I'm Grief-Stricken

Dertliyim Kederliyim

Dertliyim kederliyim da her ne desan kanarum,
Gülmedum bu dünyada, hem ağlar hem yanarum.

Karşıdan sayamadum koyinun beyazini,
Ağlamakla geçurdum bu senenun yazini.

Derenun kıyilari, ata vurdum yulari
Gene mi aldi seni sevdaluk uykulari?

Dere akar tersine değormen deresine,
Gül çiçekleri koysam yarun entaresine.

Gökteki yılduzlari sayalum elli elli,
Bu dünyadan fayda yok oteki da şüpheli.

Kız evunun önünde ettum yari geceyi,
Herkes yarini aldi, ben aldum kemençeyi.

I'm Grief-Stricken

I'm grief-stricken, I'd fall for everything you'd say,
I didn't smile in this world, I cry and burn.

I couldn't count the white sheep from here,
I spent the summer of this year crying.

Riversides, I mounted the horse
Has love-dreaming struck you again?

The brook flows backwards to Brook Degormen,
Might I attach roses to my love's nightgown.

Let's count the stars on the sky handfully,
There's no good in this world and the other (world) is also riddled.

Girl I made it to midnight in front of your house,
Everyone took their darlings, I took the kemençe.*

*Small, three-stringed violin local to the region.