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"Ey aşkım! Gelirim!" Demiştin o gün

Gelip gitti sarhoş, pak bulutlar dün

Bir falcıya sordum dedi çok hissiz

Bulutunu örtmüş siyah beyaz sis

Doğru! Namus değil! namerde has söz

Camdan bana baktı bir iki çift göz

Nemlendi gözlerim kızardı bu yüz

Yansada kalbimde yâr ovası güz

Korkma, sana kızmam duysam bet bir laf

Artık pişman oldun sayılmaz ki gaf

Gönlüm deşen sözün vedasıdır af

Suçlunun gamını onmaz iyi söz

İnan, size bize yemindir önsöz

Sen gözyaşı dökme bana geri dön

Beklerim muştunu vadederse yön

- İngilizce / English -

PROMISE

You wrote to me that day, my love,

saying that you'd come

A drunken cloud wandered around

all day yesterday

I asked a fortune teller about you

who said you lacked feelings

A black and white fog veiled that tipsy cloud

A true word does not endow

a despicable person with integrity

Two pairs of eyes watched me from the window

My eyes are moist, my dear, my face is red

but, my heart is fuming mad

For a heavy-hearted lonesome lover

the green grassy plains are like a winter in autumn

I won't mind it even if you said something bad about me

It's a mistake but won't count as regret since it's done said

The farewell of the word that pierced my heart was forgiveness

If a good word does no good for the guilt-ridden

I can't believe that a promise is a virtue

meant for those who repent

Don't shed any tears my pearl, come back

I will wait for a good news from you

Your pledge will be my vow and my way back to you