Hi
can u guys try to translate this song
Bu şehirde buldum buğday ellerini
Bu şehirde sevdim badem dillerini
Senle unuttum bütün ezberlerimi
Pişman değilim ama göçtüm kederden
Düşman değilim ama çöktüm erkenden

Bir daha bu yolları aynı hevesle yürür müyüm?
Kim bilir ne bekliyor kalır mıyım ölür müyüm?
Ne malum dünya gözüyle bir daha görür müyüm?

Tuhaf buluyorlar bu kaçak halimi
Seninle doldurdum yasak ihlalimi
Seninle kapattım aşk defterlerimi
Pişman değilim ama göçtüm kederden
Düşman değilim ama çöktüm erkenden

I found your hands like wheat in this town
I found your eyes like almonds in this town
With you I have forgotten everything I had memorized
I am not sorry, but I have emigrated from sadness
I am not an enemy, but I have surrendered early

Will I ever walk along these streets with the same enthusiasm?
Who knows what awaits, will I stay, will I die
Will I ever see my possessions with worldly eyes again?

They find this fugitive state of mine strange
I have completed my illegal transgressions with you
I have closed the notebook of love with you
I am not sorry, but I have emigrated from sadness
I am not an enemy, but I have surrendered early

Here "wheat hands" refers to color of her hands and suggests that she was darker than fair. In translation, perhaps another word should be used instead of "wheat" - rather that opting for a literal translation.


I found your wheat hands in this town,
I loved your almond eyes in this town.

Sounds better

Thanks Alpha

I used to find my Turkish improved best when my secretary corrected my wrong endings! I appreciate you explaining the difference, and enjoy learning from others. THANKS!

In English maybe wheaten hands or wheat-colored hands would be the best poetry.

You are welcome, Marion Hanim ...

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