ΕΙΜΑΙ Σ' ΕΝΑ ΜΑΚΡΥ, ΣΤΕΝΟ ΜΟΝΟΠΑΤΙ

Τα δυο "ιερά τέρατα" της τούρκικης έντεχνης μουσικής (προγκρέσιβ με έντονα στοιχεία παραδοσιακής μουσικής), Barış Manço (1943-1999), με το καρώ σακάκι, και ο Cem Karaca (1945-2004), με το καπέλο, ερμηνεύουν το αριστούργημα "Είμαι σ' ένα μακρύ στενό μονοπάτι" του Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, σε μια εκπομπή της τουρκικής τηλεόρασης. Ο Μαντσό, ήταν περισσότερο προσανατολισμένος προς το τουρκικό προγκρέσιβ αλλά και την -ας πούμε ποπ- (στα τελευταία του χρόνια), δεξιός στις πολιτικές του πεποιθήσεις, ενώ ο Καρατσά, αριστερός, πιο πολύ δοσμένος στη μουσική της Ανατολίας (φοβερό το τραγούδι Dadaloðlu, αφιερωμένο στους πολιτικούς κρατούμενους), αλλά και αυτός τοποθετείται στους τουρκ-προγκρέσιβ καλλιτέχνες της δεκαετίας του ‘70...
Το συγκεκριμένο τραγούδι υπάρχει στο άλμπουμ 2023 του Μαντσό (1976).
Αξίζει να ψάξει κανείς όλο το έργο αυτών των δυο σπουδαίων μουσικών. Αυτά που θα βρει θα τον αποζημιώσουν!!

Uzun ince bir yoldayım
Uzun ince bir yoldayım
Gidiyorum gündüz gece
Bilmiyorum ne haldeyim
Gidiyorum gündüz gece
Gündüz gece, gündüz gece
Gündüz gece

Dünyaya geldiğim anda
Yürüdüm aynı zamanda
İki kapılı bir handa
Gidiyorum gündüz gece
Gündüz gece, gündüz gece
Gündüz gece

İki kapılı bir handa
Gidiyorum gündüz gece
Gündüz gece, gündüz gece
Gündüz gece

Düşünülürse derince
Uzak gözükür görünce
Yol bir dakka miktarınca
Gidiyorum gündüz gece
Gündüz gece, gündüz gece
Gündüz gece

Yol bir dakka miktarınca
Gidiyorum gündüz gece
Gündüz gece, gündüz gece
Gündüz gece

Şaşar Veysel işbu hale
Gah ağlayan gahi güle
Yetişmek için menzile
Gidiyorum gündüz gece
Gündüz gece, gündüz gece
Gündüz gece

Yetişmek için menzile
Gidiyorum gündüz gece
Gündüz gece, gündüz gece
Gündüz gece
..και η μετάφραση στα αγγλικά
I'm on a long, narrow path
I'm walking on, day and night.
I've lost my sense of self.
I'm walking on, day and night,
Day and night, day and night,
Day and night.

Ever since the moment I came into this world,
I was walking from the very beginning.
In a caravansary with only two doors.*
I'm walking on, day and night,
Day and night, day and night,
Day and night.

In a caravansary with only two doors.
I'm walking on, day and night,
Day and night, day and night,
Day and night.

When contemplated deeply,
It seems far away, when looked at.
The road is but a minute long.
I'm walking on, day and night,
Day and night, day and night,
Day and night.

The road is but a minute long.
I'm walking on, day and night,
Day and night, day and night,
Day and night.

Veysel is confused in this state,
Sometimes crying, sometimes laughing,
On the road to reach my destination.
I'm walking on, day and night,
Day and night, day and night,
Day and night.

On the road to reach my destination.
I'm walking on, day and night,
Day and night, day and night,
Day and night.
*οι δυο πόρτες ειναι η γέννηση και ο θάνατος