Heydar Babaya Salam (Azerbaijani: حیدربابایه سلام) is an Azerbaijani poetical work by Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, a famous Iranian Azerbaijani poet. Published in 1954 in Tabriz,[1] it is about Shahriar's childhood and his memories of his village Khoshgenab near Tabriz. Heydar Baba is the name of a mountain overlooking the village.
It is considered to be a pinnacle of Azerbaijani literature and gained popularity in the Turkic-speaking world. It was translated into more than 30 languages.[2]
In Heydar Babaya Salam Shahriar narrates a nostalgia from his childhood in a village in Iranian Azerbaijan.
In describing Heydar Baba, Shahryar uses the Azeri Turkish word regime toward Azerbaijanis. Here, in every part of Azerbaijan, a Heydar Baba rises up and becomes a gigantic wall that supports and protects Azerbaijan against its foes.[3]
Sources
External links
- English and Turkish Translation of Heydar Babaya Salam (University of Michigan)
- Audio file (mp3) of Heydar Babaya Salam
- Salam bih Haydar Baba and Salam bé Heydar Baba: in Azerbaijani, with Persian translation by Bahman Fursi (1993) ISBN 0-9518042-7-8 - See: Copac library catalogue
- English translation
- Şəhriyar - Heydər Babaya salam-1 (audio) (in Azerbaijani)
Further reading
- Notghi, Hamid; Sabri-Tabrizi, Gholam-Reza (1994). "Hail to Heydarbaba: A Comparative View of Popular Turkish & Classical Persian Poetical Languages". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 21 (2): 240–251. doi:10.1080/13530199408705603. JSTOR 195476 – via JSTOR.