Cem Karaca Songs - as translated by seLimmm

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Cem Karaca - Ömrüm- My Life


Sendelesen bile bazı yürümek var ya // even if you stumble sometimes, to be able to walk, you know
Oh ne rahat deyiverip yayılmak varken // as to say what for a comfort and stretching at your ease
Kim demiş köşe başında tezgah kurmuşlar // who said they've placed a bench in the corner
Düşmüş işportalara sevda gibi sevdalar // loves of true love kind were in hands of a street seller

Doğuştaki o dehşetli güzellik bile // even that marvellous beauty of birth
Nereden gözlersen gözle // whereever you watch from
Dolu dolu gözyaşı ile kan ile terle // is much filled with tears, with blood, with sweat
Değil mi ömrüm // isn't that so, my Life

Elalemdir neler derler yaşamak var ya // those are strangers, whatever they say, to be able to live, you know
Öküz altında buzağı aranırlarken // as they look for a calf under an ox,
O ki bir an için tuz basılır yaralara // such a moment when one puts salt on wounds
Hasretlerden süzülünür sevda gibi sevdalar // and loves of true love kind glide out from partings.


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Cem Karaca - Ömrüm- My Life

even if you stumble sometimes, walking is everything
as to say what for a comfort and at your ease stretching
who said they've placed a bench in the corner
loves of true love kind were in hands of a street seller

even that marvellous beauty of birth
whereever from you keep an eye on, of no worth,
is filled with tears, with blood, with sweat
isn't it like that, my Life

those are strangers, whatever they say, living is everything
as they look for a calf under an ox,
such a moment when one puts salt on wounds
and loves of true love kind glide out from partings.

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Cem Karaca - Çok Yorgunum - I Feel So Tired

Çok yorgunum // I feel so tired
beni bekleme kaptan // don't you wait for me captain
seyir defterini başkası yazsın // let some other write the journal
çınarlı kubbeli mavi bir liman // domed and with plane trees, a blue port,
beni o limana çıkaramazsın // you can't drop me off by that port


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Cem Karaca - Çok Yorgunum - I Feel So Tired

I feel so tired
Don't you wait for me captain

Let some other write the journal
Domed and with plane trees, a blue port,
You can't drop me off by that port

I feel so tired
Don't you wait for me captain

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Cem Karaca - Nöbetçinin Türküsü - Sentinel's Song


speaking

Bana yazdığın son mektubun ucunu bu sefer bilerek yakmamışsın
This time you have deliberateLy not burned the edge of the last letter you've written to me

Şehre gitmeye karar verdiğini söylüyorsun / Sen bilirsin
You say you've made a decision to Leave for the city / it's up to you

Verdiğin bu kararın sen farkına varmamışsın
You haven't realized what that decision means/meant
*You haven't been aware of this decision you've given


singing

Nöbette geceleyin Ses geliyor dağlardan
sound comes from mountains during the nights on sentry

Artık bir dönüşün yok Düştüğün o yollardan
along the ways you advance, You don't have a come back, if any (*artık: anymore replaced by 'if any')

Yar beni o yar beni // It's beLoved, it's that beLoved
İlle de yar oyar beni // it's absoluteLy that beLoved who wiLL carve me,
Dağdan gelen ses değil // Not that sound coming from mountains (*enemy)
Mezara yar koyar beni // but, into the grave, beLoved will put me


Şehirler güler ama // Cities laugh but
Kurt gibi kapar seni // Like a Wolf, they will catch you
Hayat güzeldir ama // Life is beautiful, but
Sermaye yapar seni // It will make a capital out of you

*people at the cities will smile at your face and will use you in any form

Nöbette geceleyin Ses geliyor dağlardan
sound comes from mountains during the nights of sentry

Artık bir dönüşün yok Düştüğün o yollardan
on the ways you've fallen, You don't have a come back, if any

Yar beni o yar beni // It's beLoved, it's that beLoved
İlle de yar oyar beni // it's absoluteLy that beLoved who wiLL carve me,
Dağdan gelen ses değil // Not that sound coming from mountains (*enemy)
Mezara yar koyar beni // but, into the grave, beLoved will put me


Seni affedemem ki // I can't forgive you, no
Çektin gittin Yoz oldun // You've waLked away, become rotten (*corrupted)
Sana yar diyemem ki // I can't call you as beLoved, no
Dile düştün söz oldu(n) // onto tongues have you faLLen


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Cem Karaca - Nöbetçinin Türküsü - Sentinel's Song


/speaking/

This time you have deliberateLy not burned the edge of your last letter
You say you decided to Leave for the city, it's up to you
You have no idea what that means


/singing/

Sound comes from mountains
During the nights on sentry
Along the ways you advance,
You don't have a come back, if any


It's beLoved, it's that of beLoved's
That beLoved wiLL absoluteLy carve me,
Not that sound coming from mountains
But, into the grave, beLoved will put me


Cities laugh but
Like a Wolf, they will catch you
Life is beautiful, but
It will make a capital out of you


Sound comes from mountains
During the nights of sentry
You've fallen on the ways
With no come back, if any


It's beLoved, it's that of beLoved's
That beLoved wiLL absoluteLy carve me,
Not that sound coming from mountains
But, into the grave, beLoved will put me


I can't forgive you, NO
You've waLked away, become rotten
I can't call you as beLoved, NO
All talk about you, Onto tongues have you faLLen

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A possible story

Cem tells the story of two young Lovers, one is a soldier, completing
his military service distant from his beLoved, and the other one,
a determined girl, who has decided to go to a big city on her own,
living possibly in a village...

The soldier receives a Letter from his beLoved and Learns what
she's about to be doing. Furthermore the edge of the Letters wasn't
burnt this time, and understands that she's going to leave everything
behind, him included.

He's in much sorrows and fears for the destiny of her and what's more
he's helpless; he can't do anything to stop her and utters
"You have no idea what that means"

And next during his guard time he starts to sing...

At this point, I have to explain that a girl moving to a city from a village
on her own is something unacceptable for the people of village, possibly
in the old times but it's still unacceptable for some places... People
start to talk about her not in a favorable way of course and she's considered
as being 'fallen into the wrong way'...

Cem first says that once you go on your own, there is no come back...
Then though there are sounds coming from the mountain which means
that if not animals, enemy's coming for a ambush, he doesn't care much
and tells that "it's you that will kill me, not the enemy"
Next he warns her about the dangers in the city, stating that women-sellers
will deceive you, and you will be their capital; I guess that there is no need
to add that the capital of women-sellers will be women ...
And in the Last part Cem states that since so many people talks about you
in a very unpleasant way, it's by no means I can accept you as beLoved...


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Cem Karaca - Bu Son Olsun - May it be the Last


Bugün sen çok gençsin yavrum // Today you are much too young my dear
Hayat ümit neşe dolu // Life is full of hopes and joys,
[1]Mutlu günler [2]vaad ediyor // [4]years [2]promise [3]you [1]happy days
[3]Sana [4]yıllar [5]ömür boyu // [5]for a life time
Ne yalnızlık ne de yalan üzmesin seni // Solitariness, neither Lies, don't let them worry you
Doğarken ağladı insan bu son olsun bu son // Man has cried in his birth, may it be the Last, be the Last


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CEM KARACA - BU SON OLSUN - may it be The Last

Today
You are much too young my chiLd
Life is full of hopes and joys,
Years promise you LifeLong happy days

Solitariness, or Lies,
Let them not worry you
in his birth, Man has cried ,
May it be the Last.., be the Last

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Cem Karaca is a talented turkish singer, composer and Lyrics writer.

see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Karaca

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Cem Karaca - Sevda Kuşun Kanadında - passion's on a bird's wing


Dağbaşında rastladım aksakallı birisine
I've met some white bearded in the summit

Bin yıllık bir halıya bin yıldan beri
since thousand years, on a millenial carpet

Bağdaş kurmuş bir çınar gibiydi
just as a plain tree, legs-crossed, has sit

Sordum ona "Aşk ne ustam hayatın sırrı ne,
him did I ask "what's Life, master, what's the Life secret

Tepeden tırnağa aşığım ben
from top to bottom, in Love, I happen to be

Koskoca bir hayat var önümde?"
with such a long life time before me

Sevda kuşun kanadında
passion is on a bird's wing

Ürkütürsen tutamazsın
can't catch if you make it shrink (*fearing)

Ökse ile sapanla vurursun da saramazsın
can't wrap it, even if you shoot with lime and sling

Hayat sırrının suyunu
juice of Life's secret,

Çeşmelerden bulamazsın
in fountains, you can't come up with

Ansızın bir deli çaydan içersin de kanamazsın
All of a sudden, in a creek,
(somehow) you would drink,
however never be satiated

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Cem Karaca -
Sevda Kuşun Kanadında -
passion's on a bird's wing


I've met some white bearded in the summit
since thousand years, on a millenial carpet
just as a plain tree, with legs-crossed, has sit
him did I ask "what's Life, master, what's the Life secret

from top to bottom, in Love, I happen to be
with such a long life standing before me

passion is on a bird's wing
can't catch if you make it shrink

can't wrap it,
even if you hit
with lime and sling

juice of Life's secret,
not in fountains, you come up with
all of a sudden, in a creek,
somehow would you drink,

however never be satiated

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Ökse: Lime
A sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches
to capture small birds

Sapan: sling
A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick
with elastic between the arms;
used*to propel small stones