"Arazbary" () is one of the rhythmic Azerbaijani mughams belonging to the Zerbi mughams. The poetic text consists of folk bayats. At the end of each stanza, the words "ay zalym" ("Oh, villain!") are repeated. Arazbary, like the

ashik An ashik (; ) or ashugh (; ka, :ka:აშუღი, აშუღი) is traditionally a List of oral repositories, singer-poet and bard who accompanies his song—be it a dastan (traditional epic story, also known as ''Azeri hikaye, hikaye' ...

melodies, is included in then creative heritage of ashik masters. Further, they were used, along with other elements of Azerbaijani folk music, in musical works of the classical European tradition. In particular, the composer

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov (18 September 188523 November 1948) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the Az� ...

created a symphonic version of arazbary and used it (along with eirats, segah and other forms of mugham) in the first Azerbaijani opera " Leyli and Majnun", written in 1908 by the Azerbaijani poet Fuzuli based on the poem of the same name.

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