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Zoe Viccaji and Sumru Ağıryürüyen – Ishq Kinara – Üsküdar’a Gider Iken [ Download Audio ]

Artist:

Zoe Viccaji

Featuring:

Sumru Ağıryürüyen

Song:

Ishq Kanaara – Love’s haven — عشق کنارہ

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Song Info

In connecting musical roots, Zoe Viccaji brings her version of a melody that has traveled across the globe in many forms to now be presented as ‘Ishq Kinara’. She had heard the song in its Turkish equivalent – ‘Üsküdar’a Gider İken’ – and upon delving into the origin of the song, was inspired by not only the melody but the universality of its tune in the way that it has been reinvented in many different cultures across the globe. Given the driving inspiration behind Zoe’s connection with the melody was in her Turkish experience of the song, the composition was bridged with the vocals of Sumru Ağıryürüyen bringing the traditional Turkish song to the fold lending a link to its root. Sumru states that while ‘Üsküdar’a Gider İken’ stems from the old, Anatolian neighborhood of Üsküdar in Istanbul, the Turkish version’s roots connect even further to several other countries – Bosnia, Scotland and beyond. This fact was further confirmed by members of L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio in Rome, Italy, who had heard versions of the same melody. The Turkish version of the song primarily dealt with the theme of the despair caused by Loss in the name of Love, however Zoe, in connecting with the song personally, lyrically made her version about the idea of independence and self-realization in the name of Loss. ‘Ishq Kinara’ talks of the last moment of vulnerability as a relationship is severed, and looks on to being complete within one’s Self after the Loss. With an upbeat mixed canvas of instrumentation from Italy, Turkey, Morocco and Pakistan, the song becomes Pakistan’s version of the mysterious melody.

Lyrics of Ishq Kinara – Üsküdar’a Gider Iken:

Language:

Urdu & Turkish

Lyricist:

Sabir Zafar

Üsküdar’a gider iken aldı da bir yağmur
euskedudara gider iken alda da bir ya’moor
On the way to Uskudara, it suddenly started to rain

Kâtibimin setresi uzun eteği çamur
kaatibimin setresi uzun ete’i chamur
My handsome katib’s coat was long, and its hem became muddy

عشق کنارہ تو تھا یارا
‘ishq kanaarah tu tha yaara
You were my shore, my beloved

عشق کنارہ تو
‘ishq kanaarah tu
You were my shore

دیکھ کے تجھ کو زندہ تھی میں
dekh ke tujh ko zinda thi main
I lived for the sight of you

نین نظارہ تو
nain nazaarah tu
The very vision of my eyes was you

میری ساری تنہائی میں پیار سہارا تو
meri saari tanhaai men pyaar sahaara tu
In all my loneliness, my one hope of love was you

عشق کنارہ تو تھا یارا
‘ishq kanaarah tu tha yaara
You were my shore, my beloved

عشق کنارہ تو
‘ishq kanaarah tu
You were my shore

عشق کنارہ تو تھا یارا
‘ishq kanaarah tu tha yaara
You were my shore, my beloved

عشق کنارہ تو
‘ishq kanaarah tu
You were my shore

میں تیری باتوں میں کھو جاتی تھی
main teri baaton men kho jaati thi
In your words, I would lose myself

پھر تیرے جیسے ہی ہو جاتی تھی
phir tere jaise hi ho jaati thi
Lose all sense of myself until there was nothing but you

سپنے تیرے اوڑھے سو جاتی تھی
sapne tere oṛhe so jaati thi
I would go to sleep wrapped in your dreams

جانے کھونے سے میں کیا پاتی تھی
jaane khone se main kya paati thi
I wonder what I would gain by losing myself in you?

کچے دھاگوں جیسے یہ ناتے ہیں
kacche dhaagon jaise yih naate hain
The bond between us is like a fragile thread

پر لگتے ہی پنچھی اڑ جاتے ہیں
par lagte hi panchhi uṛ jaate hain
As soon as they grow wings, birds leave their nest

جیون میں یہ لمحے کیوں آتے ہیں
jeewan men yih lamhe kyoon aate hain
Why is life filled with these flimsy moments?

کیا یہ سوچا جیتا یا ہارا تو
kya yih socha jeeta ya haara tu
Have you ever thought whether you won or lost?

کتنا جاگی سوئی عشق اندر میں
kitna jaagi soyi ‘ishq andar main
I passed restless nights in the path of love

ہنستے ہنستے روئی عشق اندر میں
hanste hanste royi ‘ishq andar main
My laughter turned to tears in the path of love

اب آ کے کھوئی ہوں عشق اندر میں
ab aa ke khoyi hoon ‘ishq andar main
I’ve now lost myself in the path of love

Üsküdar’a
euskeudara
Uskudara

Üsküdar’a gider iken aldı da bir yağmur
euskeudara gider iken alda da bir ya’moor
On the way to Uskudara, it suddenly started to rain

Kâtibimin setresi uzun eteği çamur
kaatibimin setresi uzun ete’i chamur
My handsome kaatib’s coat is long, and its hem became muddy

eteği çamur
ete’i chamur
Its hem became muddy

عشق کنارہ تو
‘ishq kanaarah tu
You were my shore

Performance Credits

L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio

Dholak

Babar Ali Khanna

Kanun

Göksel Baktagir

Bass

Kamran ‘Mannu’ Zafar

Darbooka

Hassan El Khouni

Backing Vocal

Rachel Viccaji

Dhol Group

Babar Ali Khanna
Zeeshan Haider
Irfan Ali
Salman Javed

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