ASKAR:   Salamaleykum.* Sultan bay, you are welcome!
SULTAN BAY: (at first pleasantly, then with surprise). Balam... are you Askar? Or are you that cloth-peddler?
ASKAR: No, bay, I àm Haji Mursal oghlu Askar, and I’m à merchant by trade.
SULTAN BAY: Oh, I see. But it seemed to me that riff-raff was in front of me.
ASKAR: What riff-raff?
SULTAN BAY: Nonsense, there was riff-raff, who used to sell arshin mali.

 

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

 

ASKAR: I know. You wanted to marry his aunt. Íå also asked for your daughter instead, you got angry and you turned them out of your house, didn’t you?
SULTAN BAY:   That’s right. Balam, but how do you know this?
ASKAR: How wouldn't I know? It was me...
SULTAN BAY: (in amazement). You can’t say so!
ASKAR: Yes, I did it on purpose to see the girl and then to marry.
SULTAN BAY: Really?
ASKAR: Íåãå is your daughter. She can confirm it.

 

Íå calls Gulchohra

ASKAR: Gulchohra!
Gulchohra enters and comes up to her father
GULCHOHRA: See father, our dreams became true, mine and yours. Askar played à trick on us and he caused you anger and me suffering. All are his faults.
SULTAN BAY: (he becomes aware): Now I understand that you are à trickster. Your late father was not such à man. Ya allah!*
Íå gives hand to Askar
SULTAN BAY: Hallo! How are you? Íåó, Gulchohra, come here!
Gulchohra comes; the father kisses her on the forehead
 
 

 

  © Musigi Dunyasi, 2005