Ahuzar - Değirmene Taş Koydum

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  1. Sterretje said:

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    Please can anyone translate this beautyful song into englisch?

    Değirmene taş koydum
    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    Değirmene taş koydum
    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    Ben bu yola baş koydum
    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    Yarim senin elinden
    Ben bu yola baş koydum
    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    Adımı serhoş koydum
    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    Değirmenin oluğu
    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    Kavaktandır kavaktan
    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    Gelinlerin duvağı
    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    İpektendir ipekten
    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
     
  2. suziby said:

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    This is a folk song from southeastern city Gaziantep. The lyrics are about simple, everyday matters which is a very common characteristic of Turkish folk songs. While you read the lyrics it may sound completely out of topic and meaningless in the first moment. So I felt the need of explanation

    This song is about a bride who doesn't want to get out of the car. Because in the old tradition when bride arrives first time to the house of the groom, she would ask for gifts and would not get out of the car or get off of the horse until she likes what she has been given. So, I am guessing that this song would be sang to the bride when she arrives the groom's house for the first time. Or maybe the guy who is in love and doesn't have much money to marry the girl he loves made this song being sad about the tradition.

    I hope it will sound more meaningful together with the explanation


    Değirmene taş koydum
    I placed the grindstone in the mill

    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    (But) it doesn't rotate, doesn't rotate

    Değirmene taş koydum
    I placed the grindstone in the mill

    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    (But) it doesn't rotate, doesn't rotate

    Ben bu yola baş koydum
    I devoted myself into this

    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    [The bride doesn't get out of the car]

    Yarim senin elinden
    My love, because of you

    Ben bu yola baş koydum
    I devoted myself into this.

    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    The bride doesn't get out of the car

    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    Grindstone doesn't rotate, doesn't rotate

    Adımı serhoş koydum
    I gave myself the name "drunk"

    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    The bride doesn't get out of the car

    Değirmenin oluğu
    Groove of the mill

    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    Grindstone doesn't rotate, doesn't rotate

    Kavaktandır kavaktan
    Is made of poplar, made of poplar

    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    The bride doesn't get out of the car

    Gelinlerin duvağı
    Veils of brides

    Taş dönmüyor dönmüyor
    Grindstone doesn't rotate, doesn't rotate

    İpektendir ipekten
    Are made of silk, made of silk

    Gelin hanım arabadan inmiyor
    The bride doesn't get out of the car