name of a mountain, facing the village.

The first part of the poem wrote Behjat - Tabrizi in Tehran when he was visiting his mother. The reason for this was that it Behjat - Tabrizi became aware for the first time, that he gradually unlearned his native language and the conversations with his mother called to him not only the language but also the memories of his village Khosginab into consciousness. The response to this poem was already before the publication of very positive. ( " Harada oxuyurdum DAS divar ağlayırdı ." - "Where I expressed it, " the stones and walls began to cry ") When he returned to Tabriz, he wrote the second part of Haydar Baba.