Badem - Kara değil mi?

for my prince

actually its a very very long poem, composed by the turkish folk poet, Karacaoğlan.(lived in the 17th century) but i ll translate only the parts that badem has used (btw karacaoğlan means blackish boy, dark skinned boy)

bana kara diyen dilber - the beautiful woman who says me "blackish"
gözlerin kara değil mi - arent your eyes black?
yüzünü sevdiren gelin - the bride who endears her face
kaşların kara değil mi - arent your eyebrows black?

beni kara diye yerme - dont revile me coz i m black
mevlâ'm yaratmış, hor görme - my God created me (this way), dont despise
ala göze siyah sürme çekilir, - black eyeliner is used for hazel eyes
kara değil mi? - isnt it black?

hint'ten, yemen'den çekilir - it passes through Yemen, Hindustan (india)
iner bağdad'a dökülür - goes down, pours to Baghdat
türlü taama ekilir - it has been put in several foods
biber de kara değil mi - isnt pepper also black?

illerde konup göçerler - they stay in and migrate from the cities
lâle sünbülü biçerler - they harvest tulips, hyacinths
ağalar, beyler içerler - aghas, sirs drink it
kahve de kara değil mi - isnt coffee also black?

karac'oğlan der, inşallah - Karacaoğlan says: "inşallah" ( it means i hope so)
görenler desin maşallah - that the ones who see would say "maşallah" ( its a word that protects from evil eye)
kara donlu beytullah - the Beytullah ( Kaabe, muslims holy place, its the first temple in the world) with the black cloth ( actually don means unterhose in tr but in the ancient tr it means cloth )
örtüsü kara değil mi - isnt its garment black? ( its called sitare, the garment of the Kaabe)

Ay valla, this is so creative, mashallah.
Wow, really nice.
Thanks for sharing this creative poem.

you are welcome Oriee i really like this song & poem, and u r right its very creative

Thank you, sir

It's very cool, makes me like the song even more.

Appreciate it alot and you even weren't "late" this time

baby i m never late.. ok a bit.. but not all the time

u r very welcome, sir!

Well, I've never seen you on time...

Telling 10, then at 10 telling 11, then arriving at 10:56 ... that's not on time baby, sorry, it doesn't count


And the worst is that you blame it on dolmuş, traffic, tramvay and the weather etc

its not telling at 10, its telling at 9! so i m on time always! hıhh

but its their fault u know u r so mean..

It's telling at 9:59... sdflksjdflksd okokookok

Originally Posted by Cosmonaut

It's telling at 9:59... sdflksjdflksd okokookok

fresse! alskjdfskldfjgdfs

i liked that!! good job BTF :P

thank u BAF, glad u liked it