Hüzün

"Tristesse is not a pain that affects a solitary individual; hüzün and tristesse both suggest a communal feeling, an atmosphere and a culture shared by millions. But the words and the feelings they describe are not identical, and if we are to pinpoint the difference it is not enough to say that Istanbul is much richer than Delhi or Sao Paolo. (If you go to the poor neighborhoods, the cities and the forms poverty takes are in fact too similar.) The difference lies in the fact that in Istanbul the remains of a glorious past civilization are everywhere visible. No matter how ill-kept, no matter how neglected or hemmed in they are by concrete monstrosities, the great mosques and other monuments of the city, as well as the lesser detritus of empire in every side street and corner -the little arches, fountains, and neighborhood mosques-inflict heartache on all who live among them."

Orhan Pamuk; Istanbul, Memories and the City.