Μικρόκοσμος-Ν.Χικμέτ- Θ.Μικρούτσικος- Μ.Δημητριάδη
poem by Nazım Hikmet
MICROCOSM
When the starlight flowing into my eye like a golden drop
Pierced the darkness
of space
for the first time,
there wasn’t one single eye on the earth
looking into the sky….
The stars were old ,
the earth was a child.
The stars are far from us
but so very far
so very far. …
Our world is small among the stars
but so very small
so very small. …
And Asia
is one fifth of the world,
And India
is a country in Asia.
Calcutta is a city in India
Benerjee is a man in Calcutta.
And I am bringing you the news:
In India
In the city of Calcuttat
they stopped on his way
A man who was walking
and they chained him.
And I don’t bother anymore
to lift my head toward the bright skies.
If the stars are far,
if the earth is small
I don’t care at all
I don’t mind. …
I want you to know that I find
more astonishing
more powerful
more mysterious and giganctic
THIS MAN
stopped on his way
and chained.
(Source: youtube.com)
Ulvi Cemal Erkin - Köçekçe
Classical music piece which will be played by a group of voluntary musicians from important orchestras of Turkey today in Gezi Park.
The group calls itself İstanbul Çapulcular Orkestrası Gezi Filarmoni (roughly translated to Istanbul Orchestre of Sans-Culottes)
Heavy in its use of traditional makams , the piece is considered one of the important achievements of the still very young Turkish classical music born right after the foundation of the republic, .
(Source: youtube.com)
