Vahagn's Birth - Ancient Armenian Song
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Vocals and arrangement by Farya Faraji, many thanks to Anet Gharibian for providing the pronunciation. The melody isn't mine, they're melodic motifs native to the region of the Armenian Highlands and often found in many folk songs of the region. Vahagn was an ancient Armenian deity associated with fire, war and thunder in the native Armenian polytheistic faith. He is often called Վիշապաքաղ (Vishabakagh), which means Dragon-Slayer. Vahagn has an Indo-Iranian equivalent called Verethragna.
The lyrics are in Classical Armenian or Old Armenian, the oldest attested form of the language which begins in the 5th century A.D. They are some of the only remnants of pre-Christian Armenian language and religious belief, preserved thanks to the efforts of Movses Khorenatsi, an Armenian historian from Late Antiquity. Khorenatsi is regarded as the father of Armenian history and the Armenian equivalent to Herodotus, and he claimed to be a disciple of Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the Armenian alphabet. This song was collected by Movses Khorenatsi in his book "History of the Armenians," but the paganistic nature of it must date it to at least a century before his own time-this song is a window into the forgotten world of pre-Christian Armenia. I consulted this academic lecture when researching the subject: av.tib.eu/medi... as well as this site: hayeren.hayast...
I used the pronunciation of Iranian Armenians, therefore my pronunciation might not reflect all the diverse accents of the Armenian diaspora of today. The music is typical of that of Armenia: it uses a duduk and a large frame drum, both being ancient instruments that stretch back to Late Antiquity, with the duduk being accepted as being at least the fifth century, which places it exactly at Movses Khorenatsi's time-which makes it possible that this piece would have been recognisable to some degree to him. Some Armenian scholars claim the existence of the duduk can be traced back to far before before the fith century, but mainstream academia has not conclusively confirmed those claims. As is typical of Armenian music, two duduks are used: one provides the base drone and the other plays the melody.
Lyrics in Classical Armenian:
Երկնէր երկին, երկնէր երկիր,
Երկնէր և ծովն ծիրանի.
Երկն ի ծովուն ունէր և զկարմրիկն եղեգնիկ.
Ընդ եղեգան փող ծուխ ելանէր,
Ընդ եղեգան փող բոց ելանէր,
Եւ ի բոցոյն վազէր խարտեաշ պատանեկիկ.
Նա հուր հեր ունէր,
Բոց ունէր մօրուս,
Եւ աչքունքն էին արեգակունք։
Lyrics transliterated:
Yerkner yerkin, yerkner yerkir,
Yerkner yev tsovn tsirani.
Yerkn i tsovun uner yev zkarmrikn yeghegnik.
Ynd yeghegan p’vogh tsukh yelaner,
Ynd yeghegan p’vogh bots’ yelaner,
Yev i bots’voyn vazer kharteash patanekik.
Na hur her uner,
Bots’ uner morus,
Yev ach’k’unk’n ein aregakunk’.
English translation:
Heaven was in travail,
Earth was in travail,
Even the Red Sea was in travail,
The birth pain also held the red reed in the sea,
Out of the reed came smoke,
Out of the reed came a flame,
And out of the flame jumped a little blonde-haired boy,
He had fire for hair,
Flame he had for a beard,
And his little eyes were suns
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Vocals and arrangement by Farya Faraji, many thanks to Anet Gharibian for providing the pronunciation. The melody isn't mine, they're melodic motifs native to the region of the Armenian Highlands and often found in many folk songs of the region. Vahagn was an ancient Armenian deity associated with fire, war and thunder in the native Armenian polytheistic faith. He is often called Վիշապաքաղ (Vishabakagh), which means Dragon-Slayer. Vahagn has an Indo-Iranian equivalent called Verethragna.
The lyrics are in Classical Armenian or Old Armenian, the oldest attested form of the language which begins in the 5th century A.D. They are some of the only remnants of pre-Christian Armenian language and religious belief, preserved thanks to the efforts of Movses Khorenatsi, an Armenian historian from Late Antiquity. Khorenatsi is regarded as the father of Armenian history and the Armenian equivalent to Herodotus, and he claimed to be a disciple of Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the Armenian alphabet. This song was collected by Movses Khorenatsi in his book "History of the Armenians," but the paganistic nature of it must date it to at least a century before his own time-this song is a window into the forgotten world of pre-Christian Armenia. I consulted this academic lecture when researching the subject: av.tib.eu/media/48944 as well as this site: hayeren.hayastan.com/st/st19eng.html
I used the pronunciation of Iranian Armenians, therefore my pronunciation might not reflect all the diverse accents of the Armenian diaspora of today. The music is typical of that of Armenia: it uses a duduk and a large frame drum, both being ancient instruments that stretch back to Late Antiquity, with the duduk being accepted as being at least the fifth century, which places it exactly at Movses Khorenatsi's time-which makes it possible that this piece would have been recognisable to some degree to him. Some Armenian scholars claim the existence of the duduk can be traced back to far before before the fith century, but mainstream academia has not conclusively confirmed those claims. As is typical of Armenian music, two duduks are used: one provides the base drone and the other plays the melody.
Lyrics in Classical Armenian:
Երկնէր երկին, երկնէր երկիր,
Երկնէր և ծովն ծիրանի.
Երկն ի ծովուն ունէր և զկարմրիկն եղեգնիկ.
Ընդ եղեգան փող ծուխ ելանէր,
Ընդ եղեգան փող բոց ելանէր,
Եւ ի բոցոյն վազէր խարտեաշ պատանեկիկ.
Նա հուր հեր ունէր,
Բոց ունէր մօրուս,
Եւ աչքունքն էին արեգակունք։
Lyrics transliterated:
Yerkner yerkin, yerkner yerkir,
Yerkner yev tsovn tsirani.
Yerkn i tsovun uner yev zkarmrikn yeghegnik.
Ynd yeghegan p’vogh tsukh yelaner,
Ynd yeghegan p’vogh bots’ yelaner,
Yev i bots’voyn vazer kharteash patanekik.
Na hur her uner,
Bots’ uner morus,
Yev ach’k’unk’n ein aregakunk’.
English translation:
Heaven was in travail,
Earth was in travail,
Even the Red Sea was in travail,
The birth pain also held the red reed in the sea,
Out of the reed came smoke,
Out of the reed came a flame,
And out of the flame jumped a little blonde-haired boy,
He had fire for hair,
Flame he had for a beard,
And his little eyes were suns
According to the legendary musician Norayr Kardashyan, the melody of an old folk song Goghtan Mankti, from the region of Syunik, is actually the pagan melody that was the Birth of Vahagni. His rendition of the song Goghtan Mankti purposely emits the lyrics for this purpose.
Such a shame that almost the entire history of pre-Christian Armenia isn’t available to us because it was wiped out (purged) during Armenia’s christianization.
Brilliant work my friend and greetings to our Armenian brothers. 🇮🇷🤍🇦🇲
Հարգանքներս Եղբայր,,,!!!!
Love to our Armenian cousins from a Persian 🇮🇷🇦🇲❤️💚
Փոխադարձ Եղբայր!!!!
Thank you so much. You are indeed a genius🩵 I have been hearing all your compositions starting the past week. Much love from Armenia 🇦🇲 to our Persian 🇮🇷 brothers and sisters🩵🩵
Իսգական հայկական երգ մըն է աս ինչ աղվոր է😍😍🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
Beautiful
I'm an American learning Armenian 🇦🇲🇺🇲
Բարև սիրելի ընկեր, շատ շնորհակալութիոն քեզի որովհետե իմ լեզուն կը մերնի թշբահտաբար:
@@andranikketenciyan1087 սխալվում էք հարգելիս ,հիմա երիտասարդ սերունդը նույնիսկ գրաբար է ուսումնասիրում ,,,, այնպես որ գլուխը բարձր Եղբայր,,,չտրտմնես ,,,
As an Armenian (and musician) I like it very much 🇦🇲🎼
Սա մեր պատերազմի Աստծո Վահագնին ձոնված երգ է ,,,ինչպես է կանչում ինձ ,,,մեզ հիմա շատ է պակասում ,,,երբ փոխվեց կրոնը ,ցավոք լարերով մարդիկ ոչնչացրին շատ մագաղաթներ,,,,մի օր մեր ոգին կվերգտնենք,,,,անչափ շնորհակալ եմ մեկ անգամ եւս,,,
Thank you! 🇦🇲That slow and prolonged oriental rhythm in Armenian music is indeed very old, probably dating back to Urartian times. Very interesting channel.
excellent
Love from the Iranian brothers to Armenia. Iran's historical neighbor❤❤❤🔥
Բարեւ ընկեր!!!!
Respect from Sweden 🇸🇪 🇦🇲
Welp, dad's Armemian friends are going to appreciate this a great deal. Your ability to imitate voices, accents and tonal profiles are a thing to behold. Lovely and relatively minimal use of instruments to balance out the lyrical content, I feel the most was made out of the instruments here :)
It’s amazing
Just found your channel, and immediately fell in love with your work. As a Serbian, I was always drawn to oriental music and culture, which led me to find my passion - oriental dance. Your songs are so inspiring, thank you ✨
Thanks alot and much love to Serbia ❤️
Armenian culture is fascinating!
Am an Armenian, I want to let you know that Armenians love when they hear their culture is respected. May you always be blessed.
All the prosperity, technology development, globalization of humankind today are to get easier access to this significantly creative channel. You are here for us, connecting the present to the past... Please keep up the good work sir ! Thumbs up !
Bravooo Faria , your pronunciation is right on great job as usual 👍🎉
All thanks to you! And happy birthday!
Im impressed !
My man nailed Armenian pronunciation.
How did you do that Farya ?
My friend Anet helped me out, she's an Iranian Armenian and she sent me a recording of her reading the lyrics :)
@@faryafaraji Still man you are talented. Your pronunciation is great in all languages.
More Armenian music bro please it’s wonderful 🙏🇦🇲
I love how you always provide more information in the description, it is very interesting. Well done as always 👏🏻❤ also your new videos are quite enjoyable. You talk about different topics and add your humour to it :)) Keep going! I am so glad that i know a musician like you
Always happy to have your support Aytac, thanks alot!
Armenia has such a rich culture and history that's its criminally under-neglected in Western history.
It's like:
Stereotypical Persians in 300
Evil Persian Empire (total BS)
Parthian Empire did a famous victory over Romans
Then Armenia?
Armenia be like vassal state of two superpowers and I'm like wait nooo....Armenia was a powerful Kingdom and they did challenge Rome, and their cataphracts were LEGENDARY
I mean Armenia is almost like the gateway to the East/West.
Cilicia and the great Armenian kingdom were among the greatest civilizations of Anatolia. A great commander like Tigran came out of them. Europeans don't care much about Asia :/
@@safakferid718 I blame Western Media a lot for this
It wasn't always like that. I read in a book that during the Middle Ages fathers across Christendom told their sons the story of the Battle of Avarayr before bedtime
Beautiful... as always
Can you please do more Armenian musics too ❤️ Love all your works !!
Another great track as always! Avatar: The Last Airbender of all shows actually helped me appreciate Armenian music more because that show uses an edited duduk for their fictional instrument, the Tsungi Horn, that plays at key emotional moments in Zuko's character arc
That's so cool! I watched the show as a kid but never noticed that
WOW!! I did not see this coming! Thank you very much, brother!
Thanks for the insight about armenian history!
The legend itself reminds me of Saint George.
Continue with your work bud and would like to see you give it a try to Ja Nus Hons Pris by King Richard. The best version that I love is by the great Owain P. but I'd like to see your spin on it.
Thanks so much, dear Faroji, the Great. What a good day, great morning, that fortunately I entered in your treasure of music (-:). Bravo! I wonder if you've also traced back historically and have the songs of the old Iranians (eastern and western alike), particularly if any poetry or song we can find during the time of Zoroastrian, the great and in the later phases focused on Kurush-e Buzurg (cyrus the Great) through the Sosonids, Ishkonid, Somonids and so on and coming down to the recent past in Islamic era. Being a poor student of anthropology, I could observe how the languages and music have great unity in many terms. No language and no music could be termed pure at any cost as normally lots of our human fellows think. We could evidence enormous level of cultural difusion or otherwise and the like. Your knowledge of the music retrospectively (in historical context) are so touching as a musicologist, I think, though I listened couples of your music pieces so far. Hope you'd continue with further zeal and zest in the field. Lutfan, agar mumkin mibosheh, wakht doshtid, maro posukh dahid. Kheli mamun miboshim. I'm also curious to know if you've sung one of the ghazals of Rudaki the Great: Buy-e juy-e muliyon oyad hami, yod-e yor-e mehrbon oyad hami? Looking forward to hearing from you. Salomat boshid
It turned out great you would do one of Vardan Mamikonian
Duduk sounds so gorgeous 🥀
Please, do an Armenian battle music. It would be wonderful to hear something like that from you.
Anyways, the song is awesome. Thank you
Yessssss
Something like Khachaturian but more primordial !
Beautiful, keep up the great work
Nice as always
Powerful!
Farya Faraji, you have so beautiful songs from a lot of different cultures and I am interested, what nationality are you ? :0
Thanks alot! I'm Iranian and I live in Canada :)
As always excellent Sir. 👍
Hayastan
Jaaannn!!!!
MAGNÁNIMO!!!!!! BEAUTIFULL MUSIC...!!!
so, a kid was born with a beard? absolute chad
I know right
Dunno man, pretty normal in Armenia
Outstanding, no doubt!
Ի՞նչ լաւ եւ գեղեցիկ է։
BEAUTIFUL❤️❤️❤️
Rise O ancients ones ! Let the shackles of centuries of alien tribals be destroyed ! Rise again my ancestors ! Lead us !
long live great armenia from iran❤️🇦🇲
Wowwwww ❤️
Thanks
🇮🇷❤️💐🇦🇲
awesome pronunciation of Armenian, literally 0 accent
Armenia great nation 🇦🇲
🙏🏻🇦🇲❤️💙🧡🇦🇲🙏🏻 Armenian the cradle of civilization . World needs to wake up fast especially our own people before we completely loose everything . Why didn’t we build after monte melkonian I will never understand . Why did an Armenian kill monte ? And vazgen and out true Armenian hero’s
первый :D
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I found this melody is very familiar to me 🤔
A minor
I am a Turkish, my grandfather listens old Turkish songs and their music is the same music as in this video but lycris are Turkish
Greetings kardesim. It is because the osmans appropriated the music of the native anatolian peoples including Armenians. Its natural after so many centuries of living together next to each other geographically that culture and music in particular influence one another.
Primero
This sounds like a Kurdish song to me
That's very true; eastern Anatolian songs use the same kind of melodic motifs and often use the duduk/mey/balaban or variations of this instrument.
Anadolu Türk ve Ermeni ezgilerini dinleyince Kürt müziğinin nereden geldiği anlaşılıyor. Kürtler şu çalan ezgiye benzer ezgileri çok kullanıyor.
Ah kendinin de nereden geldiğini anlasan
😃😃😃
❤❤❤🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
Armenians all over the world dance, sing and have fun so beautifully! Hah, Russian sounds better... Caption to Armenians, beautiful music👍🏻
Вохчуйн Хаястан🇷🇺❤️🇦🇲
🇮🇷❤🇦🇲
This song cured liberalism.
Փառք Վիշապաքաղ Վահագնին 🔥⚡️🐉
❗️ Thank you our Aryan brother 👍👏
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