I met Sema Tuncer on a 15 min boat ride across the Bosphorous last December, her husband bought us Chai and we talked and we talked! After we parted ways we promised to keep in touch but like so many such relationships which are beautiful in that particular moment but never continue further I was not sure if she would reply my emails...was I wrong! Not only are there replies but also some wonderful suggestions for this Music Blog.
Divane asuk gibi da yar dolasirim yollarda Divane asuk gibi da dolasirim yollarda Kiz senun sebebune Kiz senun sebebune Kaldim istanbullarda kaldim istanbularda
Kiz senun sebebune Kiz senun sebebune Kaldim istanbullarda kaldim istanbularda Sar belune belune da karadeniz kusagi Sar belune belune da karadeniz kusagu E kiz sende delisun E kiz acep delisun E kiz sende delisun E kiz acep delisun Alsam hapu usagu Alsam hapu u Yüksek dagun kusiyum da selviye konacagum Yüksek dagun kusiyum da selviye konacagum Iste beni babamdan iste beni anamdan Vermezse kaçacagim Vermezse kaçacagum Iste beni babamdan iste beni anamdan Vermezse kaçacagim Vermezse kaçacagum Al salum yesil salum da daglaru dolasalum Al salum yesil salum da daglaru dolasalum sen yagmur ol ben bulut sen yagmur ol ben bulut Maçkada bulusalum Maçkada bulusalum Maçkada bulusalum Maçkada bulusalum
I'm like a infatuated lover - divane asik gibi de strolling on the streets - dolanirim yollarda girl because of you, darling because of you - kiz senin sebebune yar senin sebebune I've stayed in İstanbul - kaldim istanbullarda
If only your father ask me from my father* - baban beni babamdanda just once - bir kerecik istesun "for God's order - allahin emri ile let her to be my daughter-in-law" - gelinim olsun desun,
wrap up Karadeniz* belt around your waist - sar belune belune de karadeniz kusagu girl would you say - e kiz sen de dermisun If only I taken ( means: married with) this boy - alsam ha bu usagi
I'm a bird of high mountain - yuksek dagin kusiyim de I'll perch on this cypress - selviye konacagim ask me from my father - iste beni babamdan if he won't let, I'm gonna run away (with you) - vermezse kaçacagum
my red shawl, green shawl - al salim yesil salim da let's walk around of the world - dünyayi dolasalim you be rain and I cloud - sen yagmur ol ben bulut and then let's get together in maçka** - maçka'da bulusalim
*A city -where this song come from- in Turkey. and karadeniz belt is a common clothing in Karadeniz. **Maçka is a town in Karadeniz( and by the way karadeniz is rainy every month of year i just saying this for maybe it can help)
allah allah ya baba oh god oh god ,my father we salam alek ya baba greetings be upon you allah allah ya baba oh god oh god ,my father we salam alek ya baba greetings be upon you sidi mansour ya baba sidi mansour oh father wenjek enzour ya baba 2x i'll come to visit you my father
ash-had bellah ya baba god be my witness my father mashegt sewaah ya baba i've never loved someone but him jarel abeeb ya baba the sorrow caused by my beloved alaj eseeb ya baba its cure is difficult my father wesh aly feeh ya baba what my state is my father malhouf aleeh ya baba i'm exiting for him my father wash-had bellah ya baba and god be my witness mashegt sewaah ya baba i've never loved someone but him
wenjeek ya sidi i'll come to you my master wenjeek ya sidi i'll come to you my master beshmou fi eedy with candles in my hands beshmou fi eedy with candles in my hands wennar fi galby and the fire in my heart wennar fi galby and the fire in my heart tareg wareedy burns my veins tareg wareedy burns my veins
allah allah ya baba oh god oh god ,my father we salam alek ya baba greetings be upon you allah allah ya baba oh god oh god ,my father we salam alek ya baba greetings be upon you sidi mansour ya baba sidi mansour oh father wenjek enzour ya baba 2x i'll come to visit you my father
we kaeel el een ya baba the one with black eyes my father elw el khadeen ya baba with beautiful cheecks elw wi mabghour ya baba beautiful and fascinating wi aiounu boor ya baba his eyes are like the sea wi kharegt maaah ya baba and drowned with him asebni jfah ya baba his absence tortured me wi kaeel el ain the one with black eyes khada galbi le feen where did he took my heart
sidi waseeny my master,ease me sidi waseeny my master ease me aki wi akeeny speak and tell me sabarli aal make me resist alli naseeny the one who forgot me alli naseeny the one who forgot me
allah allah ya baba oh god oh god ,my father we salam alek ya baba greetings be upon you allah allah ya baba oh god oh god ,my father we salam alek ya baba greetings be upon you sidi mansour ya baba sidi mansour oh father wenjek enzour ya baba i'll come to visit you my father
hey hey hey
ash-had bellah ya baba god be my witness my father mashegt sewaah ya baba i've never loved someone but him ash-had bellah god be my witness mashegt sewaah ya baba i've never loved someone but him sidi mansour ya baba sidi mansour oh father wenjek enzour ya baba i'll come to visit you my father
allah allah ya baba oh god oh god ,my father we salam alek ya baba greetings be upon you allah allah ya baba oh god oh god ,my father we salam alek ya baba greetings be upon you sidi mansour ya baba sidi mansour oh father wenjek enzour ya baba i'll come to visit you my father
hey hey hey
we kaeel el een ya baba the one with black eyes elw el khadeen ya baba..... the one with beuatiful cheeks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA8rFE7JATo Rabba De De Jawani
Üsküdar'a gider iken aldi da bir yagmur 2x Kâtibimin setresi uzun, etegi çamur 2x Kâtip uykudan uyanmis, gözleri mahmur 2x Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, ele karisir? Kâtibime siter eter faltu ne güzel yarasir
Uskadara is a little town in Turkey And in the old days, many women had male secretaries Oh, well, that's Turkey!
Üsküdar'a gider iken bir mendil buldum 2x Mendilimin içine lokum doldurdum 2x
They take a trip from Uskudara in the rain And on the way they fall in love He's wearing a stiff collar In a full dress suit She looks at him longingly through her veil And casually feeds him candy Oh, those Turks !
Kâtibimi arar iken yanimda buldum 2x Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, el ne karisir? Kâtibime kolali da gömlek ne güzel yarasir
Kâtibimi arar iken yanimda buldum 2x Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, el ne karisir? Kâtibime kolali da gömlek ne güzel yarasir 2x
Translation:
Üsküdar'a gider iken aldi da bir yagmur 2x Kâtibimin setresi uzun, etegi çamur 2x Kâtip uykudan uyanmis, gözleri mahmur 2x Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, ele karisir? Kâtibime siter eter faltu ne güzel yarasir
Uskadara is a little town in Turkey And in the old days, many women had male secretaries Oh, well, that's Turkey!
Üsküdar'a gider iken bir mendil buldum 2x Mendilimin içine lokum doldurdum 2x
They take a trip from Uskudara in the rain And on the way they fall in love He's wearing a stiff collar In a full dress suit She looks at him longingly through her veil And casually feeds him candy Oh, those Turks!
Kâtibimi arar iken yanimda buldum 2x Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, el ne karisir? Kâtibime kolali da gömlek ne güzel yarasir
Kâtibimi arar iken yanimda buldum 2x Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, el ne karisir? Kâtibime kolali da gömlek ne güzel yarasir 2x
the name of the town is üsküdar (now a district in istanbul), and that of the song is katibim. üsküdar'a means to üsküdar.
and a correction: here katip indeed means a clerk or secretary, but he may not be the secretary of the woman who wrote or composed this song. when she says my katip she's most likely to mean the katip whom i'm in love with, he may even be her fiancé, for in the old days many women did not actually have male secretaries and it's usual in turkish for someone to call his/her lover as my something, be it an attribute or profession.
Eartha Kitt's version
USKA DARA
Uska Dara is the name of a little town in Turkey and in Uska Dara they have very many s-t-r-a-n-g-e ways.
Along with these strange ways there are very many strange sayings.. and one of them is:
(Turkish..- starts something like this) Benesmurah etc…
It means: I like to feed my lover birds’ milk…
Iska Dara etc etc
There is another saying that goes: (Turkish..- starts something like this) Amaaaaahn etc.
It means: A fat man usually has a belly like a perculating coffee pot.
Uska Dara etc etc.
There is another saying that goes: (Turkish..- starts something like this) Chabara etc etc
But you’ll have to use your imagination.
Uska Dara
La ha ha, aaaaah aaaah aaah La ha ha, aaaaah aaaah aaah
Menta lembe etc etc …. Locum docum duru Menta lembe etc etc…..Locum docum duru Locum docum duruuu Locum docum duruuu Locum docum duruuu
Amaaaahn etc etc etc
Nayeysem,,, Eseyesemmm etc
Giggle…
Oh! Those Turks!!!!
Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008)[2][3] was an American actress, singer, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit Christmas song "Santa Baby". Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world."[4] She took over the role of Catwoman for the third season of the 1960s Batman television series, replacing Julie Newmar, who was unavailable for the final season.
Early years Kitt was born Eartha Mae Keith on a cotton plantation in the town of North, South Carolina, a small town in Orangeburg County near Columbia, South Carolina. Her mother was of Cherokee and African-American descent and her father of German or Dutch descent. Kitt claimed she was conceived by rape.[5][6] Kitt was raised by Anna Mae Riley, an African-American woman whom she believed to be her mother. Anna Mae went to live with a black man when Eartha was 8. He refused to accept Kitt because of her relatively pale complexion.[5] Kitt lived with another family until Riley's death. She was then sent to live in New York City with Mamie Kitt, who she learned was her biological mother; she had no knowledge of her father, except that his surname was Kitt and that he was supposedly a son of the owner of the farm where she had been born.[5] Newspaper obituaries state that her white father was "a poor cotton farmer."[7]
[edit]Career Kitt began her career as a member of the Katherine Dunham Company in 1942 and remained a member of the troupe until 1948. A talented singer with a distinctive voice, her hits include "Let's Do It", "Champagne Taste", "C'est si bon", "Just an Old Fashioned Girl", "Monotonous", "Je cherche un homme", "Love for Sale", "I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch", "Uska Dara", "Mink, Schmink", "Under the Bridges of Paris", and her most recognizable hit, "Santa Baby", which was released in 1953. Kitt's unique style was enhanced as she became fluent in the French language during her years performing in Europe. Her English-speaking performances always seemed to be enriched by a soft French feel. She had some skill in other languages too, which she demonstrates with finesse in many of the live recordings of her cabaret performances. [edit]Career peaks and disruption
In 1950, Orson Welles gave Kitt her first starring role, as Helen of Troy in his staging of Dr. Faustus. A few years later, she was cast in the revue New Faces of 1952 introducing Monotonous and Bal, Petit Bal, two songs with which she continues to be identified. In 1954, 20th Century Fox filmed a version of the revue simply titled New Faces, in which she performed "Monotonous", "Uska Dara" and "C'est si bon".[8] Though it is often alleged that Welles and Kitt had an affair during her 1957 run in Shinbone Alley, Kitt categorically denied this in a June 2001 interview with George Wayne of Vanity Fair. "I never had sex with Orson Welles," Kitt told Vanity Fair, "It was a working situation and nothing else".[9] Her other films in the 1950s included The Mark of the Hawk (1957), St. Louis Blues (1958) and Anna Lucasta (1959).
Throughout the rest of the 1950s and early 1960s, Kitt would work on and off in film, television and on nightclub stages. In 1964, Kitt helped open the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, California. Also in the 1960s, the television series Batman featured her as Catwoman after Julie Newmar left the role.
In 1968, during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Kitt encountered a substantial professional setback after she made anti-war statements during a White House luncheon.[10][11] Kitt was invited to a White House luncheon and was asked by Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War. She replied: "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot." The remark reportedly caused Mrs. Johnson to burst into tears and led to a derailment in Ms. Kitt's career.[12] The public reaction to Kitt's statements was extreme, both pro and con. Publicly ostracized in the US, she devoted her energies to performances in Europe and Asia.
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