The article deals with the issue of artistic interpretation of the image of the mother in the poetry of Abdulla Aripov. The author classifies the poet's poems depicting this image into two groups: 1) the description of the mother who gave him white milk; 2) mother - as a symbol of homeland and nation. According to the author, the poems of the poet dedicated to the image of the mother are, first of all, autobiographical, in which they describe the creative experiences and the spiritual world. Second, these poems express the poet's artistic and aesthetic ideal.