Memleket Kokulu Yarim [English translation]

Even the sea suffers ah agapi mou*,

It drops tears from its eyes,

This sorrow of mine can't be kept a secret my love,

It shows itself through a moaning in my head.

Oh the one whose black eyes I adore,

My darling who smells like my hometown,

The one whose accented tongue I'm enchanted by,

My darling who has a rose among her hair.

If even the sea doesn't witness my sorrow ah agapi mou,

Who else will?

My longing for my hometown just appeared heavily,

I was stabbed in my heart with knives.

The one whose black eyes I adore.

When the boats were leaving the shore oh agapimou,

It felt like my soul had left my flesh,

Then I looked and saw something my love,

A deep blue bird rose in the air from the mountains.

The one whose black eyes I adore.

• Artist:Zülfü Livaneli