Fatih Kısaparmak ~ Keki Eyvah

Fatih Kısaparmak ~ Keki Eyvah

keki layık mıydım ben bu yaziya
kundaklar üstünde gözyaslari var
erken gazel döktü ömrüm ağaci
yapraklar üstünde gözyaslari var
meri kekliğim

keki eyvah duman oldum
içim yanar sızım sızım vah
yağmalandım talan oldum
bugünsüzüm yarınsızım vah
geldim geçtim yalan oldum
tek dostummus kırık sazim vah
meri kekliğim nedir çektiğim

keki gene dara düstüm neyleyim
güle değil hara düstüm neyleyim
eyvah dört duvara düstüm neyleyim
yanaklar üstünde gözyaslari var
meri kekliğim

no one?

keki, did i deserve this destiny (1)
teardrops are on the swaddling clothes
the tree of my life shed leafs untimely (2)
teardrops are on the leafs
my partridge (3)

keki, alas, i went up in smoke
i burned inside pain over pain, ah
i was pillaged and plundered
i had no today, i have no tomorrow, ah
i came an passed, i was wasted
my only friend was my saz, ah (4)
my partridge, why do i suffer all this

keki, i fell on hard times again, what should i do (or, i'm powerless, my hands are tied)
i fell on thorn not on rose, what should i do
alas, i fell in four walls, what should i do (5)
teardrops are on cheeks
my partridge

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1. keke is said to mean pal, friend, bro etc. in kurdish. i think keki is a form of it.
2. gazel is especially autumn leafs (those fall in autumn).
3. meri keklik is said to be a female partridge in acem or kurdish culture. it's mostly used in folk songs to rhyme with nedir çektiğim? what is all these sufferings of mine about?, ie, why do i suffer all this? or i've suffered and am still suffering a lot.
4. see here.
5. four walls: prison

Thanks bro, even though I am Turkish, I wasn't able to understand this song before. I love it. Full of emotions.

you're welcome, bro