Deacon Berdaksi
Sarkavag Berdaktsi or Berdakatsi (Sargawag Berdakts’i) was a 16th-century Armenian clergyman and composer of taghs. He was named Berdaktsi after the village of Berdak, where he was born. (It is not known which one of several Armenian villages named Berdak is his place of birth.) He is known for his unique poem "Govasanut’yun khaghogho, bazhaki, aylev vasn urakhut’yan" (Praise of the grape, the cup, and about merriment).
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Sarkavag Berdaktsi or Berdakatsi (Sargawag Berdakts’i) was a 16th-century Armenian clergyman and composer of taghs. He was named Berdaktsi after the village of Berdak, where he was born. (It is not known which one of several Armenian villages named Berdak is his place of birth.) He is known for his unique poem "Govasanut’yun khaghogho, bazhaki, aylev vasn urakhut’yan" (Praise of the grape, the cup, and about merriment).
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The poem is dedicated to wine, where the drink is presented as a divine gift, useful for everyone (from kings to the poor and disabled). The literary scholar Kevork Bardakjian writes: "Govasanut’yun khaghogho, bazhaki, aylev vasn urakhut’yan" was already published in 1892, and was translated into French in 1906. The song "Taguhi mi tesa" (I saw a queen) is also sometimes attributed to Berdaktsi.
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- 1.Bardakjian, Kevork B. A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History. Wayne State University Press. 41, 487, 714. 2000. 978-0-81432-747-0.
- 2.Ghazinian, A. Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran. Haykakan hanragitarani glkhavor khmbagrutʻyun. 10. 234. 1984.
- 3.Stone, Michael E. Adam and Eve in the Armenian Traditions: Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries. Society of Biblical Literature. 692. 2013.
- 4.Kostanyants, K. Nor zhoghovatsu: mijnadarean hayotsʻ tagher ew otanaworner. 2. 46–47. 1892.
- 5.Tchobanian, Archag. Les trouvères arméniens. Mercure de France. 181–185. 1906.
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