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.