The Legend of Love - Arif Melikov’s ballet in three acts, seven scenes, on the libretto of Nazim Khikmet based on his drama “Ferkhad and Shirin”.

The Turkish poet and playwright Nazim Khikmet created the libretto of the ballet The Legend of Love on the basis of his own drama "Ferkhad and Shirin", which, in turn, was based on the poem of the classic of Azerbaijani poetry Nizami Ganjavi, "Khosrov and Shirin". In 1958, the young Azerbaijani composer Arif Melikov began work on the ballet, which lasted two years.