Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Manhem!

A masterpiece from the Album "One Truth" (1999). Listen & Enjoy it.

Omar Faruk Tekbilek had been studying Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, with the thought of becoming a Sufi cleric. At 15, he quit school to become a professional musician. "But I never quit studying, though," he maintains. "In fact, I am still studying; it's endless. Music for me is not something to show off. It's my life. It's the shortest path to God. Playing is prayer for me." He went to Istanbul and at the age of 17 met the Mevlevi Dervishes, the ancient Sufi order of Turkey. He did not join the order, but felt profoundly influenced by their mystical approach to sound and to the spirit. Another, almost equally mystical influence would soon appear, from an unlikely source. The young Tekbilek became friend with flute and saxophone player named Ismet Siral, who had some unusual ideas about music theory. "He would say things like, let's play for birds, let's play for pictures." OFT says about Burhan Tonguch, his rhythm teacher: "He put the idea in my mind that everything is a rhythmic instrument. And everyone is a percussionist. Without the strike, there is no sound."

Despite, or perhaps because of, this unconventional outlook, Faruk's skills were much in demand in the studios of Istanbul, and in 1971, at the age of 20, made his first brief tour of the United States with a Turkish classical/folk ensemble. The Tree of Patience was about to put out an unexpected limb. "I try to play a song the way it's supposed to be," Faruk explains. "If I play an Arabic song, I use an Arabic style; if I play a Turkish song, I use a Turkish style."

Faruk feels a strong affinity for Arabic music, which differs in several important ways from the Turkish tradition. As a child he spent a lot of time listening to Radio Kairo and became acquainted with the giant musicians of that time like Umm Kulthum, Abdul Wahab, Abdl Halim Hafez, Farid al-Atraš, Fairuz, Sabah Fakhri. Because he was playing the flute he was inspired by the melodies and the sound of ney (nay). He was also inspired by Sheikh Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad recitations of the holy Qur'an whom his father was listening a lot.

Faruk pauses, considers, and then admits, "Sometimes I can't keep myself from making a bridge between them. I just try to listen to the song; it will tell me what it wants to be." The process of creating his own songs is similar: "There is no set formula or method", he says. "Each song comes out in a different way."

Btw: The grandfather of Faruk's mother is originated from Egypt, so if you want Faruk is "Egyptian in 3rd generation". But much more he is Turkish. ;-)
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Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi (1207 Balkh/Afghanistan - 1273 Konya/Turkey), Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi also known as Jalal ad-Din Muhammad RUMI was a philosopher and mystic of Islam.

English:
"Come, come again, whoever you are, come!
Heathen, fire worshipper or idolatrous, come!
Come even if you broke your penitence a hundred times,
Ours is the portal of hope, come as you are."

German:
"Komm, wer du auch seiest!
Wanderer, Anbeter, Liebhaber des Loslassens, komm.
Dies ist keine Karawane der Verzweiflung.
Auch wenn du deinen Eid tausendmal gebrochen hast,
komm nur,
und noch einmal komm"

Turkish:
"Gene gel, gene.
Ne olursan ol, ister kafir ol,
İster atese tap, ister puta,
İster yüz kere tövbe etmiş ol,
ister yüz kere bozmuş ol tövbeni...
Umutsuzluk kapısı değil bu kapı,
Nasılsan,
Öyle gel..."

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• nay
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• sufi
• great
• quality
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• mevlana
• rumi
• meditation
• tiad

[TheTnseem]

where the nay come from guys?

[tiad]

@TheTnseem:

It is a very ancient instrument.The ney has been played continuously for 4.500-5.000 years, making it one of the oldest musical instruments still in use. It is a forerunner of the modern flute.

[TheTnseem]

@tiad thank you. so its made by Arab ?

[tiad]

@TheTnseem: I dont think so. See Wikipedia.

"Depictions of ney players appear in wall paintings in the Egyptian pyramids and actual neys being found in the excavations at Ur (ca. 3.000 BC)..."

[SuperSello85]

@tiad there are some little translations in the description of this video.. =)

[tiad]

@SuperSello85: Thanks for the info. I know it, because I wrote the info text. ;-) - ** Tiad **

[agitanna]

This is so Beautiful !

[Thalia1101]

So beautiful and relaxing music, :-)

[czplayerforlife]

Am I the only 15 year old that likes Lil Wayne and also enjoys listening to Ney music ? lmao... YMCMB nigga

[MandragoraTribalBCN]

Omar, your music feeds my senses!!

[docoftheworld]

@mervelty could you translate each line under the original lyrics? Thank you so much

[docoftheworld]

Thumbs up if you want a record with Omar Faruk, Dhaffer Youssef, and Rabih Abou Khalil together

[docoftheworld]

Thumbs up if you demand a record by Omar Faruk & Dhaffer youssef together