Esma Redzepova- Szelem Szelem

[klessner68]

I flew the body of a dear lost friend back to his hometown,burried him,stayed for a month,drank met friends for life,drank some more-All the while this song followed me,i saw her 4 times in my life,and i always cry like a little child when i hear this song..like a knife to the heart <3 volim te Ezma !

[PERSONIFICATIONOFYAY]

Beirut

[stefanow1972]

Gypsy's live with "no man's land" idea since ever. They never demand a piece of land or a nation. But they loved the "ground" that they lived, genuinely. They make love, with music, where they lived. From India to Spanish and France and From Egypt and Greece to Russia. They do to music, that bees doing to the flowers. This is love and freedom. I am crying...

[pselus1]

Esma e gjupka sto se deri kako nezdrava.Se deri na eden najnenormalen i odvraten nacin i sprotivno na site muzicki pravila. Death to all Gypsies!

[kingstaboy]

Esma is not a Macedonian gypsie she is Albanian !!!

[imeriorhan]

uzassssss stram imri sto pobrgu da te nema go kaj pees cigani nema vise cigani ima romi cigani majkata da ti ja ebat

[droexx]

i am neither a gipsy nor a balkan, i do not even understand the lyrics, but i can't help myself crying for this song. every time i listen to this i feel the pain romans got through. i feel like them, i feel like i am one of them. great song, great voice, thanks for sharing this wonderful song, loves from turkey

[hobbieboy2007]

This is the Gypsy's anthem!!! "Litlle tribe is traveling the World, like a bee from flower to flower, horses' galoping can be haeard far away, but further more, a song ig echoing "Hej, gypsies - born with a song lived with a song died with a song !" Litlle tribe is traveling the World. like a bee from flower to flower.... Then all the same in Gypsie language....

[avvocatogorgia]

please lyrics in latin letters !!! (ins't it Macedonian ?!?) Please Please Please lyrics !!!

[whiteangel122]

this gave me this sweet feeling of sorrow, her voice is indescribable. i cant stop listening to this.

[Ismaehel]

I'm crying, roma people are the bravest but so discriminated. Love from a spanish gadjo.

[GoranR21]

I LOVEEEEE GYPSIES!!!! HOW TOUCHING IS THIS ?!?!! OMG... ! CIGANIII IIiiiIIIIIiiiiIII .... ROMALEEEE ZIVEEEE LI iiiii IIIII iiiii IIIIII iiiiiii

[thanuri]

I'm still crying

[hipretty]

stunning NO voice like hers!!!

[mafin78]

Only Esma has a voice like this. I am from Macedonia, and whenever I hear this song I think of my Roma friends and the Roma community from Shuto Orizari and Topaana. Thank you Esma!

[pecoradolly65]

@ tubocaldo

Thank you!

[tubocaldo]

Little horse buggy roams the world, like a bee from flower to flower, horse gallop is heard far away, and even further the song can be heard. Eeej, Gypsies, born with music, with music lived, with music died. Little horse buggy roams the world, like a bee from flower to flower, I went on a long journey I met beautiful Roma Eeej Roma, Eeej brothers (2x) In the chest of every Gypsy, the eternal fire is burning, nothing can extinguish it. not even the tear rolling down the cheek.

[ShahzadTiwana]

@tubocaldo Thanks a lot for translation. Now its even more beautiful once I understood its meaning...so simple yet so deep....

[tubocaldo]

Cerga mala luta preko sveta, kao pcela od cveta do cveta, topot konja daleko se cuje, a jos dalje pesma odjekuje. Eeeeej, cigani, sa pesmom rodjeni, s pesmom ziveli, s pesmom umrli. Cerga mala luta preko sveta, kao pcela od cveta do cveta, Gelem, gelem, lungone dromensa (in Romani) Maladilem shukare Romensa (in Romani) Eeeeej Romale, Eeeeej Chavale (2x) U grudima svakog ciganina, sve dok zivi vatre uvek ima, ne moze je nista da pogasi, cak ni suza koja obraz kvasi. Repeat #2...

[musaltun]

such a touching voice love her after listening to her live on stage in london couple of years a go...

[pecoradolly65]

Can someone paste/write the lyric of this beautiful song please? Thanks

[tubocaldo]

Romani has been an unwritten language for centuries, so many expressions cannot be translated word for word to/from English. For those of you who care to know, the melody of this song (that has many variations of its title like ‘Djelem, Djelem’, ‘Dzelem, Dzelem’, ‘Gelem, Gelem’) is traditional Gypsy, but the words are not. I’ve seen several versions - basically the same theme with slight variations. I have 500 characters limit here so will post both Serbian and English words separately...

[thelennon07]

kraljica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alekso987]

she is singing in macedonian language

[mikasalo13]

great pictures of gypsy life ! and Esma's voice is like a scream over all!!!

great video!!!

[gazza307]

So what kind of language is this?is it Serbian?or other

[ShahzadTiwana]

@gazza307 Well I think its Romani language but I am not 100% sure. Maybe some gypsy friends can tell us about this.

Peace :-)

[CigoXXL]

@ShahzadTiwana

from 0:00 till 2:35 its Serbian Language... From 2:36 its Gypsy Language (its called ROMANES)... Jasa E Romenge

[ShahzadTiwana]

@CigoXXL Thanks for information....

[gazza307]

i like it every much i think is the best cigany song (also Erdelezi).

is this song in gipsy spoken language or else?

does anyway know?

[dajan1994]

@gazza307

its not gypsy language :D but her best song is on gipsys language caje sukarije :)

[achimerbebe]

Peace and Freedom for the Sinti & Roma !! I'm a Romani :D

[Sing4Life401]

-it's actually called Djelem Djelem...but no matter what it's a beautiful song

[kerikrvi]

from the heart

it touching all people who have it

[lxathos]

pesmu poznajemo dobro, ali svaka cast tebi za montazu

[pergamones]

a great song, great voice. impressive ...thanks :))

[zsuzsiwd]

GOOSEBUMPS.

[caroppio]

@Vipassana1000: thanks so much!

I knew that I would have loved this song even more after the translation.

If I'll manage to find the lyric I'll let you know.

Thanks again!

[kewldude1958]

beautiful muzika

[dawidek19882002]

nie przestawaj!

[bgbreakdown]

Very cool, music and images.

[nesiotivaj]

Thank you for this great song and the beautiful clip!

[inaccesscigii]

ohhh my gid.. this song make me chicken skin.. pouhaa love balkan

[caroppio]

listening to this song is like seeing all the world crawling below me...please any translation for this voice?

[Vipassana1000]

@caroppio  I can only translate from 4:12 .It goes something like: In the chest of every gipsy there is alway a flame(fire is more acurate actually),and nothing can extinguish it not even the tear that rolls down the face(cheek).Gipsys, with song they live,with song they die.

I would translate it completley(I'm sorry for not being able to) unfortunatley I can't find original lyrics anywhere online.:-/

[benzondog]

this is our (balkan) blues...this song is a ritual, no comment! alal vera, respekt svim romima!

[doroteinamama]

odlične fotografije!!

[adinrds]

BOGINJA !!!

Pozz iz Bosne.

Esma VOLIM TE !

[alldamnamesRtaken]

translation anyone?

[gypsyTouch]

i'm rom (gypsy) i thank you for this,i'm so fair why i'am gypsy forlife !

[takerslady000]

3:27,awwh so cutee

[yugosvabo]

This peapole lives the right life. No country frontiers... just free, free! And their music awesome.

[SurrealisticEvening]

The liberal bourgeoisie democracies imposed upon the European nations are now killing Roma people in Slovakia, chasing them in France, closing them in concentration camps elsewhere, and all this why? Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite. Where have now gone the principles of the French Revolution, Monsieur Nikolas Sarkozy?

[edim39]

@SurrealisticEvening  Original slogan: "Liberte,egalite Fraternite or MORTE"

[KingMacedon]

toa sestro!!!!!

[rainonline1]

tova e nai unikalnata pevica...pesenta e pokyrtitelna,a videoto ubiistveno!!!!! /love/

[gost1964]

No need for more word than she sings very very good, but the pictures are from real life of gypsy's and the pictures are the best. Goran

[SelenaDarijoSrdjan]

esma.com.mk

[cm2dude]

Powerful. No better way to say it.

[psunjka]

Esma was my neighbor for decades in Belgrade, Serbia. She was well known for her musical performances and for her habit of adopting several Roma kids and taking them from poverty and putting them on right tracks, sending them to school, teaching them how to play music and making good citizens of htem. Thank you Esma for your songs and your good work.

[Cornelis65Rozema]

I am all into it and Hear the cry of the people and would like to minister to there deep pain, the Lord jesus, cryed with every Gypsy, I will download this and play it to keep a burden for the people of your country

[antishkavello]

there are serbians yes...?! respeckt

[tekilamarco]

bellissima

[felicity004]

Esma is amazing!

[2chicanadas]

This Voice hurts. Can´t listen to this music without crying...it´s amazing music from the bottom of a gypsie heart

[LittlePigglette]

The picture at 0:45 broke my heart.

[kochicago]

just great song loveeeeeeeee it.

[Drumcode001]

EPIC!!!

[billyjane22]

i wish i had a voice like that,i would sing all the time!she's amazing.she's performing at balkan fever in vienna in may,i'm hoping to see her there!can't wait!and compliments for the video!gypsies are a special type of people,never been in a war,never fighting over a piece of land.respect!

[igorgrandic]

I just start to cry , song like any other song? djelem djelem..

[vanja29sivac]

Velika zena i umetnica!

[MsJugoslovenka]

Velicantveno...

[oblak989]

odlično pjeva ženska :))

[stawrit1]

perfect

[StrictlyMovie]

ovo je fantazija

[Raindropkill]

Zivela muzika... i Makedonija xD

[vanja29sivac]

impozantne slike,hvala

[tetanini]

bravo Esma :) gordi sme na tebe :) sekoja cest :)

[efo355]

oh my god these pictures are all alike my father'w picture when he was a boy. My father is 55 and thats how greece was in the 60s.

I want to congratulate the photographer great work

[knjazevackocaj]

romska kraljica....zivela esma....

[dannylevak]

te ajutil o del sia el romen anda sia e lumia! danny brasil

[wesvese]

Babalar.. Durum budur..Ne diyeyim..

[ErnestRama]

@ Ermal8711 i agree totally and yeah toast to the Gipsy people all arround the world, and greetings from Kosovo

Cheers

[Tomasssorr]

Who's photographs are these? I would like to see more of that, can anyone help me?

[Dsulai]

What a wonderful song, very emotional. This song makes me cry. Never thought that this could happen to me although I'm always cool.

Esma is such a wonderful woman proud and strong.

[baskimhalili]

cerava but selami sa e romende ko celo veto soj tane (°_°)

[kinderyorn]

mishtò!!!

[goreglavu]

Not withstanding Esma's talent, who was my idol since childhood, I think the real star of this video is the photographer.

Many thankd for a job well done!

[mcgrawHNIC]

Beautiful!!

[Emmakissa]

Im from Serbia and this song is awesome!

Also the video made me cry :(

[ShahzadTiwana]

Thanks for liking my video

Peace

[sherbet24]

@ShahzadTiwana

Thanx for your vid :)

[ErnestRama]

@Emmakissa I am From Kosovo, And i am Albanian,But i Like this song very much

''People of the World UNITE''

[YogaDanceLife]

@Emmakissa I'm crying right now too:)

[f0626]

what a wonderful voice!  the need to be free and the calm feeling of unhappiness.

[Ermal8711]

Gypsies. How unfortunate a people! The most unfortunate of Europe. The Jews too, but atleast people have payed plenty of attention to that... but you, still ignored.

A toast to the Roma people. Live on!!!!

Greetings from Albania!!!

[kumamotop]

I have just been reading Garth Cartwright's "Princes among Men.". I couldn't believe the singers he writes about were as good as he makes them sound... but now I realise that Esma deserves all the superlatives.

[eberltribe]

Well, I hope youre and everyones dad will be O.K. and thats all that maters. Now I would really got drunk because I got this ball in my heart that somehow it must come out. I think it's sadness...

[KatjaSallay]

well, I certainly know how it feels,

today I dedicate this song to my roma dad who's lying in coma and I'm stuck in israel.

(well, yes, we have all minorites combined possible).

I know this song from my childhood, and I hope he'll wake up and laughs at me in tears when he used to sing it.

szia

[ShahzadTiwana]

I really really hope that your dad becomes healthy again and he can again sing this song for you.....

Remeber....this song is about the courage by which the gypsy people live their lives against all the odds...so you need this courage to overcome the grief and pain.

All the best to you

Peace

[kit645]

@KatjaSallay

I hope your father will be well. What is the origin of the surname?

[kit645]

@KatjaSallay

I supposed it was so, do you speak croatian (or any other slavic languages) so that you can understand the lyrics?

[Irberkes]

@KatjaSallay SZIA KATI, mi

[Irberkes]

Válasz a videóra...

Kati Szia ! Miért nem írsz magyarul is, had törjék a fejüket azok akik nem értik e nyelvet. Már tele van a hócipőm evvel a sok angollal, legalábbis akik annak tetetik magukat Redzsepova szuper, nemde?

[Maatdrummer1]

I don't need to see the video. I cried in 10 seconds from the first note of the accordion. And I'm gadjo. Oy!

[AmaoNoBolso]

esma sukarie

[JandrosUSA]

I have this posted on my channel as a Favorite, while always wishing I could find much much more like this. AWESOME vocals, but the song is not quite complete without the images. Great video!!

[ShahzadTiwana]

Thanks for the nice comments :-)

Peace

[socoutcast]

@ivan8798879

I live in Croatia and my gypsy friends are the best people I know! And they do work and are good to anyone who's good to them..think about it..you get from people the same you give to them..and my guess is you give disrespect..

[ShahzadTiwana]

Right said ! I feel so sad when people have sterotypical view of certain people due to their race, religion, colour...There are good and bad people in every society...So we should celebrate the goodness rather than spread hatred...We already have too much hatred in this world so lets make a difference...

Peace!

[harilaa]

I am proud because I am neighbor to Esma and many Gipsys - Romi live in my town Skopje. They make our Macedonian culture richest and music one of the best in the world.

[srbijanac1905]

her was is incredible .....

listened to her at belgrade beer fest 2009

woohooo

crazy!

[kattenish]

I listened to Esma the first time when I was a little girl and was travelling with my family in Yugoslavia. I remember a very beautiful song that my father told me was about a woman who was in love with a young man that she could not marry because she was a widow. I always wanted to track this song since then but I dont know the name. Can anybody help me thanks.

[slartibartfast2012]

perhaps "Hajri mate dike"?

[alaniapparel2006]

romaaaaleeeeeeeee.

i love esma.

[Isitrlymatter]

just listen and enjoy the song , the gypsys are what they are , no need of spaming and arguing about them

[slartibartfast2012]

Croatia? I've heard they have another saying - "they can't pay me so little, as little i can work" - and it's NOT a gypsy saying, mind you, but 'croatian worker in factory who "works his ass off"', as ivan12345678 described it

[slartibartfast2012]

Well you're lucky to live in a rich country where welfare is 2.5 x an average salary. In my country it's not only gypsies who dig through garbage, it's also many old people, retirees, unemployed... And anyway, i refuse further discussion with someone who hears this song and this voice and then says "gypsies are nothing but welfare abusers" etc. Your words are a monument to your stupidity and insensitiveness, and i leave them to witness about you eternally. Bye.

[slartibartfast2012]

@ivan87988blahblah

Sieg Heil, you moron.

[celinn34]

es ist mir schon klar das es ein trauruges lied ist. Danke dir für die übersetzung.

[djokovljevic]

bez rijeci. preljepo!

[yuriyzhukovskyy]

Poor people! Is this XXI century? Out of life, out of civilization...

[ShannonBenson]

This is so beautiful! Can anybody please translate it for me? I would be grateful to know what she is saying. Even without knowing, you can hear the emotion in her singing. Amazing!!

[borisevx]

süper

[celinn34]

i love a macedonian gipsy guy he lives in germany´, i´m not a gipsy but love the culture....i hope he will see me one day and love me too :( what means this song can anyone translate please????

[ij111]

Велика е Есма!!!!!!!

Прекрасни снимки илюстрират циганския живот.

Браво на автора!!!

[ij111]

Велика е Есма!!!

Превъзходни снимки, приложени от автора на клипа!!!

[utzudabest]

Awesome, great voice !!!!For all rrom in the world !!!! Pt. toti tiganii din lume !!!

[hipretty]

Beautiful compilation!!!

[rade111111]

imeni suze idu kad cujem ovu pesmu

[markoinwien]

suze mi krenu uvek kad čujem ovu pesmu...

[deuhtsiv]

Здравей.Казвам се Наско и съм от България,от Велико Търново..Благодаря за поканата,с радост и уважение приех..

От години съм в Австрия,Виена,където работя..

[dqmakeup13]

thank you for this video!!! my dads side of are all roma people!!!!!

[deuhtsiv]

Здравей,приятелю Бг-Национал 2009..Бог да ти даде здраве и щастие в живота..Хубави неща каза..

[cristinasms]

i am not a gypsy but i love the song and by the way the name of the song is GELEM GELEM wich is the international anthem of gypsies and its sang so good by esma. i think she sings it the best way someone can sing this song!

[cristinasms]

btw... you ppl should be proud of being gypsy and admit u are gypsy i wish i were a gypsy..u have a great culture and u know what... nowadays ppl have changed their mind about gypsyes and even i hate when i see someone stinking either he is a gypsy or a gadjo...it doesnt mather the race as long as u are a great person! asume ur identity and forget about the mean ppl and be proud of being gypsyes

[ShahzadTiwana]

Thanks for your comments. I completely agree with you about the prejudice and stereotypical behaviour against the gypsies. We should judge people as an individual, not because of his colour, race, ethinicity or religion. We are all human beings and share the same earth. Personally, I am very much interested into the the gypsy music, culture and life. I feel that there is a hidden gypsy deep inside me :-)

Peace and Greetings

[marcolinoz]

Brillant! Great work!! 5 stars

[ShahzadTiwana]

Hey there

Thanks for your comments. I got your point. I had absolutely no intention to portray them poor or bad people. I myself like gypsy people and for that reason I have made this video. I have tried to show that they are brave people and they try to live their lives happily no matter hard times they have. I hope you got my point.

Greetings

[ALCEU5005]

Abre, Deus, as negras portas

para que eu possa ver onde está minha gente.

Voltarei a percorrer os caminhos

e caminharei com os afortunados roma.

Cigano para sempre.

DEUS é cigano.

[jtozija]

Hehe, i did not understand a word... but DEUS e cigano - I understood that!  Hehehehehehe

:))))

[juliaagus58]

budifol i lovet ctalno goga ja clusam placam i lovy alllllllllll jula daved den medo usa

[ikgeloofhetniet]

Wow what a beauty,thank you for this

[pepewutka]

Iam amazed by the photography especialy the girl on 2:44 , also the music and Esma the queen with the biggest heart in the world... her voice is unique

[arikcarlo]

Gypsies: We Jews are your spiritual brothers. We too wandered. We too were victims of European Christian intolerance and demonization and genocide.

Your music is an inspiration. May good fortune smile on you.

[cielodottobre]

fantastic song....where did you get those fantastic photos?

[micicila]

cerga mala luta preko sveta... fenomenalne fotografije, a za esmu... svaki komentar je suvisan

[stawrit1]

i love this song.best song ever listen

[ismadogg]

YEEES...MEEEEEEEE!!!!! UOPAA

[amironi1]

sav sam se najezio!

[shaolinboy1992]

GREAT VIDEO AND SONG!...

[juliaagus58]

a am gipsi cod blecem ui ar hapi pipol lov pipol cud harc

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

Absolutely beautiful. Where did you find the photos in this video?

[martabre]

i feel the same!!!

[markoinwien]

ovo je najemotivnija pesma koju sam u zivotu cuo... suze mi krecu uvek...

[phifflon]

Sad and beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[aqua0girl]

cigani zakon

[insanity166]

esma have an unique voice,she can bring out all your deepest feelings...

[mkdandukraine]

gypsies are good people... :)

Wow, I love this version, my prefered one...

don't understand a single word, but feels

so beautifull...

and of course what a voice !

thanks for sharing :)