Nagbdu Kamarova,

Candidate of philological science,

docent republic of Kazakhstan

 

 

The Swan - symbol of  beauty and innocence in  Kazakh poetry

 

Starting with the traditions of chanting Asan Kaiga swans as a symbol of beauty found the continuation in Kazakh poetry.

  In each national literature there is an understanding , singularity of  nature’s perception . In  Russian poetry among the natural phenomena tree was  praised  many times. Along with the birch, spruce, cranberry are national poetic images in Russian poetry.

And our people have a nomadic way of  life close to nature for our people, who wandered along the rivers, lakes, close  image-the image of birds swans. In the imafination of the nomads, the  swan is a holy bird. The Swan is a beautiful bird, so beautiful girls compared with the swan, and those whom he loves man  calls"my swan." In the literature, such comparisons are often found as innocent as a swan, sparkle like a swan, perk like a swan, swan neck ,like a swan in the river, like a  swan’s feather , lining up as a swan.

 

                                 Like a favorite of water - the beautiful swan,

                                 golden moon  gradually swims  in the sky  (K.Amanzholov)

 

                               Thoroughbreds impeccably clean, like a swan,

                                It  seemed to be presented only by true friend) (S.Seifullin)

 

 

The white hands of her,

                     Like a swan-neck      (I.Zhansugirov)

                                                (The Translation of  poems was done word by word).  

Swan-traditional poetic image of Kazakh poetry. Sacken many times sang the swan. For the first time the poet sang the swan in the poem "In the Steppe." Born during the repression, in this poetry can be traced longing for the homeland of the poet, a mother, a beautiful lover. If the first part of the poem is called "Dombra", the second part is called "The Swan." His sense of melancholy poet passes through the image of a swan. Is not the poet conveys the desire to see the joy coming forward through the image of a swan? Through the image of a swan, which can be released from his burden, to instill in his soul a sense of hope for the best. He sends his love and wishes to his country.

In this poetry can be traced as a tradition in many verses, to transfer their feelings for their native land by way of a bird. But why the author chooses is a swan, because a lot of other birds flying over the desert.  

The Swan is flying

Like a strong wind,

All around  sang cheerfully

And the  lake enveloped the swan...

Enveloped slowly,

               Spreading a mirror its  white breast [1, 71].

The poet passes through the image of a swan, not only longing for his native land, homel He conveys longing, affection to the beloved, which is located in those regions, in a beautiful Sary-Arka.

Sacken swan sings a very special way of love, friendship and beauty. In the poem "Bird Swan" where the poet writes, "a child in love with you" we see his desire, and in verse, and in the life of the beautiful, beautiful. The poet puts in a great number of poletlebedya and tenderness in the movements of a beautiful girl. This description is not the swan symbolizes tenderness movements, and is given as a symbol of freedom of the girls. The poet in the poem describes the flight of a swan "flies force of the wind." If Sacken gave an estimate of this poetry in terms of its era, the swan, from ancient times a symbol of beauty and natural splendor, tenderness, then the image would appear in a different light.

A sense of beauty, natural beauty is eternal category for the person of honesty and sincerity. All these qualities are embodied in a poem S.Seifullin "Aққudyң ayryluy." This poem recalls the legend of the great love, with confidence rushing into the future. With a single goal. Develops the idea that passionate love, keeping  the promise, sincere friendship is better than violence, unhappy life. The personality of the poet as an artist is always with the people. It is in this poem, you can learn to absorb the folklore and legends. This is true, correct pattern. In the poem S.Seifullin image of a swan is recognized as a symbol of  love. Having mastered this sense, the image of the swan remained in our minds as a special mark of  beauty. Holy birds  convey not only the sincere feelings of love, but also an artistic way we describe the notion that honesty and sincerity are the driving force behind the preservation of the earth balance, honesty, human emotions. Saken in his poetry belonged to the image of a swan as a messenger of love. In drawing up the image of a swan  given by  the poet of  human feelings, its main feature through the description of the feathered bird. The poet touched upon the human senses. Mukagali is one of the poets, who realizing the power of the human soul, wrote about the values ​​to which few poets pay attention. How wonderful monument to the image of swans, in poetry, which complements the beauty of nature . He left as a legacy of the poem "aққular ұқtaғanda." This poem is intended to be a legacy that will be passed on from generation to generation. Poem Makatayev "aққular ұқtaғanda" is a monument to beauty. The image of the swan is represented here has many faces.

Located on a mountain top, "like drops of rain on the rock" clear, shallow lake dried away from loneliness. The name of the lake, "Zhetimkol." Melancholy song about the lost moon of white swans, in fact, "it is hard to believe that in the past, all it really was a" beautiful lake like a sad disgusted blue mountains. Where  green shoots erupted. Clear Lake yearns for its swans, which transforms the nature and the fact that the glittering rays of the sun, red and yellow circle loses all its beauty in the absence of birds swan shows the sad state of orphaned lake. Charming nature, whose beauty can behold, but did not express in words, can not rejoice enthusiastically for one reason only, no ringing swan  wings early in the morning. Songs of a swan. Poetry song poetry. Thus the poet dwells on thoughts  that as a symbol of love, clean feeling, the bird-song occupies a special place in the heart of a man, nature, without the song  the ground covers  sadness, depression. If the lake "Zhetimkol" becomes lonely  , it is clear that all who mourn will get a feel for it. A true poet and artist has a special talent with a few words to convey a lot of value. Mukagali was able so skillfully use the figurative expression, as appropriate, beautiful view, beautiful movement of a swan. On the question of why we believe as a swan image of beauty in nature, try to give an answer from the  peace of poetry by Mukagali. We have noted the beauty, the beauty that the moon gives Swan Lake. As the poet sang of the charm of a swan "as a symbol of beauty" The poet does not change the place where you can sing the beauty of the swans. Location of Swan Lake is the same, which Saken showed in all its glory. The time that the poet has chosen to show the beauty of the swan in the lake, early morning. In the next poem the poet says that one of  the monders that brings joy with an larly morning is the swan:  

At high ridges scattered sunlight

They were scattered on the lake.

     Bird - white, smooth surface - white, lake - white, white,

White beam is scattered on the white rays.

           Lake of the heavens and the heavens merge with the lake,

       And slowly awaken the beautiful swans [2, 61].

To see the eyes and sing  their  harmony in nature, is capable  only a poet with an open mind, but when the bird, lake, rays of white covering the ground in the morning, it all turns into a whole. It should be noted the sun's rays do not apply and emit light. This means that, like the innocent laughter of a white angel, like beads scattered on the ground revealed the establishment of an innocent world. White rays with particular trepidation involved in all this.

Is not it becomes a joy in my soul because such harmony is established on the ground in the early morning? We  love  the swan. The image which we recognize as the owner of the holy force, bringing with white light in the early morning.

As a poet was able to elevate the image of Makataev swan to the desired level. For him, in nature there is someone else's sound, he hears the sound of singing. For the poet, who was able to revive the landscape, to embellish the lyrical use of psychological terms the swan is not only a symbol of pure, tender love, a subject dear to respect.

 When a loud clap your wings,

My soul trembled.

On your broken ways

I sacrificed my  interrupted soul

Randomly lined with a smooth surface of the lake,

Are beauties that can not leave you, the steppe.

Why did not I born a swan

                         I am a man not fit) [3, 82].

Covers frustrated poet who sees the death of the swans at the hands of people who saw the flight of their flocks to the lake, in his soul remains  sorrow at the sight of a flock of swans, which migrate in times of peace from their lakes in warmer sites. The poet's soul always strives for good, Mukagali who knows how to talk, even with the autumn leaves rot recognizes the strength in the form of a swan, which has to give people joy, hope, and forget the petty difficulties of the transience of life. Reading these lines, we begin to understand the desire of the poet, with a gentle soul by nature. These lines trace the desire of the poet. Who wanted to watch the states of joy or disappointment to fly as freely as a swan, waving its wings like a swan to establish the sincerity of the earth.  From these lines we perceive as a source of strength Swan poet in a time when he had a spiritual disillusionment. Life is valuable in a flash of joy, sorrow, success as a wave. Describing not only the image of a swan and a sad voice, a beautiful figure, the poet dreams of a world in no way tainted.

 Apricots emit fragrance

Fragrant flowers emit a fragrance

So I rush to you like a swan,

        Tending to the mirror surface of the lake [4, 83].

K.Ahmetova in his poetry describes a swan, not only as a messenger sense, she wants to show the image of his carefree youth.

Identity of radiated like a flower,

appeared in the Good season and raised in the shadows.

How many holidays!

Steppe blooms when it come to the

Girls in red and green dresses.

Radiate beauty, like a swan

On the mirror surface of the lake,

            Beauty – makes girls adults so early [4, 31].

As time passes, turning back to the early years, evaluating the past, a longing she saw a youth in the form of a swan. His image in the summer, absorbed a clean, sincere love, too, sees the image of a swan. Smiling every day, youth compares with a lake, clear as a clear blue sky as the highest mountain, the master of dreams and the center of everything good.  Figurative beautiful words in poetry, in the lines of the poem does not arise from a simple desire to speak beautifully, and the aesthetic sense of the image, creative thinking in the knowledge of the world as a poet-painter. What gives the verse, each image in works written in verse, every word of poetic beginning, all this deep sense of awareness and creative thinking of the poet.

      To understand the words in lines of poetry should feel good thoughts of the poet, particularly creative thinking, especially the perception of the world in terms of aesthetics. The word poetry is also value the poem, verse, has a value of beauty.

   Poetry arises out of a deep affection. Poetry means the experience of the heart beat.

 Therefore, K. Akhmetov in his poetry describes a way of associating with a particular swan moment in the life of man, the image of a swan is shown as a messenger of pure love in his younger years. One of the poets who made their contribution to the reflection characteristics of the image a miracle of nature in poetry Mukagali is K.Salykov. Although the number of his poetry are few, the significance and meaning is respectable, an extensive scale as our Steppe, desire high as a mountain. Among the lyrics is not enough Salykov poetries written in a spirit of mutual understanding. In this regard, there is one reason why the word love replaced by understanding. It is felt that that, there are no familiar words "love", "burning with love" is often found in the works of many poets.

The author, who approaches the topic of love for another, in order to transfer their feelings for the beloved, can not pass bird party swan. and this is understandable. Although the author does not provide a high level of aesthetic knowledge to its readers in the transfer of the holy image of a bird, which views people have always been associated as a sign of great sense, yet the author has to say. The harmony of the relations of nature and humanity in unity. Alignment of man to environment, life develops in connection with this medium. In this respect, the author has developed a reasonable idea. The poet feels the beauty of the soul, saddened by the fact that the swan in nature is sacrificed.

So talking about the swan with a desire to convey their feelings.  

The Swan - white queen

I will tell you my secret.

I will sing your way in the song,

Like the image of white-faced girl in love.

You - the healer of the heart,

Send your  wings to me.

Approached me, console your friend,

          Embracing with your  white fluffy wings) [5, 17].

Feelings for the beloved author passes through the image of a swan. The desire of mankind since the birth of  beauty, the desire to press to the  heart this beauty, and the fact that all this it is possible to explain that the external beauty, beauty in the movements of their own age like a swan. Salykov  differs  that beautiful image of a swan around looking at people with a sensitive soul. The poet is not limited by the fact that only looks of delicate girls. He devotes his warriors with gentle verses and makes it clear that he wants to be with the same white girls like a swan.

So the poet sees the flower of life  when the swan opens wings,  heart filled with joy, he can not look away from the beauty of a swan and its lines of writing about it.

Swan did not leave me,

I listened to her mysteries.

I  suffered from  the fact that I missed my eyes,

                       To see this beauty) [6, 11].

We can not help but notice that in verse in  Salykov’s  description given in the form of a swan as a beautiful girl. There is no connection with the cosmogonic concepts.

  The poet in the ordinary purpose of placing poetry sings about  everyday routine of life, revealing the image encourages his readers to seek their ideal beside him, and not in distant foreign lands. Therefore, we consider legitimate for a poet to write.

  the same dawn will come again

Which will make me forget my pain.

If only one eye look

The beauty of wite faced beauty girl

There is a gentle song,

There is exciting sweet voice.

     From the memory is still not out

                      That is the swan, I never met) [5, 74].

Makataev showed the image of a swan as a strong image. The poet seeks to emphasize the power of the holy swan than to praise the natural beauty of this dazzling birds. None of the poets as Mukagali in the art style could not bring to consciousness the reader that at the heart of the holy forces are the qualities that affect the preservation of the prohibitions in national understandings.

Kulashi Akhmetova , who gladly and wholeheartedly praised the holy swan in his poetry, although she was unable to turn the holy swan of quality foundation of her  poems, yet she managed as a woman, a mother and a poet to convey such a thing as an old saint. This feature of the image of a swan, the transfer of the poet of his feelings with the image of a swan, showing itself in the way of a gentle, defenseless swan. Although the author does not try to indulge in life, philosophical experiences, managed to sweat through this gentle bird to convey feelings of women.  She  was able  to  show    swan’s  image, which sang the famous poets, the conclusion of another world.  Showed  in the poetic form to take sensitive soul with a gentle soul.

 

 

References:

1.     S.Seifullin. Akkudyn aiyrylui (Divorsing of swans). The rhymes and poems.Almaty, Atamura, 2003 year.

2.     M.Makatayev. Amanat (The covenant)   Almaty. Atamura, 1999 year.

3.     M.Makatayev. Zhyrlaidy zhurek ( Singing of heart). Almaty, Zhazushy, 1989 year

4.     K.Akhmetova . Zhapyrak- zhazdyn zhuregi( Leaf is the heart of  summer).Almaty, Zhazushy, 1974 year

5.     K.Salykov. Kuzgi saryn( The autumn mood). Astana, Elorda. 2005 year.

6.     K.Salykov. Akku zhetken( Reaching of the swan). Almaty, Kainar, 1995 year.

* The Translation of  poems was done word by word 

 

Resume

 

This article discusses the use of the image of a swan in Kazakh poetry. Swan is one of the poetic images in  Kazakh poetry. Starting from the 15th century with the creation of  Asan Kaigy, the tradition of singing the swan bird as a symbol of beauty is reflected in  Kazakh literature to this day. In verses of S.Seifullin, W. Zhansugurov, K.Amanzholov, M. Makatayev K.Salykova, K.Ahmetova swan image is perceived as a symbol of purity, beauty and sincerity.

 

 

 

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