I mixed various styles in this episode including traditional Sufi style Ney flute, dub, reggae, chiftetelli and Istanbul house. No pop. Starts out slow and then... Surprise ! The poem below is by Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi. It was written in the 12th century in Persian (Farsi). The English translation is by Coleman Barks who wrote at least 3 great books on Rumi’s poetry. The words don’t seem to rhyme poetically but it is the best translation that I’ve seen so far:
"Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not composed of elements at all. I do not exist, am not an entity in this world or in the next, did not descend from Adam and Eve or any origin story. My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless. Neither body nor soul. I belong to the beloved, have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know. First, last, outer, inner, only that breath, breathing human being." - Rumi, Mevlana Celaleddin
MUSIC:
00:00 Podcast intro
00:21 Nay (Ney) flute improvisation – Kudsi Erguner
02:30 Sufi Service Reggae – Okay Temiz
10:26 Perfect Sence – Noctophobia + First Contact - Hakan Ünsal
16:44 Neva Hedzaz - Marika Kanaropulo
19: 56 Nay (Ney) flute improvisation – Kudsi Erguner
