http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAH3vImnEtI

Cem Karaca and Mahsun kırmızıgül sing this wonderful song together. One of them is a rock star and other is arabesque star. The result is great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6rzLM-zu7U

Will there be a prize at the end? By the way I know Barış Manço was a great musician but don´t ignore Cem Karaca. His influence was as big as Barış´s on the Turkish rock music.

 I think it generally has a positive meaning in Turkish. Only negative use of it which I remember is the very popular saying of philosopher Diogenes of Sinope. We really like this saying.

Gölge etme başka ihsan istemem.

Don´t make a shadow, I don´t want any favor from you other than this.

It is believed that Alexander had asked Diogenes if he had wanted any favor from him. Diogenes´ answer was this.

Lets think about this "like your hand, like your hand". It doesn´t make a lot of sense. "El" also means "stranger". "Elin gibi" can also mean "Like I belong to strangers" It doesn´t make sense too. In short nothing makes sense.

Thank you but I wish I hadn´t translated it. I mentioned it above with an edit.

Here I am again my bipolar friends. I have lost myself again in melancholy. Untill madness comes and takes me, lets have a drink and curse the destiny.

I translated it as a text for a change. And I translated it for sport. I wish I hadn´t translated it.

It is normal because Alpha wrote it. Wisest of wises

I read this poem today and liked it. It is believed that it was written for Shah İsmail by Yavuz Sultan Selim after he had beaten him in battlefield. If you read same colored words, you will read the same lines in an order. We call this style "chess style"

Sanma şahım /herkesi sen / sadıkane / yar olur
Herkesi sen / dost mu sandın / belki ol / ağyar olur
Sadıkane / belki ol / alemde bir / dildar olur
Yar olur / ağyar olur / dildar olur / serdar olur "

Yavuz Sultan Selim

My shah, don´t think everyone is a loyal friend

Did you think everyone was friend, maybe they were enemies.

Maybe there is only one loyal beloved in this universe

There is friend, there is enemy, there is beloved, there is commander.