Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

ئالمىچى ئانار - Almiçi anar

ئالمىچى ئانار




دۇتتار چىلىپ ئولتۇرسام خىيالىمغا سەن كەلدىڭ
دەردىڭ بولسا ئېيت يايرىم مۇڭداشقىلى مەن كەلدىم

ئالمىچى ئانارىڭغا دەرلەر لالە رەيھانىڭ بولاي

دۇتتارىڭنى ئالساڭچۇ بېرىپ چۆللەردە چالساڭچۇ
ئۇنچىۋالا قىلغىچە ئەزىز جىننى ئالساڭچۇ
شىرىن جاننى ئالساڭچۇ

ئالمىچى ئانارىڭغا دەرلەر لالە رەيھانىڭ بولاي

دۇتتارنى تولا چىلىپ ئۈزۈلۈپ كەتتى تارىسى
مەن يارنى دىگەن بىلەن يارنىڭ نېمە كارىسى
بارمىدۇ دەردنىڭ چارىسى

ئالمىچى ئانارىڭغا دەرلەر لالە رەيھانىڭ بولاي



Here's the song performed by Gül Yaru.

Thursday, 4 March 2010

Ko'nglim guli so'zlari




Ko'nglim guli

Bu toshlarga qor tushar
Bog'larda anor pishar
Qachon mening tog' qalbim
Sen bog' bilan topishar

Ey tog'dagi mag'rur qush
Sovuq toshga bosma tush
Bu darada bir qiz bor
Yostig'ning yarmi bo'sh

Cho'qqidagi qoya tosh
Yolg'izlikdan egar bosh
Yakkalasa yomg'irlar
Ko'zlaridan to'kar yosh

Bog'da ham bir tanho gul
Tanholikdan a'lo gul
Ko'z yoshiga yuz yuvar
So'ngsiz g'amlarga mashg'ul

Sen yolg'izsan men diqqat
Ikkimizga yo'q shafqat
O'rtamizda ovora
Sarson bo'ldi muhabbat

Yulduz Usmanovadan bek yaxshi bir O'zbekcha naxsha. YouTubeda anglamaq mumkin. 


Çeviri:


Yüreğimin Çiçeği

O dağlara kar düşer
Bağlarda nar pişer
Ne zaman benim dağ kalbim
Sen bağ ilen kavuşur

Ey dağdaki mağrur kuş
Soğuk taşa basma in
O derede bir kız var
Yastığının yarısı boş

Doruktaki kaya taş
Yalnızlıktan eğer baş
Tek bıraksa yağmurlar
Gözlerinden döker yaş

Bağda ise bir yalnız çiçek
Yalnızlıktan ala çiçek
Gözyaşı yüzünü yıkar
Sonsuz gamlarla meşgul

Sen yalnızsen ben üzgün
İkimize yok şefkât
Aramızda avare
Başıboş kaldı sevgi



Beginner's darbuka composition



I composed my own beginner's solo piece:


(Baladi)
D  D  TK  T  D  TK  T  TK
D  D  TK  T  D  TK  D  TK
D  D  TK  T  D  TK  T  TK
D  D  TK  T  D  TK  D  TK
(Baladi variation)
D  D ~TK  T  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  T  D ~TK  D ~TK
D  D ~TK  T  D ~TK  T ~TK

D  D ~TK  T  D ~TK  D ~TK
(Sa'idi)
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
(3 Dum Sa'idi)
TK  D  TK  D  D  TK  T  TK
TK  D  TK  D  D  TK  D  TK
TK  D  TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
TK  D  TK  D  D ~TK  D ~TK
(Sa'idi variation)
D  D ~TK  D  S
TK  D  TK  D  S
D  D ~TK  D  S
TK  D  TK  D  S

D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  S
TK  D  TK  D  D ~TK  S
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  S~
TK  D  TK  D  D ~TK  S
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  S~
TK  D  TK  D  D ~TK  S



(Baladi variation)
D  D ~TK  T  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  T  D ~TK  D ~TK
D  D ~TK  T  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  T  D ~TK  D ~TK
(Sa'idi)
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
D  D ~TK  D  D ~TK  T ~TK
(Maqsum)
D  T  K  T  D  K  T  TK
DK  D  K  T  D  K  T  TK
D  T  K ~TK  D  K  T ~TK
DK  D  K ~TK  D  K  T ~TK
D  T  K ~TK  D  K  T ~TK
DK  D  K ~TK  D  K  T ~TK

... to be continued. I have to think of an ending!

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Urfa’nın etrafı



Urfa’nın etrafı dumanlı dağlar 
Ciğerim (İçerim) yanıyor aney gözlerim ağlar
Benim zalim derdim cihanı yakar 
Gezme ceylan bu dağlarda seni avlarlar
Annaydan babaydan yardan ayrı koyarlar

Urfa dağlarında gezer bir ceylan 
Yavrusun kaybetmiş ağlıyor yaman
Yarimin derdine bulmadım derman 
Gezme ceylan bu dağlarda seni avlarlar
Annaydan babaydan yardan ayrı koyarlar

Ceylan senin gibi yüreğime yâre
Cihanda derdime aney bulmadım çare
Kimselerim yoktur söylesin yâre

Bu şarkıyı burada tıklayıp dinleyebilirsiniz.

Another Turkish folk song. The thing about folk songs is that they often don't have a fixed, 'authorised' version. There usually exist a couple of versions differing only in some words in the lyrics, but the general meaning of the song is always maintained. For example in this song, the second line has ciğerim yanıyor and içerim yanıyor, both meaning 'my insides are burning'; the first one literally says 'my liver is burning', 'liver' being synecdochical to 'insides'. In this live version, the last verse is not sung at all, whereas in other versions it is. I've also heard one, performed by İbrahim Tatlıses himself, where only the first verse is sung.

Also notice the pronunciation in this live performance. Standard Turkish [k] is realised as [x] in yakar and kaybetmiş, and I believe I heard the 'k' in koyarlar as [q], which wouldn't be surprising since the Uyghur/Uzbek cognate is qoymaq.

In the last verse, which isn't performed in the live show, yâre is the Ottoman word for yara, 'wound'.

Friday, 29 January 2010

Pare Pare - Tarkan



Hâlâ dün gibi hatırlarım her anını anıların
Biraz hırçınım bu yüzden, biraz hüzünlüdür hep bir yanım
Hâlâ sızlar için için her biri yaralarımın
Dalgalıdır denizim bu yüzden, biraz ıssızdır hep kıyılarım

Bir yanar bir sönerim bir ağlar bir gülerim
Pare pare buruktur hep sevinçlerim

Dağ gibi derya gibi bende acılar şahidim şarkılar
Ne zaman ümitle hayata göz kırpsam
Çiçekler açsam kapıma dayanır sonbahar

Çok erken tanıdım çor erken tattım cilvesini kaderin
Zamansız büyüdüm şimdi kayıp çocukluk günlerim

Bir yanar bir sönerim bir ağlar bir gülerim
Pare pare buruktur hep sevinçlerim

Dağ gibi derya gibi bende acılar şahidim şarkılar
Ne zaman ümitle hayata göz kırpsam
Çiçekler açsam kapıma dayanır sonbahar



Sunday, 24 January 2010

Wətinim - Uyghur patriotic song







Türkçe şarkı sözleri:

Vatan güzel destan bana
Yok senin gibi memleket bana
Ben ateşinde tutuşup yandım
Sen solmayan gül bahçesisin bana

Vatanım, sen mukaddes benim varlığım
Vatanım, şan şöhretim benim zenginliğim

Kalbimde benim yuvam
Dar bize bu cihan
Güllerini güz eyleyip
Bağımı bastı duman

Vatanım, sen mukaddes benim varlığım
Vatanım, şan şöhretim benim zenginliğim

Tanrı dağım aziz vatan
Sen güzel bağım vatan
Yürüsem hür bağrında
Sen güven, dağım vatan

Yüreklerden sönmeden arzu
Yüreklerden göçmeden arzu
Ölmezse büyük maskat
Bizlere de güler zaman

Vatanım, sen mukaddes benim varlığım
Vatanım, şan şöhretim benim zenginliğim

Listen to the music here.


Monday, 26 October 2009

It's near sunset...



تنگ غروبه خورشید اسیره
می ترسم امشب خوابم نگیره
سیاهی شب چشماشو وا کرد
ستاره ی من تورو صدا کرد
باز مثل هر شب از دیده پنهون
یه مرد عاشق با چشم گریون
آواز میخونه از پشت دیوار
کی خوابه امشب کی مونده بیدار
چرا شب ما سحر نمیشه
گل ستاره پرپر نمیشه
تو شهر خورشید یه قصره نوره
راه من و تو امشب چه دوره

Sunday, 25 October 2009

Gülümse kaderine!



Değer mi hiç? Boş yere küsme düşlerine!
İnan onun da yanına kalmaz. Bırak gitsin üzülme.
Hayat sevenlerin yanındadır, unutma.
Gülümse kaderine

Yak bütün fotoğrafları.
Ona ait bütün eşyaları.
Bu gece ümitlerini al koynuna.
Gün doğmadan unut insafsızı.

Kader buluşturdu, kader ayırdı.
O aşka inanmadı.
Sil gözyaşlarını, sakın ağlama.
O kalbinle oynadı.
Hayat sevenleri korur, ateşe atmaz.
Gülüm sana kıyamadı.

Yak bütün fotoğrafları.
Ona ait bütün eşyaları.
Bu gece ümitlerini al koynuna.

Gün doğmadan unut insafsızı.





Saturday, 10 October 2009

Translation of 'Why are the flowers so red' into Uyghur

'Why are the flowers so red' or '花儿为什么这样红', one of the first Uyghur songs I heard when I was little. It was the theme song of a very popular Uyghur film called 'The Visitor To Tangri Tağ' or '冰山上的来客' back in the 50's. I haven't seen the film but I love the song. As famous as it is and as Uyghur as it sounds, the song doesn't have a Uyghur version - at least I don't know if it was adapted from a Uyghur original. I'm always of the opinion that Uyghur culture should be expressed in the Uyghur language. In the fields of literature and music where language is the principle means of expression, Chinese should never usurp the role Uyghur should act. I am convinced that the Chinese ignorance of the Uyghur Turkicness can be partly attributed to the prevalent Han chauvinism which is at the heart of any Chinese adaption or translation of Uyghur folk songs, which soon replaces the original Uyghur by only promoting the adapted versions. Whereas a lot of Uyghur songs have their originals, this one doesn't. I even suspect it was originally written in Chinese. I have been pondering over a re-adaptation back into Uyghur for a long time, and now I have know enough of the language, I've made a draft version. I've tried to be as poetic as possible with my current knowledge of the rhetoric of the language. But obviously it's crass and needs a lot of improvement. I should be ashamed of this attempt, even, and of the audacity of putting it up here for everyone to see. However, it's my first composition in the Uyghur language and I'm very excited. I'll come back to improve it once I've know more about the poetic tradition of not only Uyghur, but the Turkic languages as a whole.



قىزىل گۈل نېمەشقا قىزىل
كۆيدىگەن ئوتتەك قىزىل
ياشلىق قىنى بىلەن سۇغېرىنىدۇ

قىزىل گۈل نېمەشقا ساپ
ئاشىق بولغان ئايرىلماس
دوستلۇق ئىكەن ئىشق ئىكەن


The Latin transcription would be:

Qizil gül neməşqa qizil
Köydigən ottək qizil
Yaşliq qani bilən suğerinidu

Qizil gül neməşqa sap
Aşiq bolğan ayrilmas
Dostluq ikən işq ikən

The original Chinese is:

花儿为什么这样红
红得好像燃烧的火
它是用了青春的血液来浇灌

花儿为什么这样鲜
鲜得使人不忍离去
它象征着纯洁的友谊和爱情

I adapted it a little to make it sound more natural. I translated the 'flowers' as 'qizil gül' rather than 'güllər' because the number of the flowers is ambiguous. It could just be one and this special one is symbolic. And in Uyghur, a noun in singular can have a plural meaning as well. I chose 'qizil' because 1. it's easier to suit the rhythm of the song and 2. 'qizil gül' itself means 'rose', which indeed is a symbol for love, which the song sings about. Repetition of a word is rather common in Uyghur folk poetry and songs, so it's alright. In the second stanza, the first two lines in the original Chinese form an unbroken sentence: 'Why are the flowers/is the flower so fresh that no one would have the heart to leave them/it?' which is a fairly complicated sentence and wouldn't really be used in folk lyrics like these. Since Chinese is a rather compact language it sounds alright, but I'm not sure about Uyghur. I've never come across any complicated sentences in Uyghur folk songs, all of them being simple and direct. So, bearing that in mind and without knowing how to translate 'so... that', I broke the sentence down and translated it as 'Why are the flowers so fresh? Being in love, no one would part (with them).' The 'being in love' states the result of beholding the flowers and is a plausible reason for anyone's staying, although unspecified by the original lyrics. I actually rendered the line into a sentence without a subject. Subject-less sentences are really common in Uyghur, especially when it comes to expressing a general truth as in here 'being in love, one/you wouldn't leave them.' Could be me, could be you - anyone, in fact. The last line means 'They symbolise innocent friendship and love.' To be honest, you really wouldn't use the word 'symbolise', whatever it is in Uyghur, in a folk song. Therefore I chose the gerund of the word 'to be', 'iken' to carry out this metaphor. I left out the 'innocent' because practically it's the same word as 'pure', 'sap', which I used in the first line. It would be redundant anyway - if the flowers are pure and innocent, and they are friendship and love, then friendship and love are pure and innocent as well!

Finally, the English translation of the song (from the Uyghur):

Why are the flowers so red,
Red like burning fire?
They are watered by the blood of youth.

Why are the flowers so fresh?
No one in love would part with them
- They are friendship, they are love.




Tuesday, 6 October 2009

گۈل زاراڭزا - Gülzaraņza



ئىشىگىڭدىن ئۆتتۈم مەن گۈل زاراڭزا تەرگىلى
گۈل زاراڭزا باھانىسىدا سەن يارىمنى كۆرگىلى
ئالما ئانارگۈل شاخى سۇلمىغىچە قايرىلماس
چىن يۈرەكتىن سۆيگەن يار ئۆلمىگىچە ئايرىلماس
جان يارىم ئىشقىڭ يامان سارغىيىپ بولدۇم سامان
سارغايتىپ سامان قىلما ھالىڭنى يامان قىلما

مەن نەگە بارالايتىم بوينۇم قىلدى باغلاقلىق
يار بىلەن كۆرۈشكەندە يات ئادەم پايلاقلىق
ئۇ كوچىدا سەن بولساڭ بۇ كوچىدا مەن بولاي
ئانار گۈلى سەن بولساڭ يوپۇرمىغى مەن بولاي
جان يارىم ئوتىڭ يامان سارغىيىپ بولدۇم سامان
سارغايتىپ سامان قىلما ھاىڭنى يامان قىلما


I went through your door, flowers from your garden for to pick
By picking flowers from your garden, you my darling for to see
Apple and pomegranate branches shall not bend for want of water
My darling loving with a sincere heart shall not part with me till death
My beloved, your love is a curse, consuming me like straw
Do not torture the poor straw, spare your strength and life


Where am I able to go with my body tied up?
I am meeting my beloved, but a spying stranger is curious
If you are on that road, I shall choose the same to tread
If you be a pomegranate flower, I shall be its adorning green
My beloved, your flames are a curse, consuming me like straw
Do not torture the poor straw, spare your strength and life



دوپپام باشىمدا - Doppam başimda



ئوي ئويلايسەن ئوي ئويلايسەن ئويچىمىدىڭسەن
تاغ باغرىدىن كېلەلمەيسەن قويچىمىدىڭسەن
قويچى بولساڭ قويلارىڭنى بىرگە باقايلى
ئىشچان يارنىڭ يۇرەكىگە ئوتلار ياقايلى

ئاق بېلەگىم بويلارىڭدا دوپپام باشىمدا
ئون بەش كۈنلۈك تولۇن ئايدەك تۇرىسەن قاشىمدا

ئىگىز ئىگىز تاغ باشىدىن سېرىلدىم تۈزگە
قىزىل گۈلنىڭ غۇنچىسىدەك ئىگىلدىم سىزگە
مەيلى بىلىڭ مەيلى بىلمەڭ مەن كۆيدۈم سىزگە
ئوتىڭىزدا ئۆلۈپ كەتسەم ئۇۋالىم سىزگە

ئاق بېلەگىم بويلارىڭدا دوپپام باشىمدا
ئون بەش كۈنلۈك تولۇن ئايدەك تۇرىسەن قاشىمدا




Doppam başimda, or 'I'm wearing my doppa' (lit. my doppa is on my head), a joyful Uyghur love song. It immediately became one of my favourites after I heard it for the first time because it sings about the doppa, the beautiful square scullcap worn by the Uyghurs. In Chinese it's referred to as 'the little floral Uyghur cap' which I always wanted to put on my head when I was little. It's more elaborate and less religious than the Hui cap (called the 'Hui prayer cap' in Chinese). When I go to Uzbekistan or Uyghuristan, the first thing I'll buy is a doppa!



Monday, 5 October 2009

Divâne âşık gibi



Divâne âşık gibi da dolanırım yollarda
Kız senin sebebune kaldum İstanbullar'da


Baban beni babamdan da bir kerecik istersin
Allah'ın emri ile gelinim olsun desin

Sar belune belune da Karadeniz kuşağı
E kız sende dermisun alsam habu uşağı


Yüksek dağın kuşuyum da selviye konacağım
İste beni babamdan vermezse kaçacağım


Al şalım yeşil şalım da dünyayı dolaşalım
Al şalım yeşil şalım da dağları dolaşalım
Sen yağmur ol ben bulut Maçka'da buluşalım






I am like a madman in love, wandering in the streets
Oh girl, for you I stayed in Istanbul


If only your father asked me from my father once
'By God's will, let her be my daughter-in-law'


Wrapping Karadeniz belt around your waist
Girl, would you say 'If only I had taken this boy?'


I will be a bird of high mountains perching on a cypress tree
Ask me from my father, if he disagrees, I will run away with you


My red shawl, my green shawl, let's wander around the world
My red shawl, my green shawl, let's wander on the mountains
You be the rain, I be the cloud, let's meet together in Maçka




*Very famous folk song from the Black Sea (Karadeniz in Turkish) area of Turkey. It is a dialogue between a boy and a girl in love who want to marry each other. The Karadeniz belt is a traditional item of clothing in that area, and Maçka is a town in the Black Sea region. The region is rainy throughout the year, which helps understand the metaphor of rain and cloud.

Here are two interpretations, the traditional by Erkan Oğur and İsmail Demircioğlu, and the modern by Doğa İçin Çal.


Tuesday, 29 September 2009

شىرىنجان - Sweetheart




مەن بىغىڭغا كىرمەيمەن شىرىنجان جانىما
ئانارىڭنى ئۈزمەيمەن شىرىنجان جانىما
ئەمدى كەلدىم ئەقلىمگە شىرىنجان جانىما
نادان بىلەن يۈرمەيمەن شىرىنجان جانىما

باغلار ئارا شامال ئۇچۇپ سېنى ئەسلەتتى
گۈللەر ئارا بۇلبۇل سايراپ سېنى ئەسلەتتى
يارىيار دەپ كىچە - كۈندۈز يۈرەكلەر تاشلا

ئالما ئاتنىم دەرياغا شىرىنجان جانىما
لەيلىۋىلىپ چۆكمەيدۇ شىرىنجان جانىما
سەن يايرىمنىڭ ئوتلارى شىرىنجان جانىما
يالقۇنلايدۇ ئۆچمەيدۇ شىرىنجان جانىما

ئالما ساتقىلى چىقسام شىرىنجان جانىما
قىزىلىنى تاللايدۇ شىرىنجان جانىما
ئالەمدە كىسى يوقتەك شىرىنجان جانىما
كۆڭلۈم سېنى خالايدۇ شىرىنجان جانىما

باغلار ئارا شامال ئۇچۇپ سېنى ئەسلەتتى
گۈللەر ئارا بۇلبۇل سايراپ سېنى ئەسلەتتى
يارىيار دەپ كىچە - كۈندۈز يۈرەكلەر تاشلا

ئالما ئالتىم دەرياغا شىرىنجان جانىما
لەيلىۋىلىپ چۆكمەيدۇ شىرىنجان جانىما
سەن يايرىمنىڭ ئوتلارى شىرىنجان جانىما
ياقۇنلايدۇ ئۆچمەيدۇ شىرىنجان جانىما

Voilà the complete lyrics of my all-time favourite Uyghur song - Şirincan, which translates as 'darling', 'sweetheart'. It's a beautiful and cheerful love song. I'm attempting to translate it as follows:

I will not enter your garden, my darling, my beloved
Nor will I pick your pomegranates, my darling, my beloved
Now I have learnt to be wise, my darling, my beloved
I will not walk with the ignorant, my darling, my beloved

The wind blowing from garden to garden has told about you
The nightingales among the flowers have sung about you
My heart palpates with the melody they sing from day to night

I throw an apple to the river, my darling, my beloved
It floats and floats and will never sink, my darling, my beloved
You are the flames of my joy, my darling, my beloved
Which are blazing and will never go out, my darling, my beloved

The wind blowing from garden to garden has told about you
The nightingales among the flowers have sung about you
My heart palpates with the melody they sing from day to night

If I sell apples on the market, my darling, my beloved
You will pick the red one, my darling, my beloved
In this world there is no one like you, my darling, my beloved
My heart wants you, my darling, my beloved

The wind blowing from garden to garden has told about you
The nightingales among the flowers have sung about you
My heart palpates with the melody they sing from day to night

I have taken an apple to the river, my darling, my beloved
It floats and floats and will never sink, my darling, my beloved
You are the flames of my joy, my darling, my beloved
Which are blazing and will never go out, my darling, my beloved