Tigranes the Great - Epic Armenian Music @faryafaraji.and.worldmusicians
Tigranes the Great - Epic Armenian Music  @faryafaraji.and.worldmusicians
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Music from traditional Armenian melodies, duduk by @AliFarbodnia, davul by Stefanos Athinaios, zurna by Ofer P, vocals by Farya Faraji. The Epic Armenian music series is a musical project where the sounds of modern Armenian music are used as a framing device for themes pertaining to the history of the Armenian people.

Tigranes II the Great was king of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia, a political entity that existed from 331 BC to 428 AD. He is widely remembered as perhaps the greatest Armenian monarch in history, and his reign stretched the boundaries of the Armenian kingdom, sometimes called an empire in that era, as far as the Mediterranean sea, conquering parts of Cappadocia, Syria, and Mesopotamia, and founding his grand capital Tigranocerta.

The music is primarily based in Western Armenian musical forms, which tend to be more morphological Anatolian in their sound, prioritising duple metres, the powerful davul drums, and the zurna as a lead instrument. The main melody heard here is the famous Yarkhushta, an Armenian war dance that originates in the highlands of Western Armenia, primarily associated with the region of Sasun.

The lyrics are in the Classical Armenian language, also called Grabar, the stage of the Armenian language spoken from circa 400 A.D to 1100 A.D, and are excerpts from historical Armenian writings, namely the History of Armenia attributed to the historian Movses Khorenatsi in the 5th century, Agathangelos’ History of the Armenians and Step‘anos Orbelian's writings. Modern Armenian pronunciation was used when singing those passages instead of reconstructed historical pronunciation.

Lyrics in Classical Armenian:
Տիգրան մեծն, որոյ համբաւն հասեաց մինչեւ ծայրն աշխարհիս, որ յաղթեց ի բազմաց թագաւորաց։

Տիգրան քաջն,
որ կորցուց իբրեւ ստրուկս զպարտեւս հպարտ,
որ կոտորեց զմարաց բազմութիւն,
որ դիմեց զհռոմայեցինս զորեղս

Տիգրան արեւահայեաց,
որ լուսաւորեց աշխարհս ի փառս

Տիգրան մեծագոյն,
որ ծաւալեաց սահմանս ի Սուրբծովէ
մինչեւ յԾովն Միջին։

Ամենազգաց սարսափ էր Տիգրան

Հայր մեք ունինք զՏիգրան արքան առիւծ,
որ զթշնամիս խորտակէր ի մարտի

Տիգրան մեծն, որոյ համբաւն հասեաց մինչեւ ծայրն աշխարհիս, որ յաղթեց ի բազմաց թագաւորաց։

Տիգրան քաջն,
որ կորցուց իբրեւ ստրուկս զպարտեւս հպարտ,
որ կոտորեց զմարաց բազմութիւն,
որ դիմեց զհռոմայեցինս զորեղս

Տիգրան արեւահայեաց,
որ լուսաւորեց աշխարհս ի փառս

Տիգրան մեծագոյն,
որ ծաւալեաց սահմանս ի Սուրբծովէ
մինչեւ յԾովն Միջին։

Ամենազգաց սարսափ էր Տիգրան

Հայր մեք ունինք զՏիգրան արքան առիւծ,
որ զթշնամիս խորտակէր ի մարտի

Tigran mets’n,
oroy hambavn has’eats’ minchev tsayrn ashkharhis,
or haght’ets’ i bazmats’ tagavorats’.

Tigran k’aj’n,
or k’ort’s’uts’ ibrew struks’ zpartevs’ hpart,
or k’otorets’ zmarats’ bazmut’yun,
or dimec’ zhromayets’inz zoreghs.

Tigran arevahayats’,
or lusavorets’ ashkharhs i p’ars’.

Tigran metsagoyn,
or ts’avaleats’ sahmans i Surpts’ovê
minchev y Tsovn Mijin.

Amenazgats’ sars’ap er Tigran.

Hayr mek’ unin’k’ zTigran arkan ariwts’,
or zt’shnamis khortaker i mardi.

English translation:
Tigran the Great,
Whose renown reached the ends of the earth,
Who triumphed over many kings.

Tigran the Brave,
Who reduced the proud Parthians to slaves,
Who slaughtered the multitudes of Medes,
Who stood against the mighty Romans.

Tigran, the sun-faced, who illumined the world with glory.

Tigran the Greatest, who stretched his borders from the Holy Sea (the Caspian) unto the Middle Sea (the Mediterranean).

Tigran was the terror of all nations.

We have as father King Tigran the Lion,
who would crush the foe in battle.
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