Siz Can Verdiz Bizler Yasayaq -

Maryam looked at the children playing. She realized that every laugh she heard and every new brick laid in Karabakh was paid for by the pulse of her son’s heart. She whispered the words that were now carved into monuments across the nation: (You gave your life, so that we may live).

Weeks later, the news arrived. Polad had been among the first to scale the steep cliffs toward Shusha. He had been wounded but refused to leave his post until his squad reached the summit. He died as the sun rose over the liberated city. Siz Can Verdiz Bizler Yasayaq

She opened a small notebook Polad had left behind. On the last page, he had scribbled a single sentence: "Don’t cry for the ground I lie in; smile for the sky you walk under." Maryam looked at the children playing

"I’m going so that the children in Shusha can finally go to school without fear," he told her. "I’m going so our land can finally breathe again." Weeks later, the news arrived