Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu

The statue is located on Cilehane  …. on located on Mt. Arafat three kilometers east of town Hacibektas, it is 40 minutes drive from Goreme, located in northern Cappadocia.

Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu

(October 25, 1894 – March 21, 1973), also known as just Âşık Veysel, was a Turkish minstrel and highly regarded poet of the Turkish folk literature. He was born in the Sivrialan village of the Şarkışla district, Sivas Province, on October 25, 1894 and died on March 21, 1973. He was an ashik, poet, songwriter, and a bağlama virtuoso, the prominent representative of the Anatolian ashik tradition in the 20th century. He was blind for most of his lifetime. His songs are usually sad tunes, often talking about the inevitability of death. However he does use a wide range of themes for his lyrics; based on morals, values and constant questioning on issues such as love, care, beliefs and how he “sees” the World as a blind man

The Day And Night (lyrics)

I’m on a long and narrow road,uzun ince bir yoldayım
I walk all day, I walk all night,gidiyorum gündüz gece
I cannot tell what is my plight,bilmiyorum ne haldayım
I walk all day, I walk all night.gidiyorum gündüz gece
Soon as I came into the World,
That moment I began my fight,
Through an inn with two doors,
I walk all day, I walk all night.
I walk in sleep – I find no cause,
To linger, whether dark or light,
I see the travelers on the road,
I walk all day, I walk all night.
Forty-nine years upon these roads,
On desert plain, on mountain height,
In foreign lands I make my way,
I walk all day, I walk all night.
Sometimes it seems an endless road,
The goal is very far from sight,
One minute, and the journey’s o’er-
I walk all day, I walk all night.
Veysel does wonder at this state,
Lament or laughter, which is right?
Still to attain that distant goal,
I walk all day, I walk all night.