Abed Azrié - Epic of Gilgamesh full concert 

imagine writing a story that's still told after millenia

what amazing times. We can sit in our homes and listen to a concert about the origin of humanity from 4000 years ago.

Normal people telling a story: Straight forward, linear, short Me telling a story:

gilgamesh may not have achieved immortality, but 3000 years later his great legacy is still remembered

When he said 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦 I felt that

يصعب وصف روحانية الموسيقا والاداء الرائع اطال الله بعمرك عابد عازرية

An ancient king that searched for immortality and his wish granted. We can sit and hear his story after more than 4000 years ago. His body gone but his story remains.

Gilgamesh (Gilgameš) was a king of Uruk, Mesopotamia, who lived sometime between 2800 and 2500 BC. He is the main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, a Mesopotamian poem that is considered the first great work of literature. In the epic, Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who built the city walls of Uruk to defend his people and travelled to meet the sage Utnapishtim, who survived the Great Deluge. According to the Sumerian King List, Gilgamesh ruled his city for 126 years. In the Tummal Inscription, Gilgamesh and his son Urlugal rebuilt the sanctuary of the goddess Ninlil in Tummal, a sacred quarter in her city of Nippur. Cuneiform references The earliest cuneiform references to Gilgamesh are a cycle of Sumerian poems where he appears under the name "Bilgamesh" (spelled in Sumerian cuneiform as GIŠ.NE.GA.MES or GIŠ.NE-šeššig.GA.ME.U.U.U). These poems include many of the stories that would make up the later, more-famous Epic of Gilgamesh, written in the Akkadian language. The latest and most comprehensive telling of the Gilgamesh legend was the twelve-tablet Standard Babylonian Version, compiled circa 1200 BC by the exorcist-priest (mašmaššu) Sîn-lēqi-unninni. Fragments of an epic text found in Me-Turan (modern Tell Haddad) relate that at the end of his life Gilgamesh was buried under the river bed. The people of Uruk diverted the flow of the Euphrates passing Uruk for the purpose of burying the dead king within the river bed. In April 2003, a German expedition claimed to have discovered his last resting place. It is generally accepted that Gilgamesh was a historical figure, since inscriptions have been found which confirm the historical existence of other figures associated with him: such as the kings Enmebaragesi and Aga of Kish. If Gilgamesh was a historical king, he probably reigned in about the 26th century BC. Some of the Sumerian texts spell his name as Bilgamesh. Initial difficulties in reading cuneiform resulted in Gilgamesh's making his re-entrance into world culture in 1872 as "Izdubar". In most cuneiform texts, the name of Gilgamesh is preceded with the star-shaped "dingir" determinative ideogram for divine beings, but there is no evidence for a contemporary cult, and the Sumerian Gilgamesh myths suggest that deification was a later development (unlike the case of the Akkadian god-kings). Over the centuries there was a gradual accretion of stories about him, some probably derived from the real lives of other historical figures, in particular Gudea, the Second Dynasty ruler of Lagash (2144-2124 BC). Later (non-cuneiform) references In the Qumran scroll known as Book of Giants (ca. 100 BC) the names of Gilgamesh and Humbaba appear as two of the antediluvian giants, rendered (in consonantal form) as glgmš and ḩwbbyš. This same text was later used in the Middle East by the Manichaean sects, and the Arabic form Jiljamish survives as the name of a demon according to the Egyptian cleric Al-Suyuti (ca. 1500). The name Gilgamesh appears once in Greek, as "Gilgamos" (Γίλγαμος), in Aelian's De Natura Animalium (On the Nature of Animals) 12.21 (written ca. AD 200). In Aelian's story, the King of Babylon, Seuechorus or Euechorus, determined by oracle that his grandson Gilgamos would kill him, so he threw him out of a high tower. An eagle broke his fall, and the infant was found and raised by a gardener, eventually becoming king. Theodore Bar Konai (ca. AD 600), writing in Syriac, also mentions a king Gligmos, Gmigmos or Gamigos as last of a line of twelve kings who were contemporaneous with the patriarchs from Peleg to Abraham; this occurrence is also considered a vestige of Gilgamesh's former memory.

I wish I could find a complete version in sumerian or akkadian, although the Arabic sounds pretty cool here.

Very beautifully done! The Arabic really lends such a poetic quality to the story.

I can't believe I finally get to hear this wonderful piece after almost thirty years! The first time was in my Arabic course in college in the 1990s! Greetings from Brazil.

It doesn't get much better than this.

Ud reaaaa moment

His voice truly conveys the mystique and how epic the tale of Gilgamesh was.

Bros vocal chords had to be on life support after that hour and a half

I was ready to hear the sumerian language, he surprised me when he sang in arabic

Magnifique interprétation ! J'ai pu redécouvrir l'épopée de Gilgamesh grâce à votre version sur livre et traduite en français. La Mésopotamie m'a frappée par sa sagesse et sa poésie. Un grand merci pour votre passion qui irrigue de nouveau les plaines musicales de cette terre littéraire magique.

I am Assyrian I love it

C'est l'histoire éternelle et banale... Son histoire, la mienne et la tienne.. Merci les tablettes.

Quelle finesse , très agréable à écouter, un artiste remarquable.

its a blessing that we are able to hear sounds and a story from so long ago

My man Enkidu literally had the first documented case of post nut clarity.

Amazing that it's here on youtube

this is SO underrated, an absolutely incredible retelling of the age old story!! this is my first experience with the tale and I watched it all the way through, it was absolutely hypnotic. your voice is heavenly, and all the musicians are just remarkably talented.

I could listen to this absolute banger for hours on end

古老的史诗，优美的音乐，细腻的情感表达。非常享受，谢谢！

رائعة من روائع الفن والإبداع . شكرا عابد.

كم أنت رائع عابد ،،، شكرا لك

Crazy how I expected it to be in Ancient Sumerian but now I am not surprised it’s in arabic

Эта музыка гипнотизирует тебя и позволяет твоему разуму и телу унестись далеко за пределы мира

This should be expanded to the musical theatre. Very minimalistic kind of theatre, few actors acting the story out.

اه ياجدي كلكامش

Beautiful.

𒀀𒀁𒀂𒀃𒀄𒀅𒀆𒀇 I felt that bro

I cry each time I hear the story why us human are fate to die

nothing beats a good OLD epic of gilgamesh before sleep

Masterpiece!

Thank you dearest sirs for this lovely concert. Very relaxing ...

We need this right now in this time of darkness

Oh Nagy Magyar testvérek,talán én vagyok az egyedüli,aki Úrunnknak,Jeruzsálmi ,Istár , Jer Ó Köleseim,Jer kedvesseim, Mi mind eggyek vagyúnk !!!

a 15 minutes hypnotisé

Perfect to listen to this quarantine. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

I was really touched by the Epic of the King God of Uruk. Amazing...

Mon Dieu, que je l'aime!

This is so amazing! Epic of Gilgamesh is so fascinating and so is that time and space. There is a reason why we are so drawn to it. Thank you for sharing this!

Superbe! Merci à vous tous de l'avoir présenté.

THANK YOU for upload IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍😍😍😍

Absolutely amazing! Thank you very much for doing this!

Samuqan being the god of cattle explains the bulls found on the Lyres of Uruk.

Certainly a performance worthy of the Epic

What a wonderful interpretation. Thank you so much for this.

Amazing work! Amazing artists! Thank you! Grateful!

Absolutely fabulous.... thank you!

Amazing

Great Work

Wow! This is simply beautiful 😘🙏

Amei!!!!

We makin it outta Sumeria with this one my copper merchants!

Wow this story is amazing and very similar to others but with a personal point of view from a Nephilim or hybrid humanoid, I wish it was fully translated because sometimes there was no subtitle when the man was speaking or singing.

Goddess will remember ya great praise !!

❤❤❤❤❤

Brilliant

Mashallah ❣ Quelle émotion, cette histoire de nos origines mise en musique...la voix sublime d'Abed Azrié... difficile de mettre des mots pour décrire ce que l'âme et le coeur ressentent en écoutant cette oeuvre magnifique. Barakallahu fik Maître Azrié, à vous et à votre groupe 🙏

UD REAAAAAA

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i thought it was going to be sung in the original lang, but its still amazing with arabic.

This was beautiful! Like the cave art of Lascaux, this really made me feel I was keeping ancient company.

Incrível muito boa essa grande obra de arte /great very Nice ! Muy Bueno

amazing,thanks for uploading this awesome tale

There's something to be said about listening to the world's oldest written epic on my cellphone

Wow

story of the first bros

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Maravilhoso! Amei! Você todos estão de parabéns! Bravo!!!!!!

Beni ne sabah onda açıp Gılgamış Destanı full konser dinleyecek bir insan yaptı, ben kaçırmışım.

KHAYYA GANOKH MYOQRA

UD REEEEEEEEEA

This sounds like Arabic rather that Sumerian. Is it a translation, or is it just that Arabic speakers make Sumerian sound like Arabic?

The subtitles aren't very accurately translated so take it with a grain of salt to all of you who don't speak Arabic

Better than all the producers of these days regarding music, society, buildings and many more subjects... Back in time the world seems a better or at least more peaceful place I would like to live in. But we have the internet, that counts for something :)

The roots of Abrahamic religions are here.

47:00

44:05

8:05

where ud rea

29:05

شنو هاي كميه الحزن مفجعه

41:33

Assyriology!

Where’s the part that Peter Pringle sings?

En quelle langue est chanté ce concert ? Arabe ou langue d'origine ? La musique vient-elle des tablettes Summeriennes ou d'Abed Azrié ?

initiation

Una meravella que et transporta a altres temps, i t'els fa presents

𒈗𒆠𒉌𒂠 🥰

𐎩𐏍𐏎𐎧𐎬. 𐎨𐎺𐎶

Is it modern Arabic translation?

😃👍🛸👽🐑🦘🦑🌵

where is continue????

Music to wallow in peak Kapitalism dystopia!!

Is it sumerian or arabic!!??😃 Anyway, whatever language It is, it is great 👏👏👏👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️❤️