Mecnunum Leylamı Gördüm [English translation]

I was a mecnun, I saw my Leyla*,

She looked once in my direction and passed by,

I didn't ask either, she answered,

She just passed by.

I couldn't ask a couple of words,

Her face was it the moon or daylight?

I thought she was the star of Venus passing by,

The brightness of light burnt right through me.

I could not come to a stop from her heat,

I could not know her secret,

I could not see the time of twilight,

Like a star, she disappeared and passed by.

I do not know which astrological star she is,

These sorrows make us eager,

Your dimples revive me every now and then,

Love has failed and passed me by.

Izzer-i says what is the reason for an affair?

I had a dream while I was waking up,

She had changed her love lock into a necklace,

Love, hang it on my neck she said and passed by me.

• Artist:Aytekin Ataş