Literary Works
In 1875 Botev published his poetic works in a book called "Songs and Poems", together with another Bulgarian revolutionary poet and future politician and statesman, Stefan Stambolov. Botev's poetry reflected the sentiments of the poor people, filled with revolutionary ideas, struggling for their freedom against both foreign and domestic tyrants. His poetry is influenced by the Russian revolutionary democrats and the figures of the Paris Commune. Under this influence, Botev rose both as a poet and a revolutionary democrat. Many of his poems are imbued with revolutionary zeal and determination, such as My Prayer ("Moyata molitva"), At Farewell ("Na proshtavane"), Hajduks ("Haiduti"), In the Tavern ("V mehanata"), or Struggle ("Borba"). Others are romantic, balladic (Hadzhi Dimitar, perhaps the greatest of his poems), even elegiac.
Poems:
| Original Title | Transliteration | Translation | First Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Майце си | Maytze si | To My Mother | 1867 |
| Към брата си | Kam brata si | To My Brother | 1868 |
| Елегия | Elegia | Elegy | 1870 |
| Делба | Delba | Division | 1870 |
| До моето първо либе | Do moeto parvo libe | To My First Love | 1871 |
| На прощаване в 1868 г. | Na proshtavane v 1868 | At Farewell in 1868 | 1871 |
| Хайдути | Hayduti | Hajduks | 1871 |
| Пристанала | Pristanala | Eloped | 1871 |
| Борба | Borba | Struggle | 1871 |
| Странник | Strannik | Stranger | 1872 |
| Ней | Ney | To Her | 1875 |
| Гергьовден | Gergyovden | St. George's Day | 1873 |
| Патриот | Patriot | Patriot | 1873 |
| Защо не съм...? | Zashto ne sam...? | Why am I not...? | 1873 |
| Послание (на св. Търновски) | Poslanie (na sveti Tarnovski) | Epistle (to the Bishop of Tarnovo) | 1873 |
| Хаджи Димитър | Hadzhi Dimitar | 1873 | |
| В механата | V mehanata | In the Tavern | 1873 |
| Моята молитва | Moyata molitva | My Prayer | 1873 |
| Зададе се облак темен | Zadade se oblak temen | A Dark Cloud Is Coming | 1873 |
| Обесването на Васил Левски | Obesvaneto na Vasil Levski | The Hanging of Vasil Levski | 1876 |
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