Tarkan – Kuzu Kuzu

This is a piece full of verbs in their imperative forms.

As in English, imperatives happen to be the root of the verbs in Turkish.

If you found these 8 in exercise 3, you are the best:

bak, vur, affet, gel, bas, at, öp, dinle

Kuzu Kuzu

Like a Lamb

Bak, kırıldı kolum kanadım

Look, I fell apart | lit. Look, my arms and wings are broken

Olmadı, tutunamadım

Didn’t work, I lost my grip

Zor, yokluğun çok zor

Hard, your absence is hard

Alışamadım

Couldn’t get used to it

Vur, vur bu akılsız başı

Hit, hit this mindless head

Duvarlara, taşlara vur sevabına

Hit against the walls and stones as a good deed

Sonra affet, gel bas bağrına

Then forgive, come, hold me to your bosom

Süzüldüm, eridim, sensiz olamadım

I got weak and wasted away, couldn’t be without you

İşte kuzu kuzu geldim

Here I’ve returned like a lamb

Dilediğince kapandım dizlerine

I fell at your feet (lit. knees) the way you wished

Bu kez gururumu ateşe verdim

This time I set my pride on fire

Yaktım da geldim

Burnt it and came (back to you)

İster at, ister öp beni

Kick me away or kiss me

Ama önce dinle, bak gözlerime

But first listen and look into my eyes

İnan, bu defa anladım durumu, tövbeler ettim

Believe me, this time I saw it all (lit. understood the situation) and repented