42 Quotes About Azerbaijan

Life is strange to those who know it,But so familiar to those who don't know.

With life that is an endless, lasting fight,With kindling flames that rage in blood and heart,With sun and moon, with morning and with night,And with the sky's vast cupola, how to part?

Heydar Baba, when the thunder resounds across the skies,When floods roar down the mountainsides,And the girls line up to watch it rushing by,Send my greetings to the tribesmen and the village folkAnd remember me and my name once more.

I don't want freedom gram by gram, grain by grain.I have to break this steel chain with my teeth!I don't want freedom as a drug, as a medicine,I want it as the sun, as the earth, as the heavens!Step, step aside, you invader!I am the loud voice of this land!I don't need a puny spring,I am thirsting for oceans!

My freedom is beckoning the cowards,To come out of their caves:See the vast sky aboveAnd breathe the fresh air that they crave.

Azerbaijan is the only country in the world which has managed to become a transcontinental hub without having access to an ocean.

Before you trust your camel to Allah's protection, tie it fast on to your fence.

Baku is a jazz city; it's an experience that evokes the old Baku.

Yerevan is hype. Tbilisi is talk. Baku is work.