Is it possible to be consoled with lullabies and minnies?
We have been put to sleep since we were babies. First our mother puts us to sleep, then maybe another grown-up. Children need sleep, especially as babies. But what about when we grow up?
I recently came across one of Cem Yılmaz's parodies on the internet.
He talks about his memories of his military service.
He says how drunk he was.
He is joking of course, in his sarcastic style he talks about the lieutenant generals and generals who asked him to perform in Kosovo while he was in the army.
I remembered the day I went fishing with my employer on the Yenesey River. That was a long time ago, of course.
Yes, this memory came to mind when Cem Yılmaz said how drunk I was in his parody.
No, I wasn't very drunk, of course, but we had a barbecue that day on the river, or rather on the ice, and we had a little bit of alcohol.
You pierce the ice and you try to catch fish through the hole. I don't think we caught a single one that day, but at least we had a barbecue on the ice, and we had brought meat instead of fish, and we had the necessary provisions.
We went with a group of the employer's employees that day, I think there were eight or ten of us. They came with their families.
It was a sunny day. The air along the river is quite clean. It is not polluted like the city of Norilsk.
Someone had brought a small tent and put it on the ice.
At one point I went into that tent and lay down for a while, and the fresh air made me fall asleep. There was a slight breeze, it was a bit cold, but when there was fresh air I slept very well.
I remember I felt very fresh when I woke up.
Russians say that it was like a cucumber, cucumber is a symbol of freshness and vigor for Russians.
Just like that, I woke up with the freshness of a cucumber.
How badly cucumber is used in our country. In Turkish, it is a cucumber.
When you say a man like a cucumber, how bad does it mean?
Russians, on the other hand, take it as a compliment when they say you are like a cucumber.
How some things change from culture to culture.
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Yes, sleep is such a beautiful thing.
Especially when you sleep by the water, in the fresh air.
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Look what came to my mind when I thought of sleep!
I think Melike Demirağ was singing. What was that song about sleep?
I remember, lullaby!
"Sleep, baby, lullaby"
"Let me put you to sleep"
"Let me comfort you with lullabies and minnies"
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Mine is sleeping in the fresh air, but there is also putting us to sleep.
We've been put to sleep since we were babies.
First our mother puts us to sleep, then maybe another grown-up.
Children need sleep, especially as babies.
But what about when we grow up?
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There are fairy tales for adults, you know. He tells and tells, you know he is telling a story. In reality it is not what he says it is.
Nowadays it seems to me that the situation has reached the stage of lullabies for elders.
They keep telling them again and again, but now they really sound like lullabies to me.
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The air is very clean here too. We don't have that heavy dirty smell of the city.
I guess that's why I wake up very fresh in the morning.
As the Russians say, in full cucumber vigor.
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When I was a child, I had a mix tape at home and this song was on it. I used to listen to it over and over.
I wonder what dear Melike Demirağ is doing? Where is she?
I haven't read any news about her for a long time. On the internet, it is mentioned that she last released an album called "Geri Dönüşüm" in 2009, and this album started to be available on digital platforms in 2020.
I'll look for it and listen to it, let my ears get some fresh air.
But first I want to listen to the song "lullaby." I wonder if the old days were better?
Love and respect to everyone from Moscow
