P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Aiyoubi

See Aiyoubov, Safarmuhammad.

Aiyoubov, Safarmuhammad

Tajik poet Safarmuhammad Aiyoubov, also referred to as Aiyoubi,

was born in Kulab on December 20, 1945.

Aiyoubov graduated from the Kulab Pedagogical Institute in 1976,

the same year he joined the staff of Kulab's Rohi Lenini as a reporter.

Aiyoubov's early poems were published in local newspapers in the

1970s. His contributions include the collection Guli Gandum (Wheat

Flower, 1981), Rohi Safar (The Path for the Journey, 1983), and

Shokhai Barq (The Flash of Lightening, 1986). A volume of his selected

poems appeared in Dushanbe in 2000. In 2002, he published a series of

plays entitled Javlongohi Oftob (The Arena of the Sun).

Aiyoubov's poetry deals with such lighter aspects of life as patri-

otism and love. Desire for a better society for workers permeates his

compositions. Poems like "Shi'ri Safidi Danghara" ("The Blank Verse

of Danghara"), "Dehqon" ("Farmer"), and "Farzandi Korgar"

("Worker's Child") are examples of his thematic approach to the com-

position of his verses. V. I. Lenin plays a major role in the verses of

Aiyoubov. "Lenin" ("Lenin"), "Ziorati Dohi" ("Visiting the Sage"),

"Mujassamai Dohi" ("The Statue of the Sage"), and "Tabibi Lenin"

("Lenin's Physician") are examples of the leader's impact on Aiyoubov's

creations. In his collections entitled Gandumi Siroji (Light Wheat, 1983)

and Khoki Tashna (Thirsty Earth, 1986) Aiyoubov depicts the workers

who participated in the Revolution.

Aiyoubi has traveled to Iran and Germany.