伊斯坦布尔的命运就是我的命运:我依附于这个城市,只因她造就了今天的我。我出生的城市在她千年的历史中从不曾如此贫穷、破败、孤立。她对我而言一直是个废墟之城,充满帝国斜阳的忧伤。我一生(跟每个伊斯坦布尔人一样)不是对抗这种忧伤,就是让她成为自己的忧伤。伊斯坦布尔的“呼愁”不仅是由音乐和诗歌唤起的情绪,也是一种看待我们共同生命的方式;不仅是一种精神境界,也是一种思想状态,最后既肯定亦否定人生。 Istanbul’s fate is my destiny: I am attached to this city, because she made me today. The city in which I was born has never been so poor, dilapidated, or isolated in her millennial history. She has always been a city of ruins for me, filled with the grief of the empire sun. My life (just like every Istanbuler) is not to fight this sadness, but to make her become sad. Istanbul is not only aroused by music and poetry, but also a way of looking at our common life. It is not only a spiritual realm but also a state of mind, which finally affirms and negates life.