Paroles et traduction Zulfu Livaneli - Memik Oğlan

Memik Oğlan

Ondört yaşım diken ile kaplanmış
Göz ucuma karıncalar toplanmış
Kurşun gelmiş kaşlarımın üstüne
Alın yazım okur gibi saplanmış
Kurşun gelmiş kaşlarımın üstüne
Alın yazım okur gibi saplanmış
Uyu memikoğlan uyu öte gecelerde büyü
Uyu memikoğlan uyu öte gecelerde büyü
Dağı dağa kavuşturan ben idim
Suyu suya eriştiren can idim
Yükledim mi gece vakti kaçağı
Karanlıkta ışılıdayan gün idim
Yükledim mi gece vakti kaçağı
Karanlıkta ışılıdayan gün idim
Uyu memikoğlan uyu öte gecelerde büyü
Uyu memikoğlan uyu öte gecelerde büyü
Uyu memikoğlan uyu öte gecelerde büyü
Uyu memikoğlan uyu öte gecelerde büyü

Little Refugee Boy

My fourteen years are covered with thorns
Ants have gathered in the corners of my eyes
A bullet has pierced my eyebrows
My fate has been written as if read from the stars
A bullet has pierced my eyebrows
My fate has been written as if read from the stars
Sleep, my little refugee boy, sleep, grow up in the coming nights
Sleep, my little refugee boy, sleep, grow up in the coming nights
I was the one who joined mountains to mountains
I was the life that brought water to water
When I carried the contraband at night
I was the day that shone in the darkness
When I carried the contraband at night
I was the day that shone in the darkness
Sleep, my little refugee boy, sleep, grow up in the coming nights
Sleep, my little refugee boy, sleep, grow up in the coming nights
Sleep, my little refugee boy, sleep, grow up in the coming nights
Sleep, my little refugee boy, sleep, grow up in the coming nights