Ahmet Kaya - Kaçakçi Kurban (TR > EN)

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Ahmet Kaya - Kaçakçi Kurban:
(Lyrics: Yusuf Hayaloğlu; Music: Ahmet Kaya )

Lele kurban ben olayım
Ah göğsünde ben olayım
Senin yerin sıcak kalsın
Ah yine giden ben olayım.

Lele kurban zor gelir
Dağlara giden zor gelir
Avcı yaralar kekliği
Altum' a giden zor gelir.

Lele kurban boşa gider
Ne söylersen boşa gider
Çiğnenir ektiğin güller
Ah emeklerin boşa gider.

Lele kurban gülü verin
Dönemsem de gülü verin
Mayın tarlasına düştüm
Kan kırmızı gül verin.

Another beautiful version is from Yavuz Bingöl:
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lele brother Let me be you
ah let me be on your chest
your place stay warm
ah again Im going

lele brother is difficult
is difficult to back from mountains
haunter shots the patridge
is difficult to back from Altum

lele brother its waste
whatever you say its waste
chewed your roseplants
ah efforts go to waste

lele brother give the rose
smile if even Im not turn back
Im in a minefield
give me red roses as blood

please fix my fails in diaclect of music and grammer lol

I have this song in mind so often - and with more meaning yet. Thank you very much!

Good job mirtolga! You reqested corrections / additions, here's my take on it. Hope you like it.

Before I start, a few things to note:

I've ignored the "le le" as it does not add anything to the translation.

Kurban literally means "sacrifice" and is normally used affectionality in Turkish when talking to someone that you are very close to - i.e. someone that you'd die for and is not gender specific. The closest translation I could find is "dear" as "friend", "buddy" or "mate" are not strong enough.

Going up into the mountains is normally used to describe someone that has gone against the law.

My understanding (and I am open for discussion) is that in this song he is talking about someone who has gone against the law and now wants to make amends - hence the roses. But believes he will not be listened to and will be killed. Still, he says even if he dies, try to be friendly.

Apologies for the long explanation, I didn't want the song to lose it's meaning as the translated versions are not as clear if you don't know the culture or the background stories.


Lele kurban ben olayım
Ah göğsünde ben olayım
Senin yerin sıcak kalsın
Ah yine giden ben olayım.
My dear let me be the one
Let me be the one on your chest
Let your place stay warm
Let me be the one that leaves

Lele kurban zor gelir
Dağlara giden zor gelir
Avcı yaralar kekliği
Altum' a giden zor gelir.
My dear it's hard
Those that go to the mountains can't return easily
The hunter wounds the Grouse
Those that go to Altum* won't return easily

Lele kurban boşa gider
Ne söylersen boşa gider
Çiğnenir ektiğin güller
Ah emeklerin boşa gider.
My dear it is no use
Whatever you say won't make a difference
The roses you plant will be trampled upon (i.e. all your good will be ignored)
All your efforts won't make a difference

Lele kurban gülü verin
Dönmesem de gülü verin
Mayın tarlasına düştüm
Kan kırmızı gül verin.
My dear give the rose
Even if I don't return give the rose
I have fallen into a mine field
Give the blood coloured rose

*Altum - I don't know what / where this is so if anyone knows I'd really appreciate an explanation.

Again, mirtolga, thank you so for digging out this thread and for providing a translation. And of course thank you, too, hope_au, for your background comments, explanations, and for your English version You are a great team, thank you both very very much for your efforts!

Thank you hope_au ! I'm a Kurd from Southern Kurdistan. I really wanted the translation of this song done right, since I don't understand Turkish I'm always after Ahmet Kaya's song lyrics in English. Anyways, thank you so much, you've done a great job.

I'm trying to learn Turkish just so I can understand these lyrics in the original Turkish and hopefully in the future be able to read some of Orhan Pamuk's works in the original Turkish

Best !

You're welcome Yad.

I really like Ahmet Kaya's songs and hope I've been able to do it justice.

Good luck in your efforts to learn Turkish! Orhan Pamuk is an amazing writer, I'm sure you'll enjoy his books in the original version.

Best!

[QUOTE=Yad Z. Qurbany;10306Thank you hope_au ! I'm a Kurd from Southern Kurdistan. I really wanted the translation of this song done right, since I don't understand Turkish I'm always after Ahmet Kaya's song lyrics in English. Anyways, thank you so much, you've done a great job.

I'm trying to learn Turkish just so I can understand these lyrics in the original Turkish and hopefully in the future be able to read some of Orhan Pamuk's works in the original Turkish

Best ![/QUOTE]

valla ben teşekkür derim ahmet kaya'nın ilgi görmesi benim için duygusal anlamda çok önemli o zaman ki amatörlükten kaynaklanan hatalarımı düzelttiğiniz için teşekkür ederim