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the development of Türkmenistan’s independence and the peace and comfort of its citizens and to protect its land.

Our youth and the rest of our nation should be strong morally and be rich in spiritual wisdom.

From now on, we should make sure our entire Türkmen nation, our grandmothers, our grandfathers, our children in kindergarten, our young boys and girls, never loses its enthusiasm. We should always strive to make our people happy. Honesty should be their companion; they should be enthusiastic with pure desires and wishes.

A people living in its own land freely and independently and without fear is a happy people.

 

Nothing in history could degrade the humane qualities and hospitality of the Türkmen nation. Neither has anything reduced its spiritual power. Any Türkmen you can come up with would either be writing a poem or playing a musical instrument to express his or her happiness. Many of the lines that Magtymguly recited as the signs of the brilliant Türkmen spirit have already become proverbs in the daily lives of the Türkmen nation:

Pyragy asks from the Türkmen land / May the enemy keep away from its red rose / Before we pass away / May the enemy retreat immediately!.. O mankind, the Türkmen land is my land / No other farther land is preferable to me... Pyragy my eyes are so tired reflecting upon the homeland / It seems that I will remain apart from my homeland...May vast lands Hydyr wonders about be the share of ours/ Let our homeland be settled and permanent / May we eat at the same table...A brave son comes from a brave father, a coward will never become brave, / Never


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