Sami Yusuf – Awake (Uyan Ey Gözlerim) Lyric Video
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DESCRIPTION
Maqām: Muhayyer Kürdi
Commentary: This piece was composed by a renowned 17th century Ottoman Polish scholar and musician, Wojciech Bobowski (1610- 1675) who embraced Islam and adopted the name Ali Ufki Bey. Sultan Murad IV (r. 1623-1640) employed Ali Ufki in his court as a language interpreter and musical composer. He assembled hundreds of classical Ottoman songs and applied Western staff notations to them for the first time in a work entitled Majmuah-e Saz u Soz (Anthology of Instrumental and Vocal Music).
The lyrics for this particular song, which are ascribed to sultan Murad III (1546-1595), express the poet’s remorse for having slept through the dawn prayer.
The first line of the poem reads, “Wake from your heedlessness O my eyes awake!”
*The musical portion preceding the Turkish verse is a new section composed by Sami Yusuf
CREDITS
Music by Ali Ufki
Words by Sultan Murad III
English translation by Dr. Tim Winter (Abdal Hakim Murad)
Performed and arranged by Sami Yusuf
Turkish Tanbur performed by Adem Tosunoğlu
Ney performed by Eyüp Hamiş
Bendir, Kudum & Daf performed by Omer Avci
Qanun performed by Turgut Ozüfler
*Special thanks to Dr. Savaş Barkçin for additional backing vocals.
Mixed & Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios
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