Jana and the Turk

Jana and the Turk

Jana was lying to the Turk
Jana was lying to the Turk
Gooih gooih googoodeeh1
Coo, speak, you dove

She way lying to him jokingly
She was lying to him jokingly
Gooih gooih googoodeeh
Coo, speak, you dove

The Turk was alienating2 Jana
The Turk was alienating Jana
Gooih gooih googoodeeh
Coo, speak, you dove

Come Jana, shall we go
Come Jana, shall we go
Gooih gooih googoodeeh
Coo, speak, you dove

To my white sarays3
To my white sarays
Gooih gooih googoodeeh
Coo, speak, you dove

Jana was speaking to the Turk
Jana was speaking to the Turk
Gooih gooih googoodeeh
Coo, speak, you dove

Come Jana, shall we go
Come Jana, shall we go
Gooih gooih googoodeeh
Coo, speak, you dove

• 1. It’s the onomatopoeia of a dove’s cooing
• 2. While the Ottoman rule, the Turks used to kidnap the young and beautiful women, take them in their harems, and there, they would force them into changing their religion, from Orthodox Christianity to Islam. This “process”, is called ‘poturcuvanje’ (it means: to be made Turkish). This is the motive for the song
• 3. 'Saray' is a Turkic word of Persian origin (سرای sarai) which means ‘palace’.