"Şən Azərbaycan" "Шән Азәрбајҹан" | |
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Language | Azerbaijani, Russian |
English title | Merry Azerbaijan |
Written | 1970 |
Composer(s) | Polad Bulbuloghlu |
Lyricist(s) | Mestan Guner (Azerbaijani) Onegin Gadgikasimov (Russian) |
"Şən Azərbaycan" (Azerbaijani Cyrillic: "Шән Азәрбајҹан", English: "Merry Azerbaijan") is a Soviet-era patriotic song about Soviet Azerbaijan that still remains popular in modern Azerbaijan. It was written in 1970 and was sung by Polad Bulbuloghlu, Muslim Magomayev, Shovkat Alakbarova, and Idris Mehdiyev , among others.
During the Soviet era, the song was often sung in both Azerbaijani and Russian. After the collapse of the USSR, the Russian lyrics fell out of popularity and are typically no longer sung.[1]
Azerbaijani lyrics
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Гој мән јенә сөһбәт ачым илк баһарымдан, |
Qoy mən yenə söhbət açım ilk baharımdan, |
Let me tell you again about my first spring, |
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Ел гызлары дүзүн-дүзүн Күр гырағында, |
El qızları düzün-düzün Kür qırağında, |
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Һәр дамласы лајла чалан ҝөј Хәзәрин вар. |
Hər damlası layla çalan göy Xəzərin var. |
There is a lullaby in every drop of the Caspian's water. |
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Russian version
[edit]Due to Russian being the de facto official language of the Soviet Union, a Russian-language version was produced alongside the Azerbaijani-language version. It is known in Russian as "Мой Азербайджан" (English: My Azerbaijan). This version was written by Onegin Gadgikasimov, a Soviet Azerbaijani poet of Russian background. However, it is rarely sung anymore in Azerbaijan following the collapse of the USSR.
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Снова сердце песню просит, чтобы вместе с ней |
Snova serdtse pesnyu prosit, chtoby vmeste s ney |
Again my heart asks for a song, so that together |
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Девушек прекрасней наших в целом мире нет, |
Devushek prekrasney nashikh v tselom mire nyet, |
Nowhere else in the world will you find as beautiful girls, |
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Песня в каждой звонкой капле Каспия слышна, |
Pesnya v kazhdoy zvonkoy kaple Kaspiya slyshna, |
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