Zülfü Livaneli is a popular Turkish folk musician (singer and composer), a novelist, newspaper columnist and a film director who has been highly popular for decades.

Livaneli has been a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador since 1996.

His compositions have reached cult status nationwide and have been performed by internationally renowned artists such as Joan Baez, Maria Farantouri, María del Mar Bonet, Udo Lindenberg, Haris Alexiou, Jocelyn B. Smith and Kate Westbrook.

Sun Will Rise Again is the latest track he composed for Taksim Gezi Park Resistance, performed together with ANGELS CHOIR, a children's choir led by Feray Kesim. This is the video prepared for the song.

Sun Will Rise Again

the sky inside us
singing ballads
light up the hearts
these sayings and poems

all this pain we took
to cry and to smile
the intention’s always the same
to call everyone human

let no religion or language set apart
the people from each other
let all the guns stop
let them stop abruptly

let the hands clasp
for the fraternity dance
let the hearts unite
as tomorrow dawns

all the girls and boys
shall dance for peace
with no separation as east and west
shall all the hands clasp

give your hand to me
to let the beautiful days come back
with words of peace
let this world be purified

let the hands clasp
for the fraternity dance
let the hearts unite
as tomorrow dawns

fraternity and peace
is what suits humankind best
everybody will unite
sun will rise again

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amacımız hep aynı
insana insan demek

ne din ne dil ayırsın
insanı birbirinden
sussun bütün silahlar
susuversin aniden

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bütün kızlar erkekler
doğu batı demeden
kenetlensin bilekler

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güzel gün geri gelsin
barış sözcükleriyle
bu dünya temizlensin

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