Mavi’nin Türküsü
Ballad for Blue / Mavi’s Ballad
mavi: blue (also a name)
türkü: folk song, ballad
Şu dağdaki gezene bak
Look at the wanderer on that mountain
şu: that
dağ: mountain
gezen: one who roams
bakmak: to look
Gözlerinin rengine bak
Look at the color of his/her eyes
göz: eye
renk: color
bakmak: to look
Mavi gözler kan kan olmuş
Those blue eyes, soaked in blood
mavi: blue
göz: eye
kan: blood
olmak: to become
Şu feleğin işine bak
Behold the workings of fate
şu: that
felek: fate, destiny
iş: affair, doing, work
bakmak: to look
Şu dağdaki gezene bak
Look at the wanderer on that mountain
şu: that
dağ: mountain
gezen: one who roams
bakmak: to look
Gözlerinin rengine bak
Look at the color of his/her eyes
göz: eye
renk: color
bakmak: to look
Seni vuran beni de vursun
Let the one who struck you, strike me too
sen: you
vurmak: to strike
ben: me
de: too
Şu feleğin işine bak
Behold the workings of fate
şu: that
felek: fate, destiny
iş: affair, doing, work
bakmak: to look
Dağlarda talan olur mu
Mountains know no plunder
dağ: mountain
talan: plunder, raid
olmak: to be, to happen
Dosta hiç yalan
Friends know no deceit
dost: friend
hiç: never
yalan: lie
Ölürsem duyan olur mu
If I die, will anyone hear?
ölmek: to die
duymak: to hear
olmak: to be, to happen
Şu feleğin işine bak
Behold the workings of fate
şu: that
felek: fate, destiny
iş: affair, doing, work
bakmak: to look
