| 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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| Hå
hides himself, the door opens and Gulchohra comes
out |
| GULCHOHRA: |
As
Asya says, the cloth peddler is really à handsome guy.
Hårå now, if we ask Asya to marry him, she will commit
such à disgrace, saying, "is Arshin Malchi my equal"?
But to my opinion to be à cloth peddler is not à bad
profession at all. Hå is the same as à merchant. By
God, if father agreed, I’d marry him. Because I have
seen his face after all. I know that he is neither blind,
nor bald and cripple, and his face is also lovely. His
face resembles à gentleman’s. By God, if you dress him
in fashion, he will be as à nice guy, as à bayzadeh*...
Hå says to me my hand is abundant. And he was looking
at me so, as if there was nobody besides me around.
If I could see him again, I’d look at him attentively.
Oh, look, what I'm saying, who knows, may be he has
a wife and kids. |
| (She
ponders in thoughts)
(Askar appears with the Arshin under his arm). |
| ASKAR: |
Excuse
me, khanim! |
| GULCHOHRA: |
(started)
Oh my God, I was frightened. |
| ASKAR: |
Don’t
be afraid, Khanim. It seems to me I’ve forgotten my
Arshin here. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
If
you had, it would be here. |
| ASKAR: |
Never
mind. I have another at home. |
| GULCHOHRA:
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(aside)
Hå is looking at me in the same way. When our glances
meet as if I’m struck by thunder. |
| ASKAR:
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Khanim,
I wish Sultan bay had 10 such daughters as you are... |
| GULCHOHRA: |
So,
what do you mean? |
| ASKAR: |
I
mean he would marry each of his daughter to à bay, to
à khan, to à merchant, to à mullah, to à seyyid, finally
one of them he would give to me... |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Màó
be... |
| ASKAR: |
But
he would not, of course, not. Hå is à bay, but I’m à
simple cloth peddler. Hå will not agree to give his
daughter to me... (Hå says ironically). Besides,
even if he agrees, the girl will not... |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Are
you à bachelor? |
| ASKAR:
|
Yes,
I’m quite à bachelor. By God’s abundance, my business
is quite well. I have à piece of bread. I don’t starve. |
| GULCHOHRA:
|
But
why haven’t you married yet? |
| ASKAR: |
How
can I marry? I won’t marry the girl whom I haven’t seen.
There is only one girl which I saw and whom I liked
among the girls and who is close to my heart. But she
will not be given to me. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Won’t
the girl herself agree to marry you? |
| ASKAR: |
Probably
she will not. She is the daughter of à bay. |
| GULCHOHRA:
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First
you must ask the girl. How do you know she will not
agree? |
| ASKAR: |
You
are right, khanim, in that case, tell me please, will
you marry me? |
| GULCHOHRA: |
(in
surprise) Who? I? |
| ASKAR:
|
Yes,
you. You are the girl whom I like! |
| GULCHOHRA: |
I
thought she was another one... |
| ASKAR:
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There
can’t be another one except you. |
| GULCHOHRA: |
Did
you like me from the first sight? |
| ASKAR: |
Certainly
khanim, love transfers from vision to the bottom of
one’s heart. As soon as I saw you, my heart began to
beat quickly with joy. |
| GULCHOHRA:
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By
God, it happened with me so, too. |
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