Heydar Babaya Salam

Heydar Babaya Salam (Azerbaijani: حیدربابایه سلام) is an Azerbaijani poetical work by Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, a famous Iranian Azerbaijani poet. Published in 1954 in Tabriz,^[1] it is about Shahriar's childhood and his memories of his village Khoshgenab near Tabriz. Heydar Baba is the name of a mountain overlooking the village.

It is considered to be a pinnacle of Azerbaijani literature and gained popularity in the Turkic-speaking world. It was translated into more than 30 languages.^[2]

In Heydar Babaya Salam Shahriar narrates a nostalgia from his childhood in a village in Iranian Azerbaijan.

In describing Heydar Baba, Shahryar uses the Azeri Turkish word regime toward Azerbaijanis. Here, in every part of Azerbaijan, a Heydar Baba rises up and becomes a gigantic wall that supports and protects Azerbaijan against its foes.^[3]

Sources

^ Brenda Shaffer. Borders and Brethren. Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity. — MIT Press, 2002. — P. 58. — ISBN 9780262692779
^ "Greetings to Heydar Baba". umich.edu. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ Hadi Sultan-Qurraie. Modern Azeri Literature. Identity, Gender and Politics in the Poetry of Moj́uz. — Indiana University Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Publications, 2003. — P. 221. — ISBN 9781878318183

External links

English and Turkish Translation of Heydar Babaya Salam (University of Michigan)
Audio file (mp3) of Heydar Babaya Salam
Salam bih Haydar Baba and Salam bé Heydar Baba: in Azerbaijani, with Persian translation by Bahman Fursi (1993) ISBN 0-9518042-7-8 - See: Copac library catalogue
English translation
Şəhriyar - Heydər Babaya salam-1 (audio) (in Azerbaijani)