Monday, May 13, 2013

My Crane, Take Greetings to Beloved (Telli Turnam Selam Götür)

Original lyrics and music by: Musa Eroglu

One of most acclaimed songs by Musa Eroglu, the great Turkish master of music from the "aşık" tradition. See this Wikipedia article and this Wikipedi (Turkish) article for more about Eroglu. A website claiming to be the official website for Eroglu is here. If you really want to listen to him, see how he does it, then here are some links from YouTube. There are many others, please experiment. These are some that I found quickly and liked. Every performance is different. See how he sweats? Things are not as easy as they may seem!


Original lyrics in Turkish:
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Telli turnam selam götür
Sevdiğimin diyarına
Üzülmesin ağlamasın
Belki gelirim yarına cananıma

Hasret kimseye kalmasın
Sevdalılar ayrılmasın
Ben yandım eller yanmasın
Sevdanın aşkın narına canıma

Gönüle hasret yazıldı
Sevgiye mezar kazıldı
İki damla yaş süzüldü
Gözlerimin pınarına
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