Based on Chingiz Aitmatov’s novel «Farewell, Gyulsary!». The story of Tanabai the blacksmith, father of three children, who upon his return from war became a herdsman, and his tragic love for the soldier’s widow Byubyudzhan. The lyrical poem has an additional storyline concerning the ambler Gyulsary and his master Tanabai.
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