Konstantin Miladinov

Konstantin Miladinov (Struga, 1830 - Carigrad (Istanbul), 1862) is the first macedonian lyrical poet. In his early ages he left to study in Moscow, which, in that time, was an important cultural center for the slavic world. In the Moscow university Miladinov studied philology.
In the time of his stay in Russia he was feeling deep sorrow and loneliness because of his being far away from his own country.
On his way back from Moscow, Konstantin heard that the Ottoman police has arrested his brother Dimitar Miladinov and, hoping that he would be able to free his brother, he changed his route and went to Carigrad (istanbul). But the Ottoman police arrested Konstantin too, and the two brothers died one after the other in the Carigrad prison in 1862.
Konstantin and Dimitar Miladinov had a major role in the waking of the macedonian people and their nationality. With their teaching activities and the collecting of the macedonian folk literary works, they set the grounds for the modern macedonian literature.

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Orelski krilja kak da si metneh, i v nashi strni da si preletneh na nashi mesta ja da si idam, da vidam Stambol, Kukush da vidam, da vidam dali s'nce i tamo mrachno ugrevjat kako i vamo. Ako kak ovde s'nce me sretit; ako pak mrachno s'nceto svetit, na p't dalechni ja kje se stegnam, i v drugi str'ni kje si pobegnam, k'de s'nceto svetlo ugrevjat, k'de neboto dzvezdi posevjat. Ovde je mrachno i mrak m'obviva i temna m'gla zemja pokriva, mrazoj i snegoj, i pepelnici, silni vetrishcha i vijulici, okolu m'gli i mrazoj zemni, a v gr'di studoj, i misli temni. Ne, ja ne mozham ovde da sedam, ne, ja ne mozham mrazoj da gledam! Dajte mi krilja ja da si metnam i v nashi str'ni da si preletnam; na nashi mesta ja da si idam, da vidam Ohrid, Struga da vidam. Tamo zorata greit dushata, i sn'ce svetlo zajdvit v gorata; tamo darbite prirodna sila so s'ta raskosh gi rasturila: bistro ezero gledash beleit, i si od vetar sino temneit: pole poglednish, ili planina, segde bozheva je hubavina. Tamo po srce v kaval da sviram, s'nce da zajdvit, ja da umiram.

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