Argımak Attar - Altai Song

Arrangement & vocals by Farya Faraji. The Altai are a Turkic speaking ethnicity inhabiting the Altai Republic of Russia. Their traditional and historical culture was based on livestock and a nomadic or semi-nomadic structure, in which horses played an important, even central part, as seen in most of the mythologies of the steppes Turkic peoples and similar cultures.

The instrumentation consists of a topshur (also called dombra in other countries), possibly the central instrument of Altai music, as well as many of the folk Turkic traditions of the steppes, such as Kazakhstan, (although the shape of the topshur can change from country to country, even culture to culture. The specific dombra I have is a Kazakh one). The dombra is often played in a rapid manner using the index finger, in order to produce a sound reminiscent of the galloping of horses. Khoomei and related forms of singing form an essential part of the music of this region.

Lyrics in Altai:
Attar, attar, siler kaydan mantap bardıgar?
Attar, attar, siler neni sezip turıgar?
Argımak attar siler kayda bardıgar?

Baatırlar kaçan da mında cuvlaşkan,
Kanı akturıp jerge jayılgan,
Argımak attar siler kayda bardıgar?

English translation:
Horses, horses, where do you run?
Horses, horses, what do you feel?
Noble horses, where are you going?

Once here warriors fought,
Blood covered the ground,
Noble horses, where are you going?

[faryafaraji]

Arrangement & vocals by Farya Faraji. The Altai are a Turkic speaking ethnicity inhabiting the Altai Republic of Russia. Their traditional and historical culture was based on livestock and a nomadic or semi-nomadic structure, in which horses played an important, even central part, as seen in most of the mythologies of the steppes Turkic peoples and similar cultures.

The instrumentation consists of a topshur (also called dombra in other countries), possibly the central instrument of Altai music, as well as many of the folk Turkic traditions of the steppes, such as Kazakhstan, (although the shape of the topshur can change from country to country, even culture to culture. The specific dombra I have is a Kazakh one). The dombra is often played in a rapid manner using the index finger, in order to produce a sound reminiscent of the galloping of horses. Khoomei and related forms of singing form an essential part of the music of this region.

Lyrics in Altai:
Attar, attar, siler kaydan mantap bardıgar?
Attar, attar, siler neni sezip turıgar?
Argımak attar siler kayda bardıgar?

Baatırlar kaçan da mında cuvlaşkan,
Kanı akturıp jerge jayılgan,
Argımak attar siler kayda bardıgar?

English translation:
Horses, horses, where do you run?
Horses, horses, what do you feel?
Noble horses, where are you going?

Once here warriors fought,
Blood covered the ground,
Noble horses, where are you going?

[Mamistify]

Men Azerbaijan Turkiyem Salam Olsun Turklere 🐺🤘

[OneFlyingTonk]

Altai music is one of my favourites in the Turkic cultural sphere, it's nice to see this part of the world get more of a spotlight in the last half-decade or so.

[kirkdougherty]

Once again, Farya celebrates what a wonderfully diverse world we live in. To open one's mind to this diversity brings understanding. And, understanding is everything.

[unknownmf]

Hello to all my Turkic brothers and sisters! Love you all! BIZ BIRGEMIZ! 💙

[xali]

Bütün Türk dünyasına Türkiye'den selamlar olsun.

[met]

Greetings from Kazakhstan ! Your music is amaizing. With Altai people we have simular language close. Even in that song we also call Argimak Attar.

[khantemujin]

as a half-Tatar myself, it's very nice to hear Altai music since the Altai Mountains are home to our Turkic ancestors. great job, Farya, бик зур рәхмәт!! :]

[ismailtulucu]

Muhteşem! Daha fazla Turkic serisi gelsin.

[coskunmapping]

Farya bu şarkıyı bize armağan ettiğin için çok teşekkürler. Argımak Attar benim en sevdiğim şarkılardan bir tanesidir.Türkiyeden selamlar:)

[thewarriorfrog]

Another important reason for the success of the Turks was their superior military technology and art of war. These nomads from the steppes could be credited with introducing the age of the horse'. The Turks used iron stirrup and horse- shoes that reinforced their striking power and the stamina of the cavalry, while horse- shoes provided greater mobility to the horse, stirrup gave the soldiers a distinct advantage.

[XScorpionXful]

One of the first Turkic songs I listened to, and I always search new versions for it. Thank you for adding yours to the list.

[sqnroec]

Как Алтаец скажу, что ваше произношение великолепное!

[schnitzel]

first time ever hearing Altai music, it sounds so beautiful!

[sss]

Приветствую Братан 😊✋Я сам Алтаец, твоё творчество очень вдохновляет всё тюрские народы) сделай ещё песни на Алтайском ☺☺☺

[Hussar]

You are really skilled in all types of singing and music. You master the sounds so well.

[moony]

Very nice! The author of this song is friend of my mother. He will be proud.

As language speaker, I'd like to say that you accent isn't bad at all.

Greeting from Altai republic! Altaidang slerge ezen!

[vladus]

La canción estuvo muy bien, gracias por tan buena música Farya!
Saludos desde Republica Dominicana :)

[Nomadicenjoyer]

Before the rise of Genghis Khan Mongolic was spreading at westward and absorbing Turkic speakers (Janhunen, 2008). During the Mongol expansion, Turkic speakers whose tribes and states had been incorporated into the Mongol empire were so much more numerous than Mongols that, although Mongolian was the language of command, it was Turkic rather than Mongolic speech that was chiefly spread across Central Asia and the central and western steppe.

[hrafnayuzen]

One of my favourite Altai songs and this time, it’s from my favourite artist.