Aşıq Q′rib

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«Return of the Ashik-Garib». Illustration MV Ushakov-Poskochin. Mascara. 1939

Aşıq Qərib is an Azerbaijani romantic, fairytale-like epic about a traveling epic singer ( Aşıq ), which is also popular in the Caucasus , Central and Asia Minor .

The first written version was recorded by Mikhail Lermontov in 1837, who probably had the story told by Mirza Fet Ali in Tbilisi. In 1846, Lermontov's Russian version was published posthumously.

The plot was set to music in the operas Ashik-Gharib by Üzeyir Hacıbəyov and Schach-Senem (1923–1925) by Reinhold Moritzewitsch Glière . The ballet Aschik-Kerib (1939–1940) by Boris Wladimirowitsch Assafjew is also a setting of the epic.

Sergei Parajanov filmed the work in 1988 as Ashugi Quaribi (German: Kerib, the minstrel ).

German editions

  • Mikhail Lermontov: Kerib the minstrel. A Turkish fairy tale. German by Werner Creutziger. P. 239–249 in: Michail Lermontow: Prosa und Dramatik. 584 pages. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-352-00095-6
  • Mikhail Lermontov: Ashik-Kerib . Translated by Claudia Zecher. (= Russian classics for children). Mescheryakov, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902755-18-6 (children's book, 30 pages)

Web links

Wikisource: Aşıq Qərib  - Sources and full texts (Azerbaijani)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laurence Kelly: Lermontov: Tragedy in the Caucasus , p. 87 ( Google Books )