بیستون – The legend of Shirin and Farhad

Years passed and the Iranians thought that Farhad had inscribed Bistoon to reach Shirin, and if they listened carefully, they could hear the sound of Farhad's axes still resonating among the rocks. And they copied the ancient Persian writings and started translating it, and we realized that the Bistoon inscriptions had been removed by order, and Farhad, this place is not Farhad Koohkan. The scientific attitude of the Europeans took us out of sweet love, and The sound of Farhad's axes, which did not leave the ears of Iranian poets and lovers, can no longer be heard ..

Khosrow Parviz Shah Sassanid is one of the powerful kings of this dynasty and the year of Jerusalem 614 And then takes Egypt from the neighboring empire, the Byzantine Empire.

The legend of Shirin, Farhad and Khosrow written by Nezami Ganjavi - a poet whom Azerbaijan considers one of its heroes – Of course, there are different models of this legend. Here is a summary of it

Khosrow Parviz, like other kings, had several wives who were most interested in a beautiful girl named Shirin, but Khosrow was not the only one who loved Shirin and a person named Farhad Koohkan also fell in love with Shirin.. He was not afraid of the Shah and sent love letters and poems for Shirin. Shirin first wants to get rid of him, but eventually he also falls in love with Farhad.. Khosrow, who is informed of the story, deports Farhad and tells him that if he digs a well in Bistoon Mountain and reaches the water, he will give him Shirin.

Farhad has been digging mountains for years until one day he sees the Iranian army crossing the Bistoon mountain. He asks the soldiers about the king and they say that Khosrow is still the king and Shirin is his wife. Farhad from He is happy to hear this because he had not heard of Shirin for many years, but he had dug up half of the mountain and had not yet reached the water.. How many more years should he climb the mountain? In order to obtain the Shah's seal, he makes a large lithograph on the mountain, which shows Khosrow to the emperor and his enemies in humiliation.. He still thinks of Shirin and finishes the well and reaches the water. He puts down his ax and sends a message of success to the king. Khosrow, who was old and no longer had the manliness of his past, sends an old woman to Farhad and says that Shirin died just a few days ago. Farhad, who had not expected this news after suffering for years, is upset and He jumps on a rock and dies. On the other hand, Shirin, who hears this news, hangs herself and she also dies, and the story of this love ends..

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