I dedicate this song to dear Aslan,


Alicia Keys - A Woman's Worth


You could buy me diamonds
You could buy me pearls
Take me on a cruise around the world
Baby, you know I’m worth it

Dinner lit by candles
Run my bubble bath
Make love tenderly to last and last
Baby, you know I’m worth it

Wanna please
Wanna keep
Wanna treat your woman right

Not just dough
Better show
That you know she is worth your time

You will lose
If you choose
To refuse
To put her first

She will
And she can
Find a man who knows her worth

'Cos a real man knows a real woman when he sees her
And a real woman knows a real man ain't 'fraid to please her
And a real woman knows a real man always come first
And a real man just can’t deny
A woman's worth

If you treat me fairly
I'll give you all my goods
Treat you like a real woman should
Baby, I know you're worth it

If you never play me
Promise not to bluff
I'll hold it down when gets rough
'Cos baby, I know you’re worth it

She walks the mile
Makes you smile
All the while
Bein' true

Don't take for granted
The passions that she has for you

You will lose
If you choose
To refuse
To put her first

She will
And she can
Find a man who knows her worth

Ooh

'Cos a real man knows a real woman when he sees her
And a real woman knows a real man ain't 'fraid to please her
And a real woman knows a real man always comes first
And a real man just can't deny
A woman's worth

No need to read between the lines spelled out for you
Just hear this song 'cos you can't go wrong when you value
A woman's (woman's, woman's, woman's) worth

'Cos a real man knows a real woman when he sees her
And a real woman knows a real man ain't 'fraid to please her
And a real woman knows a real man always comes first
And a real man just can’t deny
A woman's worth

'Cos a real man knows a real woman when he sees her
And a real woman knows a real man ain't 'fraid to please her
And a real woman knows a real man always comes first
And a real man just can't deny
A woman's worth

I dedicate this song to Elisa and Aenigma, who have learned today, to seize the day.

I translated the song myself, remembering how Kadir translated it for me when we were listening it in the car. So I think the main-idea will be translated well, but probably some mistakes in it anyhow.

Nilüfer: Boşvermişim dünyaya

Temmuz, Ağustos, Eylül
July, August, September

Her mevsimde durma gül
Rose, don't stop at each season

Hayat inan çok kısa
Life is too short anyway,

Belki çıkmayız yaza
Maybe we don't even make it to next summer

Hayat inan çok kısa
Life is too short anyway,

Belki çıkmayız yaza
Maybe we don't even make it to next summer

Boşvermişim, boşvermişim, boşvermişim dünyaya
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care about the world

Ağlamak istemiyorsan sen de boşver dünyaya
If you dont'want to cry, stop caring about the world too

Ağlamak istemiyorsan sen de boşver dünyaya
If you don't want to cry, stop caring about the world too

Ahmet, Mehmet, Süreyya
Ahmet, Mehmet, Süreyya

Hepsi boş, hepsi rüya
They are all empty, all of them are dreams

Birgün hayat bitecek
One day life will end

Dersin görmüşÃ¼m rüya
It will seem like you saw a dream

Birgün hayat bitecek
One day life will end

Dersin görmüşÃ¼m rüya
It will seem liek you saw a dream (i don't know how to translate this one)

Boşvermişim, boşvermişim, boşvermişim dünyaya
Ağlamak istemiyorsan sen de boşver dünyaya
Ağlamak istemiyorsan sen de boşver dünyaya

Aldatırlar, aç gözünü
They 'trick you', open your eyes

Unut artık geçmiş günü
Finally forget the days that passed

Her akşam ayrı güzelle
Every night is with new beauty / there's new beauty each night

Sen de geçir her gününü
Pass/Live each day that way too

Her akşam ayrı güzelle
Every night is iwth new beauty

Sen de geçir her gününü
Pass/Live your each day that way too

Boşvermişim, boşvermişim, boşvermişim dünyaya
Ağlamak istemiyorsan sen de boşver dünyaya
Ağlamak istemiyorsan sen de boşver dünyaya

There even was an appartment for 250 YTL Well anyway..

Is it in Türkiye usual/possible to erhm.. i don't knwo the word.. to discuss about the price? If the owner says: 600 a month, can you try to pull it down to like.. 400-500 ?

Or is that not usual when it comes to estates?

Thanks, great I'll have a look at it after breakfast. Thanks a million.

And actually I'm looking for the smallest appartment as possible A 1 bedroom one would be fine, because we hope it to be temporary.


I think I will really have to get used to the money-standards in Türkiye, because I don't want to seem like a rich girl who gets everything just by clapping her hands. Because for Duthc standards we're pretty average.. and instead of sellign lemons, i work in a restaurant and i babysit twice a week.. so..