Cant Sing This

Day and Night

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:17:10 +0000

This song is composed by Asik Veysel Satiroglu, who was an Turkish minstrel and highly regarded poet of the Turkish folk literature. He was born in the Sivrialan village of the Şarkışla district, Sivas, on October 25, 1894 and died on March 21, 1973. He was an ashik, a poet, songwriter, and a bağlama and saz virtuoso, the prominent representative of the Anatolian ashik tradition in the 20th century. He was blind for most of his lifetime. His songs are usually sad tunes, often talking about the inevitability of death.

This song is sung by over 90 singers, “play for the nature”, from all over Turkey. Collaboratively, the singers are trying to unite people for nature by singing and to remind people of the facts once again: that we should work for nature; Play for Nature.

Lyrics of the song:

The Day And Night
I’m on a long and narrow road,
I walk all day, I walk all night,
I cannot tell what is my plight,
I walk all day, I walk all night.
Soon as I came into the world,
That moment I began my fight,
I’m in an inn with double gates,
I walk all day, I walk all night.
I walk in sleep – I find no cause,
To linger, whether dark or light,
I see the travellers on the road,
I walk all day, I walk all night.
Forty-nine years upon these roads,
On desert plain, on mountain height,
In foreign lands I make my way,
I walk all day, I walk all night.
Sometimes it seems an endless road,
The goal is very far from sight,
On minute, and the journey’s o’er-
I walk all day, I walk all night.
Veysel does wonder at this state,
Lament or laughter, which is right?
Still to attain that distant goal,
I walk all day, I walk all night.

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No matter who’s right

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:01:09 +0000

There is a reason why i share Sertab’s song… As i always said.. She is the one. This song is addressing to a man saying that: If i am alone at night in my bed, tell me what matters who is right.

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One More Cup Of Turkish Coffee For The Road

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:06:39 +0000

Till this entry, i was sharing songs that you can not sing because all of them are Turkish. This last one is in English. But you cant sing this anyway. At least you cant sing this in Sertab Erener’s way. Nobody can. She… Is the one. Listen to her and you’ll know why.

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My pomegranate flower

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:59:13 +0000

This is a balcanic song. As Turkey is a crossroad of different cultures, it is not surprising to find such songs. It is an interesting song ’cause sometimes you feel sad listening to it, sometimes you cant help yourself sitting still and you find yourself dancing.

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May all the troubles be mine

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:54:23 +0000

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O the forester

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:48:10 +0000

It is an Eagean song about a forester who, while drunk, killed two guys…

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Horizon of nights that has no return

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:29:30 +0000

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My Delicate Love – Nazende Sevgilim

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:26:14 +0000

It is an incredible well known classical song, sung for a delicate girl and composed bye a Azerbaijani composer. Lyrics are like: When spring came, you my delicate lover, stayed away from me… Those who love deserve a beautifull one, i am left without you. Looking to the roads, expecting any voice from you… I wont forget you even in my last breath.

This song makes Azerbaijani and Turkish people friends, brothers. Despite enything

Cant Sing This

Day and Night

No matter who’s right

One More Cup Of Turkish Coffee For The Road

My pomegranate flower

May all the troubles be mine

O the forester

Horizon of nights that has no return

My Delicate Love – Nazende Sevgilim

We’d have a baby girl

Love Exhausted