Abdul Arif Kerim ÇALIŞKANThere may be a lot to be said about the Morgenland Festival, maybe words may not be enough, but if we dive deep, I will find myself in an ocean where I will not be able to get out, maybe I will drown in it, so I prefer to drive my boat aside and be content with watching from the land. And I leave you alone with the musical performances, which is the essence of the subject.
Morgenland Festival is a festival held in Osnabrück, Germany since 2005. Within the scope of the festival, besides traditional musical performances, regional contemporary music, theatre, painting and multidisciplinary art events are also held. Morgenland Festival is a festival that aims to introduce the culture of the Near East and the Middle East to Europe.
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The festival was first held in 2005. The founder of the festival, Michael Dreyer, is still the artistic director of the festival. The theme of the festival is the traditional perception and struggle of the “Eastern” Culture. Among the artists participating in the festival are names such as Alim Qasimov (Azerbaijan), Kayhan Kalhor (Iran), Jivan Gasparyan (Armenia), Salman Gambarov (Azerbaijan) and Aynur Doğan (Turkey). Countries participating in the festival; Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Pakistan, Lebanon and Azerbaijan.
A Trace of Grace
moon lords,
Ay aghas, gedənə bax, gedənə.
I fell on the roads crying,
Half apart, half my bosom, wound face.
I’ve been in trouble five times worse than before,
Glory is glory to my heart, wound to face.
I’ve been holding on to my heart,
Saqi sərxoş, saqi məstü, saqi lam,
I’m healthy from this hard, tough wound,
It’s hard, cure doxsan, scar face.
For Mən Abbas’am wound victim,
Right my bosom, cut my skin for half,
He is the one who lives in this world,
Yaxa tear, on the mountain zülf, face the wound.
Brief information about the soloist: Nour Qamar, known for the “O SES” contest he participated in when he was 12, is of Tunisian descent and is now 16-17 years old.
ALF LAILA WA LAILA
darling…night and sky….stars and moon…you and me in the morning… darling me… my life me… all of us… all of us…we are the same in love… love… oh love because of it.. it makes us drink joy while awake at night… and says bon appetit… darling come on Let’s live the most beautiful moment of the night, let’s say the sun comes a year later… not a year ago, this is the night of love, it’s sweeter than a thousand and one nights
my whole life… what’s the point of living without a night like tonight
darling, how can I tell you how, how I was before I loved you. I don’t remember yesterday.. I can’t wait for tomorrow either. you showed where the sweet days are… you gave him confidence when the night was in a strange way in a foreign country… life that was a desert has become a garden… let’s have the best moment of the night let’s say the sun comes a year later… not a year ago, this is the night of love, it’s sweeter than a thousand and one nights
What’s the point of living my whole life without a night like tonight?
darling, for those who are in love like the two of us, what is more beautiful than the night, we do not feel whether a second or a year has passed in our lives, we only feel each other, that we love … we only feel the night and love … my dear, love is our life, our home and our power is something that belongs to people. We have a world of our own, we have a world of our own. for its (world’s) lovers… even though they say they melt with the fire of longing, their fire is our paradise too… love has never hurt… his garden has never driven anyone out. other than joy… other than joy… my darling… let’s have the most beautiful moment of the night, let’s say the sun comes a year later… not a year ago, this is the night of love, it’s sweeter than a thousand and one nights
What’s the point of living my whole life without a night like tonight?
O full moon of my night, O shadow of my day, O my love, O my joyful days.. I have the most beautiful gifts for you too… with the word love… you can take the world and its contents.. this is what will open the world’s treasures to you… it (the word love) tell me… tell the bird… the tree… the people… the whole world… tell… love is a blessing, a blessing… not a sin… God is love… no (goodness) is love… light is love… O my Lord, so that our first meeting will pass in peace and we can enjoy the taste of peace… Grant us the grace to connect with each other with the joy of our first date, by the lights of the oil lamps… so that our time will pass in a pleasant and peaceful manner.
oh my lord…
May the pain of separation never water us… (ie: let’s never part) let no one know our place or come to us, let no one see our night but the lamps of joy, oh my love… let’s have the most beautiful moment of the night let’s say the sun comes a year later… not a year ago, this is the night of love, sweeter than a thousand and one nights
What’s the point of living my whole life without a night like tonight…
trans. Mahmud Sami KANBAŞ
