I find as the years have passed that time teases me to tremble with needs, with desires, with fears, seldom allowing me to treasure a moment of true peace. But through a blessed heart, through the love of another, I have at least discovered how joyous such peace can be. It was in gratitude for this blessed gift of peace that I wished to share these videos and images I captured near Çeşme in Turkey, accompanied by the beautiful and hopeful sounds led by one of the greatest voices in Turkish music, Sezen Aksu.
It occurs to me that a translation might help, although I could never do justice to the verses of the master Mevlana:
Her gün bir yerden göçmek ne iyi
How good it is to move from a place everyday
Bulanmadan donmadan akmak ne hoş
How fine it is to flow unsullied, unfrozen
Her gün bir yere konmak ne güzel
How beautiful it is to come to rest somewhere everyday
Bulanmadan donmadan akmak ne hoş
How fine it is to flow unsullied, unfrozen
Dünle beraber
Along with yesterday
Gitti cancağızım
my love has gone
Şimdi yeni bir şeyler
Now new things
Söylemek lazım
must be said
Ne kadar söz varsa
However many words may be
Düne ait
they belong to yesterday
Şimdi yeni bir şeyler
Now new things
Söylemek lazım
must be said
It is really soulful, traces back peace into life. It is purely enchanting, and I love to hear different tunes. Thank you, George. A beautiful day is ahead now. Thank you.
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My sincerest pleasure, Pawan. May this day bring you joy, my friend.
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very well done, George.
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Thank you, Susan.
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Reblogged this on turkischland.
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