Ashiq Qurbani

Ashik Qurbani, or Kurbani, (Azerbaijani: Aşıq Qurbani) is one of the most prominent ashiks of all times.[1]

Qurbani
Born1477
Diri
DiedDiri
OccupationAshik

Qurbani, or was born in 1477 in Diri village (today this place is on the territory of Jabrayil District of Azerbaijan).[2] He was a contemporary of Shah Ismail and may have served as the court musician.[3] According to folk traditions, Qurbani became an ashik via divine intervention in a dream.[4] In the same dream, he sees a big palace and a beautiful maiden in the garden. The girl is also looking at him. A Saint holds one hand of the girl; the second Saint holds the other and puts a love potion into the hand of the girl... Qurbani opens his eyes while he is trying to embrace the girl, but realizes that it has all been a dream. Thus he falls in love with the maiden whose name was Perizat (Pari). This tradition is the basis of a famous ashik hikaye, known as "Qurbani and Pari".

Qurbani's compositions

Qurbani's compositions were handed down as gems of oral art from generation to generation and constitute a necessary repertoire of every ashik. A famous qushma, titled Violet, starts as the following:[5][6]

Başina mən dönüm ala göz Pəri, --- (O my dearest, my love, my beautiful green-eyed Pari)
Adətdir dərələr yaz bənəvşəni. --- (Custom bids us pluck violets when spring days begin)
Ağ nazik əlinən dər dəstə bağla, --- (With your tender white hand gather a nosegay,)
Tər buxaq altinə düz bənəvşəni... --- (Pin it under your dainty chin.....)

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References
  1. Intangible Cultural Heritage of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation (PDF). Unesco. p. 21.
  2. Гурбани. Азербайджанская ашыгская поэзия. Газанфар Ниязов, кандидат филологических наук. Изд. «Язычы», Баку, 1984. - 47 стр. Стр. 9
  3. صدیق. "قوپوزنوازان دلسوخته آذربایجان (عاشیق قوربانی)". سایت دوستداران دکتر حسین محمدزاده صدیق. Archived from the original on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  4. Baṣgöz, I. (1967). Dream Motif in Turkish Folk Stories and Shamanistic Initiation. Asian Folklore Studies, 26(1), 1-18.
  5. "ANTHOLOGY OF ASHIQ" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-05.
  6. Madatli, Eynulla (2010). Poetry of Azerbaijan (PDF). Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Islamabad. p. 75. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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