Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sari Gelin (Armenian: Սարի Աղջիկ Sari Aghjik), (Azerbaijani: Sarı Gəlin/ساری گلین), (Turkish: Sarı Gelin) is the name for a number of folk songs popular among the people of the southern Caucasus and eastern Anatolia. All versions of the song use the same melody and are written in Bayati genre; but sing different lyrics. Despite Turkish and Armenian claims, there is no consensus about its country of origin."Sari gelin" is a blonde tall girl from the mountains. depending on the lyric language "Sari" means "Blonde, fair [skinned], yellow [garment] or mountain" And "Gelin" means "bride, maiden or girl". These attributes are also addressed in the lyrics.What the versions have in common, is a boy complaining to/about a girl he loves but cannot achieve. the combination of Armenian, Turkish and Azerbaijani version parallels is the laments of a Muslim Turk (language of both Azerbaijan and Turkey) boy, about a Christian Armenian blond maiden from a mountain or valley, that he loves, although they are kept apart, and the "unkind" girl is taken away, causing the boy to lament and curse frequently. (see below: Parallels). }
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- Sari_Gelin abstract "Sari Gelin (Armenian: Սարի Աղջիկ Sari Aghjik), (Azerbaijani: Sarı Gəlin/ساری گلین), (Turkish: Sarı Gelin) is the name for a number of folk songs popular among the people of the southern Caucasus and eastern Anatolia. All versions of the song use the same melody and are written in Bayati genre; but sing different lyrics. Despite Turkish and Armenian claims, there is no consensus about its country of origin."Sari gelin" is a blonde tall girl from the mountains. depending on the lyric language "Sari" means "Blonde, fair [skinned], yellow [garment] or mountain" And "Gelin" means "bride, maiden or girl". These attributes are also addressed in the lyrics.What the versions have in common, is a boy complaining to/about a girl he loves but cannot achieve. the combination of Armenian, Turkish and Azerbaijani version parallels is the laments of a Muslim Turk (language of both Azerbaijan and Turkey) boy, about a Christian Armenian blond maiden from a mountain or valley, that he loves, although they are kept apart, and the "unkind" girl is taken away, causing the boy to lament and curse frequently. (see below: Parallels)".