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Book: I came, I Saw, I Passed, I Left
Page: 279
Author: Ilhan MIMAROGLU

A dream about the Mardins*
Ilhan MIMAROGLU during his presentation
at the Marmara-Manhattan on October 6, 2004.
(Right: Bircan Ünver)

Presented by
Ilhan MIMAROGLU


One of my very seldom dreams. They are burying me in that pit wrapping me in a shroud made of the plastics which are used as garbage bags here. In some way or other I get out of that pit. I start wandering here and there as a grave fugitive in a black plastic shroud. There is nobody around. Inside me I have a feeling similar to joy. I could both be a grave fugitive and have no people in masses around me. On top of that, there is no sun. Darkness has fallen altogether.

The pit they’ve put me in is on the Istanbul side. I have to get on a ferry and go to Kadikoy. Gungor is waiting at the house in Moda. She’ll get worried if I’m late. However I don’t have any money with me for the ferry. What should I do? So I go to New York to ask Arif Mardin for money. Arif and Latife are across from me. They seem indifferent about my black plastic shroud attire. They must be saying to themselves: “Strange man! He just happened to dress like this today, you see!”

I will ask for money so that I can get on the ferry to Kadikoy. But how much? 5 dollars? 10 dollars?

The dream finishes there, like a film with no end.

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-- Translated into English by Figen Bingül

* "Arif Mardin: Journey in the Music World" titled event written and presented by Arif MARDIN, produced by Bircan Ünver for the Light Millennium on October 6, 2004 at The Marmara Manhattan Hotel in New York City.

-- Special Thanks to: Julie MARDIN, Joe MARDIN & Sedat NEMLI. Also Thanks to Figen BINGUL, Erhan BERBER, Aysel TOPRAKLI & Didem YILMAZ.
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