Toy
Novice
toy: novice, inexperienced
hal: state, condition
sevda: love, deep yearning
“Hay!” dedim böyle bahta
Ah, I curse my fate again.
hay: exclamation
baht: fate, fortune
de-: to say
Sürmeli, sürmeli, sürmelim aman
Oh my lover with the blackened eyelashes.
sürmeli: with dark-lined eyes
sürmelim: my kohl-eyed one
Sen tabip, ben mi hasta?
Are you the healer, am I the sick one?
tabip: healer
hasta: sick
ben: I
“Sar beni, sar.” dedim, ondur da hemen
“Come embrace me, embrace me,” I said, “heal me now.”
sar-: to embrace
ondur-: to heal
hemen: immediately
Yol yol yüreğim
Many paths pass through my heart.
yol: path
yürek: heart
Yol benim yüreğim
Yet my heart itself is the path.
yol: path
benim: my
yürek: heart
Yol yol yüreğim
Many paths pass through my heart.
yol: path
yürek: heart
Yol verin gideyim
Move aside so I can walk on.
yol ver-: make way
git-: to go
Hallarım toy ama
I may seem a novice.
hal: state
toy: novice
Sevdadır çiçeğim
Love is my flower.
sevda: love, longing
çiçek: flower
Açmadım ki daha
I am not yet in bloom.
aç-: to bloom
daha: yet
Kendimden geçeyim
When I bloom, then I will reach ecstasy.
kendinden geç-: to lose oneself
kendim: myself
Hallarım toy ama
I may seem a novice.
hal: state
toy: novice
Sevdadır çiçeğim
Love is my flower.
sevda: deep love
çiçek: flower
Açmadım ki daha
I am not yet in bloom.
aç-: to bloom
daha: yet
Şu serden geçeyim
Then I will abandon myself.
serden geç-: to give oneself up
ser: head, self
Güzeldim, ağlatıldım
Beautiful was I, and they made me cry.
güzel: beautiful
ağlat-: to make someone cry
“Ol.” dedi, “Ol.” dedi, “Ol.” dedi Allah
“Be,” said God, “Be,” said He, “Be,” said He.
ol-: to be, to become
Allah: God
Olmanın yükü başta
The burden of being weighs down on my head.
olmak: to exist
yük: burden
baş: head
Ölmedim, ölmedim, ölmedim vallah’
And I haven’t died, I haven’t died, I haven’t died — God is witness.
öl-: to die
vallah: by God
Yol yol yüreğim
Many paths pass through my heart.
yol: path
yürek: heart
Yol benim yüreğim
Yet my heart itself is the path.
yol: road
benim: my
yürek: heart
Yol yol yüreğim
Many paths pass through my heart.
yol: path
yürek: heart
Yol verin gideyim
Move aside so I can walk on.
yol ver-: to make way
git-: to go
Hallarım toy ama
I may seem a novice.
hal: state
toy: novice
Sevdadır çiçeğim
Love is my flower.
sevda: love
çiçek: flower
Açmadım ki daha
I am not yet in bloom.
aç-: to bloom
daha: yet
Sar beni gerçeğim
Cover me, my truth.
sar-: to embrace
gerçek: truth, reality
