bu akşam comandante’yle birlikte brenna maccrimmon’ı dinlemeye gittik. onu daha sonra yazacağım. gönlüm çok yorgun bu gece. şimdilik bunu dinleyelim:

ve bunu düşünelim:

KAMRAN OLSAM
Words & Music: Savaş Çağman
Recorded in Brooklyn, NY, November 2007

Phaedon Sinis, tarhu
Adam Good, oud, tambur
Beth Bahia Cohen, bendir
Brenna MacCrimmon, vocals

Avcı oldum maral kaçtı
İbrik oldum susuz kaldım
Ham çizgiye kalem geçtim
Elif * oldu eksik kaldım
Kamran olsam bulsam aşkı
Paydan oldum eksik kaldım
Yedi mushaf hududa denk
Yedi hatla eder mi cenk
Tene değdi hazır oldum
Maran kırdı eksik kaldım
Kamran olsam bulsam aşkı
Paydan oldum eksik kaldım
Kelâm oldum ahir yerde
Çerağ oldum puthanede
Ali Â’la ırak yerde
Mah ışıldar eksik kaldım
Kamran olsam bulsam aşkı
Paydan oldum eksik kaldım

I became a hunter, but the deer eluded me
I became pitcher, but there was no water to fill me
I traced a scratch with a pen
It became an ‘elif’ but I was left incomplete
Should I ever be successful, should I ever find true love…
I have become a part of the whole yet I remain incomplete
The Book of Seven contains all
But should one do battle over seven lines?
It touched flesh and body and I was ready
The snake broke it, leaving me incomplete
Should I ever be successful, should I ever find true love…
I have become a part of the whole yet I remain incomplete
I have become a word at the end of the world
I have become a glimmer in a house of false idols
Ali A’la is far from us
Luminous he shines, still I remain incomplete
Should I ever be successful, should I ever find true love…
I have become a part of the whole yet I remain incomplete

( * ) Elif: is the beginning, the first letter of the arabic alphabet.