Arif ola, eyham ilə söz qana --- ("Be quick to understand a hint, howe'er,") Naməhrəmdən şərm eyleyə, utana --- ("Of strangers you should, as a rule, beware,") Saat kimi meyli Haqq'a dolana --- ("And like a clock advance to what is fair.") Doğru qəlbi, doğru yolu gərəkdi --- ("True heart and word of honour you must have.") Ələsgər haqq sözün isbatın verə --- ("Ələsgər will prove his assertions,") Əməlin mələklər yaza dəftərə --- ("Angels will record his deeds,") Her yanı istese baxanda göre --- ("Your glance should be both resolute and pure,") Teriqetde bu sevdalı gerekdi --- ("You must devote himself to righteous path.")    was the first to introduce the word hikaye into the academic literature to describe ashik stories. According to , hikaye cannot properly be included in any of the folk narrative classification systems presently used by Western scholars. Though prose narrative is dominant in a hikaye, it also includes several folk songs. These songs, which represent the major part of Turkish folk music repertory, may number more than one hundred in a single hekaye, each having three, five or more stanzas. As the art of ashik is based on oral tradition, the number of ashik stories can be as many as the ashiks themselves. Throughout the centuries of this tradition, many interesting stories and epics have thrived, and some have survived to our times. The main themes of the most ashik stories are worldly love or epics of wars and battles or both. In stark contrast to the conservative medium of Islamic societies where most stories take place, the heroine's rule is always as important as the hero's. In contrast to the doctrine of Islam, there is no objection to the heroine publicly singing. In the following we present a brief list of the most famous hikayes:  In the Azeri version, the epic combines the occasional romance with Robin Hood-like chivalry.