Gezsemde Dünyanın Dört Bucağını (Though I Roam the Four Corners of the World)
Story
The deyiş (a reflective folk-poem form) explores the theme that even roaming the four corners of the world, no land and no beauty could ever take the place of the beloved. Woven from the motifs of exile, homeland and longing that run through folk poetry, songs of this kind are sung across many regions of Anatolia in the voices of different folk poets; this example, native to Çorum, is the region’s own link in that wider tradition.
About
The deyiş is sourced to the Çorum-born folk poet Aşık Haşimi (Haşimi Aslıhak) and was collected by Turan Engin. Still taught and performed by various music instructors and artists in Turan Engin’s memory, the piece also appears on the memorial album “Haşimiye Saygı.”
Lyrics
The song’s known opening line and title:
Gezsem de dünyanın dört bucağını… (Though I roam the four corners of the world…)
(For the deyiş in full, along with collector and source-singer details, music archives may be consulted.)