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Requiem for the son (They shot him)

Through a thousand suffering I have raised him
I didn't eat so he could and brought him up to this day
He was brave, chivalrous, hard as a rock
A day came (vay vay vay vay) they shot him
A day came (vay vay vay vay) they shot him*
 
"Do not condemn nor cry after me
Whatever I did was for my people" he used to say
He was sturdy, a man of his word
A day came (vay vay vay vay) they shot him
A day came (vay vay vay vay) they shot him
 
I used to wait for his return with damp cheeks
Thinking that his going might not have a return
He was the apple of my eye, my everything
A day came (vay vay vay vay) they shot him
A day came (vay vay vay vay) they shot him
 
Humanity had been crafted of perseverance
Farewell my son, may the living be well**
His age was about twenty, was my sweetheart
A day came (vay vay vay vay) they shot him
A day came (vay vay vay vay) they shot him
 
Wasn't a bullet, weren't artillery or rifles...
Was the serpent of cruelty that smothered my son
Even with a life lost there are thousands left behind
A day shall come (vay vay vay vay) they will be overcome
A day shall come (vay vay vay vay) they will be overcome
 
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Oğula Ağıt (Vurdular Onu)

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