| Askar's
aria
Jahan's
couplets and dance
Suleyman's
song
Suleyman's,
Jahan's and Vali's couplets and dances
Gulchohra's
aria
Telli's
song
Askar's song
Girl's
chorus
Askar and
Gulchohra's duet
Gulchohra's
aria
Asya and Telli's duet
Askar's song
Sultan
bay's couplets
Gulchohra's aria
Asya's song
Vali
and Telli's duet
Gulchohra's
song
Trio.
Asya, Telli and Gulchohra
Gulchohra's weeping
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| Music |
My
bitter suffering and grief made all feel deep sorrow
for me.
I feel bitter deep grief, because I made all feel
sorrow for me. (2) |
| Music |
Day
by day love deepens in my soft and excited heart. |
| Music |
Day
by day love deepens in my soft and excited heart.
If he feels my tender soul, I can cure him with my
love. (2)
No difference even if it rains stones on my head from
heavens. (2)
Because I can destroy the home of sadness with arrow
of bitter sigh. (2)
Oh... come my love! (2)
Come, come, come, my love! |
| ASYA: |
(she
sighs) Håó, Gulchohra, when you sing, always grief
covers my heart, I become sad. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
It
means you don’t like my singing. |
| ASYA: |
No,
I like your singing very much. But the sadness surrounds
me, and I grieve. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Oh,
isn’t our life full of grief from the day of birth till
the end? |
| ASYA:
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Oh,
yes, by God, you are right. |
| TELLI: |
Well,
why are you grieving, ladies? Sultan bay marries you
in some days. Inshaallah, you will have à family, and
à lot of children. Then you will not have any grief. |
| GULCHOHRA:
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Oh,
Telli, it would be better not to marry like this; because
you know how we marry. |
| TELLI: |
Oh,
lady, why do you talk like that? |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Am
I not right? You marry à man without being aware of
who is going to be your husband. You don’t know the
man whom you marry. Hå is either young or old, mangy
or bald; maybe he likes to beat his wife... |
| ASYA: |
(surprised)
Well, Gulchohra, then you will not marry, at all.
Will you stay at home and keep company with à sack of
flour? |
| TELLI: |
God
forbid! |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Do
I mean one should stay at home till the end of life?
I mean one should know whom she marries. Before marriage
one should see, choose, love and know one another well. |
| ASYA: |
(laughs).
You speak in such à manner, I bet, even the cooked chicken
would laugh at you. (With irony) Poor girl, whom
can you see among these four walls in order to love? |
| GULCHOHRA:
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In
that case, I prefer to stay at home. |
| TELLI: |
Ladies,
may my lord marry you! I’ll go to see your bridegroom,
his house and estate. On coming back I’ll tell you everything. |
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| GULCHOHRA: |
Well,
Telli, do you think your visit to my bridegroom will
be enough for me? You think I do not need to see him? |
| TELLI: |
No,
lady, I’ll see first and then you. |
| ASYA: |
All
right, Telli, let it be so. May I marry! The rest is
easier. |
| GULCHOHRA:
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No,
until I don’t see the man I’ll not marry. But you may
marry without seeing him. |
| TELLI:
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By
God, lady, it is better to marry without seeing the
husband. When you see him beforehand, it will not be
so interesting. But when you don’t see him, your heart
hurries and disturbs you to see him soon. |
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