Zeyn'el - Ela Gözlü Pirim Geldi - (Official Music Video)

'Ela Gözlü Pirim Geldi' the new single by Zeyn'el out now! listen here: https://Naxos.lnk.to/EUCD2962-DS1

This is a folk song devoted to one of the most important poets of the 14th Century, Seyid Imadeddin Nesimi, known as ‘the poet who was skinned to death’. Many minstrels that followed him referenced his horrific execution in their songs to call for justice. Ela Gözlü Pirim Geldi is one of these.

The original poet, Shah İsmail (pen name Shah Hatayi), was the founder of the Safavid State – a Turkmen empire established in today's Iran in the 15th and 16th centuries. Shah İsmail engaged in combat with one of the most powerful Ottoman emperors, Yavuz Sultan Selim, at the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, but was unsuccessful in gaining control of the conflict, or Anatolia. During this time, Shah İsmail lured Turkmen over from the Ottoman lands via songs and poems. For them, joining the Safavid Empire was a stand against the Ottomans. This song expresses that those who are brave like Seyid Imadeddin Nesimi will be called to the battlefield!

Video directed by: Orçun Karamustafa
Composer: Traditional
Lyrists: Şah Hatayi
Arranger: Özer Ateş
Electric Guitar: Ergin Kandemir
Synth Bass, Acoustic Guitar: Özer Ateş
Percussions: Kerem Can Aslan
Vocals, Merlin Dulcimer: Zeyn'el
Recording Studio: Fullü Records
Mix Engineers: Deniz Ünsal, Zeyn'el Günbek
Mastering Engineer: Berk Falay

Taken from the album 'Divan & Divine': https://store.arcmusic.co.uk/divan-di... releasing on ARC Music, 23rd June 2023.

Lyrics (in Turkish)

Ela Gözlü Pirim Geldi
Ela gözlü pirim geldi
Duyan gelsin işte meydan
Dört kapıyı kırk makamı
Bilen gelsin işte meydan

Ben pirimi hak bilirim
Yoluna canım veririm
Dün doğdum bugün ölürüm
Ölen gelsin işte meydan
Hudey hudey canlar hudey
Hudey hudey dostlar hudey

Şah Hatayi'm der sırrını
Meydana koymuş serini
Nesimi gibi derisin
Yüzen gelsin işte meydan
Hudey hudey canlar hudey
Hudey hudey dostlar hudey

Lyrics (in English)

My Hazel-Eyed Pir Has Come
My hazel-eyed pir has arrived
Anyone who hears it, come to the circle
Four doors, forty Maqams*
Anyone who knows, come to the circle

I think of my Pir as Hakk
I sacrifice myself to his way
I was born yesterday and I will die today
Anyone who dies, come to the circle
Hudey hudey my souls hudey
Hudey hudey my friends hudey

Shah Hatayi says his secret
Serves his head
His skin like Nesimi
Anyone who has flayed, here's the challenge
Hudey hudey my souls hudey
Hudey hudey my friends hudey