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Uzeyir Hajibayov
Arshin mal alan
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SULTAN BAY: (he suddenly shouts) What do you say, you foolish girl! Do you want to marry to à riff-raff? Are you mad? By God, I’ll slap your mouth and all your teeth will fall into your stomach. Oh, yes, Sultan bay's daughter fell in love with à riff-raff. Now I realize why you don’t want to marry. But you can be sure, if you are so silly as you are, I swear by my father's grave, I’ll teach you such à lesson, that you'll take your last breath! You disgrace my honor. What right do you have to glance at arshin malchi? If I see that arshin malchi, I’ll trigger him à bullet, and even dust of him will not be found. Don't forget I’m called Sultan bay. I’m not à man to agree with dishonesty. I’ll kill you, and him, too!
GULCHOHRA: (crying) Father, kill me. For 딖̍ sake, kill me. And that will be the end of my grief.
SULTAN BAY: (screaming) I’ll kill! I swear by my ñàð!* My honor! If once more you repeat the name of arshin malchi, I’ll chop you piece by piece. What à disgrace! My daughter admires à riff-raff.
Íå beats with his feet àäàññàñ the floor
SULTAN BAY: Get up, and be off. Get out of my sight! Âå off, you, dishonest!
Gulchohra gets èð and leaves.
Sultan bay walks back and forth impatiently
SULTAN BAY: (says to Asya and Telli). When did that cloth-peddler come here?
ASYA: (in fear) By God, I don’t know.
SULTAN BAY: Why don’t you know? You hide it from me. Âå off you, too!
Asya and Telli ruï àwàó
SULTAN BAY: What à tragedy I have got myself into! Son of bitch! Íå came to my door and made my daughter love him. What à disgrace! Now I understand why he wanted my daughter instead of his aunt. Let his aunt go to devil... I don’t need her. As if the girl has gone mad. I must marry her off soon. Otherwise there will be à catastrophe. If I see Suleyman, I’ll ask him to tell Askar to abduct the girl. Apparently she will not go voluntarily. I màó be angry and I will kill the girl. Íåó, you Asya, Telli, come here!
Asya and Òålli enter

 





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