Sarkavag Berdaktsi

Sarkavag Berdaktsi or Berdakatsi (Armenian: Սարգաւագ Բերդակցի, romanized: Sargawag Berdakts’i) was a 16th-century Armenian clergyman[a] and composer of taghs.[1][2][3]

He was named Berdaktsi after the village of Berdak, where he was born.[b] He is known for his unique poem "Govasanut’yun khaghogho, bazhaki, aylev vasn urakhut’yan" (Praise of the grape, the cup, and about merriment).[c] The poem is dedicated to wine,[4] where the drink is presented as a divine gift, useful for everyone (from kings to the poor and disabled). Deacon inspires life in him with a tried and subtle description of the grape.  Sarkavag supports his judgments with religious arguments.  For him, wine as a holy symbol and wine as a drink are equivalent: if the former nourishes the soul, then the latter nourishes the mind.[1] "Govasanut’yun khaghogho, bazhaki, aylev vasn urakhut’yan" was already published in 1892,[5] and was translated into French in 1906.[6]  The song "Taguhi mi tesa" (I saw a queen) is also sometimes attributed to Berdaktsi.

Notes

  1. ^ "Sarkavag" means deacon in Armenian
  2. ^ It is not known which one of several Armenian villages named Berdak is his place of birth.
  3. ^ Also known by its incipit "Khaghogh zkez govel piti".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History. Wayne State University Press. pp. 41, 487, 714. ISBN 978-0-81432-747-0.
  2. ^ Khachatryan, Poghos. Old Armenian literature.
  3. ^ Սարկավագ Բերդակցի //Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան. Т. 10 [Sarkavag (Deacon) Berdaksi/Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Երևան. 1984. p. 234.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Stone, Michael E. (2013). Adam and Eve in the Armenian Traditions, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries. p. 692.
  5. ^ Kostanyants, K. (1892). Նոր ժողովածու. միջնադարեան հայոց տաղեր և ոտանաւորներ [New collection: medieval Armenian taghs and poems] (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Tbilisi. pp. 46–17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Chobanyan, A. (1906). Les trouveres armeniens [Armenian finds] (in French). Paris. pp. 181–185.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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