O KEMAL - Aliki Kayaloglou

O KEMAL
Music: Manos Hadjidakis
Lyric : Nikos Gatsos
Αλίκη Καγιαλόγλου


Listen to the story of Kemal
a young prince of the East
descendant of Sinbad the Sailor
who thought he could change the world.
But bitter is the will of Allah
and dark the souls of men.

In the lands of the East once upon a time
the purse was empty and the water stagnant.
In Mosul and Basra on the old coconut tree
the children of the desert now cry bitter tears.

And a young man of an old and royal line
hears the lament and heads that way.
the Bedouins look at him sadly
and he gives them an oath in Allah's name, that times will change.

When the lords heard of the lad's fearlessness
they set out with wolf's teeth and lion's skin
from Tigris to Euphrates, from the earth to the heavens
they hunt for the deserter, to capture him alive.

The horde descends upon him like rabid dogs
and take him to the Caliph to place the noose [around his neck]
black honey and black milk he drank that morning
before he left his last breath on the gallows.

The Prophet awaits before the Gates of Heaven
with two elderly camels and a red horse.
They now go hand in hand and it's cloudy
but the star of Damascus kept them company.

In a month and a year they see Allah before them
and from his high throne he says to the simple Sinbad:
"my beaten smart-alec, times do not change,
the world always moves on by fire and the sword"

Goodnight Kemal, this world will never change.
Goodnight...

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[oOoKhaledoOo]

Yes i saw the lyrics but I didn't get what does want to say ?

for example , what has got Allah to do in this ? Maybe if I tried to focus to get the meaning i will but i don't like complex meanings , is it a song against Muslims or something ?

[Mereuge]

@oOoKhaledoOo This song is not against Muslims...

I hope these comments will be useful to you: Anatomy of Melancholy

anatomyofmelancholy.wordpressc­om/2004/11/08/goodnight-kemal

[Phaidra69]

Η τελειότερη ερμηνεία του " Κεμάλ " !!!!

[TheLittlenightmusic]

Amazing singer and song!!!!!!!

[oOoKhaledoOo]

I entered your link , and the first comment i read there was :

'' on Friday, January 28, 2005 at 9:26 pmAnonymous

A splendid song, with haunting lyrics and tune, very evocative of the mysterious near east. The theme of the song seems to tie in very much with a fatalistic side of Islam which tends to accept the vicissitudes of the world as being the will of Al Lah. ''

And you are saying not against Islam ?? ..

what a meaningless phobia you guys have....

just spread hatred

[oOoKhaledoOo]

what does this song speaking about ? or what does it want to say ?

[OfficialBlodrod]

Χαχαχα η μετάφραση έχει πολύ πλάκα!

[antonisk4]

@Phaidra69 πολλες φορες μας αρεσει περισσοτερο αυτο που ακουσαμε πρωτα.... συμφωνω αν και βαζω μαζι και το λεκκα :)

[gouzounakis]

@Phaidra69 hmmm sumfwnw

[josh131294]

@nepgi5 emena mou aresei polu kai apo thn kopelitsa dhmhtra doumeni

[60despoina]

φοβεροοοο τελειοοοοο!!!!!!!!

[19halikaki]

@Phaidra69 to koritaki episis toleei tromera.............