Grandma's tales

Bolalik kunlarimda

Uyqusiz tunlarimda

Ko'p ertak eshitgandim

So'ylab berardi buvim

...

Buvimning har qissasi

Har bir qilgan hissasi

Fikrimni tortar edi

Havasim ortar edi

-Hamid Olimjon (1909-1944)

'In my childhood days,

In my sleepless nights,

I listened to many stories

My grandmother told.

...

Every tale of my grandmother's

Every word she spoke

Inspired my thoughts,

Heightened my dreams.'

(from Chrestomathy of Modern Literary Uzbek by Ilse Laude-Cirtautas)