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No doubt we are a talented nation. We have lived through both the highs and lows of our collective history. The ancient rivers of inspiration produced many of genius who moulded the tough clays of our experience into timeless wisdom and beautiful art. The same spirit that nourished our past greatness is now broken with grief at the parched landscape of our lives. But come springtime, the caked earth will bloom again; the dark hefty icebergs will melt and the sun will rise again over this land of fairy tales.
We are lucky; God loves us. What would have become of us? We who never wanted for anything. We whose hearts beckoned to strangers far and near. God is with us. He gave us the most fertile land with thousands of rivers and lush fields.
We are a nation of dreamers. We believe in fairy tales. We still believe in fantasy, that the ripened fruit of success will find us all by itself, because it happens to us sometimes.
Why, only dreamers could believe that concrete problems will solve themselves; that the revival of cultural production is possible without addressing the question of resources. We always searched for knowledge. We found it and we gave it away. Others made good use of our philosophies, our architecture, our age-old irrigation techniques, while we ourselves went into hibernation in the mountain caves. We sleep on stones, and continue think of stars. Our homes have been destroyed by floods, diseases, and conflict, yet we have not awoken from our dream.
Do not think that we are a spent force. We really are very tired now; so much so that we do not think of poems and songs. Do not hurry us. We have to pause for breath, then look around. We will surely find the energy, the courage and inspiration to nourish our land and its people yet again. And we will be proud of it.
(Barzu Abdurazzoqov, Producer, Mayakovskiy Theater)
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