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SEVDAH
Wikipedia says: “Sevdah is a traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sevdah song is called sevdalinka.”
Maybe, but Sevdah is above all that magical moment.
When it gets late.
When the underground, windowless room where you sit close to each other becomes by far the most beautiful place in town.
When extra drinks and new snacks are brought in.
When we raise the glasses to the past and “may the future be better”.
When we raise the glasses once more but then to the here and now.
When the people you sit next to become your best friends for once and for all.
When those friends tell you one story after another.
When you breathe in every word of those stories.
When it no longer matters in what language those stories are told.
When, God knows how, you understand that language.
When everyone is in complete agreement that (forget Marx and Nietzsche) the stories told by the Sevdalinka are the only real texts that matter.
When there is drinking and tasting, when there is singing and storytelling.
When there is laughter and when there is silence.
When, hours later, someone finally stands up, someone takes the last piece of cheese, someone puts on a jacket, someone closes a violin case.
When everyone looks each other in the eyes.
When you realize: “I was there, I experienced it and I will never forget it”.
Sevdah!
Himzo Polovina (1927-1986, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina) was a Bosnian psychiatrist, most famous for collecting and performing sevdalinka songs.
HASANAGIN SEVDAH
Gdje su dani oni
kad je srce puno rahatluka bilo?
Znaš li čase one?
Pozno sunce sije,
vrhovi munara kao vatra gore,
a svuda iz bašća miris djula vije.
Eh, my little white horse,
my right wing,
where is that period?
Where are those days
when my heart was full of satisfaction?
Do you know those moments?
The late sun was shining.
Tips of minarets were burning like fire,
and everywhere from the garden the scent of roses was intertwining.
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SEVDAH
Wikipedia zegt: “Sevdah is a traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sevdah song is called sevdalinka.”
Allemaal goed en wel maar Sevdah is toch vooral dat magische moment.
Wanneer het laat wordt.
Wanneer de ondergrondse, raamloze ruimte waar je dicht op elkaar zit met voorsprong de mooiste plek wordt in de stad.
Wanneer extra drank en nieuwe hapjes aangevoerd worden.
Wanneer de glazen klinken op het verleden en “dat de toekomst beter mag worden”.
Wanneer de glazen nog eens klinken maar dan op het magische nu.
Wanneer de mensen met wie je klinkt voor eens en voor altijd je beste vrienden worden.
Wanneer die vrienden het ene verhaal na het andere vertellen.
Wanneer je elk woord van die verhalen inademt.
Wanneer het er niet meer toe doet in welke taal die verhalen verteld worden.
Wanneer je, god weet hoe, die taal verstaat.
Wanneer iedereen het er roerend over eens is dat (vergeet Marx en Nietzsche) de verhalen die de Sevdalinka vertellen de enige, echte teksten zijn die er toe doen.
Wanneer er gedronken en geproefd wordt, wanneer er gezongen en verteld wordt.
Wanneer er gelachen wordt en wanneer het stil wordt.
Wanneer, uren later, uiteindelijk iemand op staat, iemand het laatste stukje kaas neemt, iemand een jas aandoet, iemand een vioolkist toe klapt.
Wanneer iedereen elkaar in de ogen kijkt.
Wanneer je beseft: ”Ik was erbij, ik heb het beleefd en ik zal het nooit vergeten.”
Sevdah!
Himzo Polovina (1927-1986, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina) was a Bosnian psychiatrist, most famous for collecting and performing sevdalinka songs.
HASANAGIN SEVDAH
Gdje su dani oni
kad je srce puno rahatluka bilo?
Znaš li čase one?
Pozno sunce sije,
vrhovi munara kao vatra gore,
a svuda iz bašća miris djula vije.
Eh, my little white horse,
my right wing,
where is that period?
Where are those days
when my heart was full of satisfaction?
Do you know those moments?
The late sun was shining.
Tips of minarets were burning like fire,
and everywhere from the garden the scent of roses was intertwining.
- Mark Jeanty
- Sarajevo (Bosnia)
