Sakız Hanım ile Mahur Bey [English translation]

In the district where my childhood passed by,

They were living in a wooden house with a painted top,

Sakız Hanim (Miss Gum) and Mahur Bey (Mister Mahur)

Sakiz Hanim used to have snow white skin and snow white hair

That's why we called her as Sakiz Hanim

She used to play "kemence" with the cotton like hands

Her husband Mahur Bey used to make bones about it a little

Then he too used to accompany her with his "kanun"

Together, they used to play music

In the evenings of summer

The curtains used to be opened

From their weary hands

Melodies used to be scattered around

It has been almost two years

First of all, "kanun" became silent in that old house

And some months later, it was "kemence"

And the curtains of the wooden house with a painted top

are closed to be never opened again

When I heard the rumours about the sale of that house

I went in there, when I was there, on an old couch

there was a humble "kanun"

And the doleful "kemence" that is leaned against the chest of the "kanun"

They seemed to say "don't disturb us"

I couldn't hack it and I walked away

After Mahur Bey went silent, the curtains were closed

That sorrowful melodies are passed away together with Sakız Hanim

• Artist:Barış Manço
• Album:Sakız hanımla mahur bey