Muslum Gurses Ates Donar Su Yanar -

The song, released on the 2000 album Biz Babadan Böyle Gördük (This is How We Saw It from Our Father), serves as a poetic summary of the impossible pain Gürses endured. The Man Behind the Legend

The lyrics, written by and composed by Uğur Bayar , use powerful metaphors to describe a longing ( hasret ) so deep that it breaks the laws of nature: "Fire freezes, water burns, if it were in my place..." Muslum Gurses Ates Donar Su Yanar

In 1978, Müslüm was in a horrific car accident. He was pulled from the wreckage and assumed dead, even being taken to the morgue before a doctor noticed he was still breathing. He survived but lived the rest of his life with a metal plate in his skull, impaired hearing, and a loss of smell. The song, released on the 2000 album Biz

His life changed when he met movie star Muhterem Nur during a concert tour in 1980. Their initial quarrel turned into a legendary love story that lasted over a quarter-century until his death in 2013. The Meaning of the Song He survived but lived the rest of his