Şanlıurfa , pronounced [ʃanˈlɯuɾfa], often simply known as Urfa in daily language (Arabic الرها ar-Ruhā, Syriac ܐܘܪܗ Urhoy), in ancient times Edessa (Έδεσσα in Greek), is a city with 561,465 inhabitants in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. It is a city with a primarily Arabic population. Urfa is situated on a plain about eighty kilometres east of the Euphrates River. Urfa's climate features extremely hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters.
The city has been known by many names in history: Ուռհա Uṙha in Armenian, ܐܘܪܗܝ Urhai in Syriac, ره, الرها, Ar-Ruhā in Arabic and Ορρα, Orrha in Greek (also Ορροα, Orrhoa). For a while during the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175 - 164 BCE) it was named Callirrhoe or Antiochia on the Callirhoe (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Καλλιρρόης). During Byzantine rule it was named Justinopolis. Prior to Turkish rule, it was often best known by the name given it by the Seleucids, Ἔδεσσα, Edessa.
Şanlı means "great, glorious, dignified" in Turkish, and Urfa was officially renamed Şanlıurfa (Urfa the Glorious) by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 1984, in recognition of the local resistance in the Turkish War of Independence. The title was achieved following repeated requests by the city's members of parliament, desirous to earn a title similar to those of neighbouring cities 'Gazi' (veteran) Antep and 'Kahraman' (Heroic) Maraş.
Eres mi amigo querido
eres mi amado, deseado
Por Ti suspira mi vida con devoción
Cada momento, te anhelo
Cada instante pretendo enamorarme,
amarte con devoción
Que bueno es tenerte cerca
y abandonarme a Ti!
Coro:
Eres lo mejor que encontré en la vida
Eres la canción que trae alegría
Nunca olvidaré cuanto me has amado
Eres lo mejor
Si en un desierto me encuentro
sé que contigo yo cuento
eres mi agua de vida, mi protección
Y si no tengo aliento
tu eres mi ayuda, sustento
eres quien sana mi vida, mi protección
Que bueno es tenerte cerca
y abandonarme a Ti!
(Coro)
Te buscaré cada mañana
Esperaré solo en tu Gracia
En Ti encuentro mi camino
porque tu eres mi destino