Nazende Sevgilim [English translation]

Spring roses have touched my hair

My enticing (1) lover has come to my mind

One beauty is destined for every lover

So you too, my love, have come to my mind (2)

My enticing (1) lover has come to my mind

My eyes are watching the road, my ears listening the sound

I cannot forget you even at my last breath

You, (the one) with the gazelle look (eyes), you, (the one) with the figure like a melody,

My enticing (1) lover has come to my mind

I am on a mountain path without you, in this early time of the morning (3)

Tulips and roses (that are), like orphaned doves,

Have asked (me), "why are you alone?"

You, my love, have come to my mind (2), in this far away land (4),

My enticing (1) lover has come to my mind

(1) "nazende" is very difficult to translate with a single word, it means the combination of enticing, nice, coy, coquettish, flirtatious.

(2) "aklıma düştün" you have popped out of nowhere into my mind

(3) "seher" is a specific time just before the sun rises

(4) "gurbet" is any land, city the person consideres "not his home", where he is a stranger

• Artist:Nalan Altinors