Shahriar’s Heydar Babaya Salam

Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988), from Tabriz, wrote in both Persian and Azeri. His long Azeri poem Heydər Babaya Salam, "Greetings to Heydar Baba" (1954), is the best-loved work of Azeri literature in Iran. It is still in copyright, so this lesson introduces it rather than quoting it.