LANGUAGE OF BIRDS, ALLEGORIC POEM BY RIZAI PAYVANDI

This article examines the allegoric poem “Language of Birds” by little-known Uzbek poet Rizai Payvandi. The only copy of its manuscript is kept in the collection of the State Literature Museum named after Alisher Navoi of Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. As a result of research, the author comes to the conclusion that specific creative interpretation of the poem, and new artistic presentation of ideas advanced ? all this is an offspring of Rizai’s artistic creation.