This song is inspired by a poem of Sureyyya Evren, a contemporary poet and writer from Turkiye.
The lyrics of the poem start as follows:
“Your gaze is about to fall down / The train has arrived / Seems like you will be leaving / Obviously it will not be nice if I say something”
“Bakışların düşmek üzere / Tren gelmiş bekliyor / Gidecek gibisin / Birşey söylesem güzel olmayacak belli”
Listen to “The Wire Walker”
This song, The Wire Walker (“Tel Cambazı”) was composed by Gurdal Ertek, for the poem by a well-known Turkish poet, Turgut Uyar. The poet describes this poem as “the poem that describes the situation of the wire walker on wire”. The wire walker repeatedly says “do not disturb my balance”.
Turns out, the same poem “Denge” was also composed by Aykut Gürel, one of the best composers of last few decades, and sung by Sezen Aksu, one of the most famous Turkish stars of all times.
Special thanks to Oncea Viorel for this beautiful elegant arrangement.
Listen to “The Wire Walker”
