The name "Turâb ol gönül, turâb ol" gives the same command twice: become earth, O heart, become earth. Turâb is a word of Arabic origin meaning earth or soil. Yücel's 2018 tables attach two marks to the title, measured song and 5/8; that is all the source has to say about the song.

Catalogue Data

  • Repertoire no.: none; it is not on TRT's Amasya list
  • Region: Amasya
  • Genre: kırık hava, a measured song
  • Metre: 5/8
  • Makam (mode): not given
  • Source person, collector, place and date of collection: not stated
  • Words and music: not stated
  • Source publication: Haluk Yücel 2018, Table 5 (p. 380) and Table 6 (p. 384)
  • Link: no TRT link; the source article

Lyrics

Only the name is at hand. To become earth is a Turkish expression that can mean both to be humble and to die; which is meant in the song cannot be said without the lines. The words and the score could not be found under Amasya in any published source.

Its Story

Whether the command was uttered out of mourning or as advice is not known; no record ties the song to a person or an event.

Musical Features

In Yücel's metre table "Turâb ol gönül" and the song just below it, "Yeşilırmak ne akarsın boşuna", share the same column, 5/8. No further musical information, such as the mode, the range or the sectional structure, is given in the article for this piece.

Performers and Recordings

No singer, album or archive recording of the song has been documented. Yücel's material comes from the TRT repertoire, from albums and from oral tradition, but which of the three this song rests on is not stated. For the region's melodies taken together, see The Melody of Yeşilırmak.

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