Female vocal Turkish pop. Slow and romantic love ballad with kanun and strings. Turkey today. 84 bpm (Cmin)
Arranged and produced by Serdar Öztop. Recorded at BABAJIM, Taksim, MODA 101, Kadikoy and Serdar Öztop's home studio, Istanbul, Turkey. Sound engineers: Deniz Ünlü (Babajim), Volkan Cebeci (Moda 101) and Serdar Öztop.
Performed by Kutsal Sütoglu (kanun), Burak Özdemir (oud), Cem Onur (violin, viola), Ramazan Sesler (clarinet), Türker Dinletir (kaval, nay, zurna), Selim Bolükbasi (electro and acoustic baglama, kemence, tulum), Asli Demirer (vocals), Levent R. Okumus (vocals), Serdar Öztop (electric, acoustic and bass guitars, keyboard, percussion and drum programming).
Creative consultants: Nur Turan & Selim Kaynak. Mixed by Franz-Georg Sonnauer at Raum20 Studio, Pöring, Germany.
Mastered by Wolfgang Meyscheider at digital music & media, Traunwalchen, Germany.
Cover design: Sahar Aharoni
Geçmisin izleri silinmez ki bazen
Ne kadar ugrassan atamazsin içinden
Hatiralar canlanir hiç aklinda yoklarken
Ama getirmezler ki seni bana, böylesine özlerken
Sen ve ben beraber olsak, simdi yeniden
Elele göz göze kalsak, ay bize bakarken
Senle ben simsiki sarilsak, yarini beklerken
Birlikte umuda kossak, hiç düsünmeden
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Traces of the past cannot be erased sometimes
You cannot be free of them no matter how hard you try
Memories come to mind out of the blue
But they don't bring you back for I'm missing so (badly)
(I wish) you and I were together now once again
Hand in hand, eye to eye, while the moon staring over us
(I wish) you and I holding tight, waiting for tomorrow
Running for hope, without hesitating