Sari Gelin

Assalamulaikum wbt. 

A song that somehow helps to soothe my mind. :)

Sari Gelin is one of the populars songs  among the people of the southern Caucacus and eastern Anatolia.
where the Sari means blonde / yellow / fair skin / mountain (it depends whether people from Armenian or Turkish define it)
and the Gelin means  bride, maiden or girl.
From Turkish side it is define as Yellow bride.

They have a differet version of this song and this song is one of them. :)

What the versions have in common, is a boy complaining to/about a girl he loves but cannot achieve^. The combination of Armenian, Turkish and Azerbaijani version parallels is the laments of a Muslim Turk (language of both Azerbaijan and Turkey) boy, about a Christian Armenian blond maiden from a mountain or valley, that he loves, although they are kept apart, and the "unkind" girl is taken away, causing the boy to lament and curse frequently.



Try to listen first, and you will like it too insyaAllah. :)

Sari Gelin Lyric

By Sami Yusof

 I fight for a love
Knowing it can’t be won
Sent from a light above
Child of our golden Sun
Sari Gelin

I reach for hands
Knowing they can’t be held
Cursed by words I can’t tell
Broken under your spell
Sari Gelin

And like a rose
Turning in to thorns
My love was taken
Back to the light above
What can I do, my love?
Child of our Golden Sun
Sari Gelin.

A beating drum
Searches on for your song
Echoes will carry on
Wondering where you’ve gone
Sari Gelin

Is that your voice
Caught in the mountain air?
Leading me to nowhere
Drifting in silent prayer
Sari Gelin

And like a rose
Turning in to thorns
My love was taken
Back to the light above
What can I do, my love?
Child of our Golden Sun
Sari Gelin

Thank you husband :p