Biography of Batirai

The author of the poet of a tragic attitude. Omarla Batyrai Batyrau was forbidden to sing rural Dagestan nobility, the author of the early 19th century Valery Lands for every too “free” song about love or about heroism was fined, and the villagers collected money to pay for this fine were too freed, rebellious and straightforward. They wanted to listen to him, one way or another.

Omarla Batyrai was born in the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, but the number and year are unknown. Documents, accurately confirming the beginning and end of the life of a unique Caucasian, was simply not conducted in those parts. Biographers use the information of the National Library. It is reliably known that the Omarla family was from free - Uzden. Despite the non -education of his parents, the future poet studied by ear, when his mother skillfully performed folk songs under Strunnaya Chungur.

Thanks to this instrument of the 17th century, his melodicity and chanting, the young man fell in love with music with all his heart. In the future, he became one of the best Chungurists, who also wrote penetrating poems. In the Urakhinsky dialect, dozens of Batyara's works saw the light. He was unique with his exceptional hearing, which allowed to compose text and melodies.

Its like Hahaback, desi and Dalai can be divided into three topics that were relevant for each period of the poet’s life. Omarla began his creative path with a love topic. Even here he was able to become an innovator, challenge the public, although they “sang” about love since ancient times. Dargin in rhymed lines spoke honestly about her, praised the woman and defended her personal beginning.

In real life, the poet “stole” his happiness, kidnapping a future wife from a rich family. Goryanka fell in love with the poet for his sincerity and unconditional talent, gave him four children, but she never saw him wealth. This cycle ends with tragic notes of disappointment. At the sunset of life, Omarla Batyrai turned to the eternal theme of the meaning of life.

Poverty and loneliness led him to complete disappointment, in the last lines you can find a lot of biographical data. In an artistic understanding, there is a struggle for material benefits, the search for associates on travel and leaving from brave reality. All works of the Dargin poet are not dated, so it is possible to trace the chronology only thematically.

The first collection of Arabic font was published much later than his death, which Omarla met with a hungry winter day in extreme poverty, in tearing, but with a sarcastic smile on his face. In Russian, readers of the newspaper Izvestia could see poetry about the most important thing. Rasul Gamzatov dedicated the lines to his associate, a poet of a tragic attitude: “The poets have no graves if their poems live with the people on the lips ...” So, the memory of one of the founders of Dargin literature is alive in many cities of the North Caucasus: Izberbash honors the memory of the poet, Makhachkala, the family village of Sergokal, and thematic concerts are held throughout Russia.

The poet’s life ended in the dilapidated sakla, but his words under the thin notes of the Chungurs have been living after centuries. Photo: Vladimir Song.