Ashik Qurbani or Kurbani (Azerbaijani: Aşıq Qurbani) is one of the most prominent ashiks of all times.[1]
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Born | 1477 Iri |
Died | Iri |
Occupation | Ashik |
Qurbani, or was born in 1477 in Iri 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 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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