More songs by Halil Sezai
Description
Glasses clink against the table, candles seem to grow straight out of the asphalt of memory, and the evening turns into an endless postcard with the scent of wine. Conversations are light as smoke, and longing hides in every breath, in every glance that seeks an answer where it cannot be found. Everything seems cheerful, but there is always an undertone of “what if?” - and it breaks off immediately, leaving only music and a slightly aching emptiness between the words.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Kadehin dibini vurunca dostlar masaya
Gönlümün sokaklarında kandiller yanar
Muhabbet demini salınca hafiften havaya
Gözlerim gözlerini felaketimi arar
Şimdi galatada bir meyhanede
Aklım o zat-ı şahanede
Dostlar gönlümü eyler boşa
Artık kalmadı bir bahane de
Şans ne gezer divanede
Onca içtik meyler boşa
Sonsuz bir akşam üstü şimdi
Hasret gitmez çakıldı kaldı semaya
Canımın canı gönlümü kahret
Gitme müptela etme cefaya
Sonsuz bir akşam üstü şimdi
Gitmez çakıldı kaldı semaya
Canımın canı gönlümü kahret
Gitme müptela etme cefaya
Kadehin dibini vurunca dostlar masaya
Gönlümün sokaklarında kandiller yanar
Muahbbet demini salınca hafiften havaya
Gözlerim gözlerini felaketimi arar
Şimdi galatada bir meyhanede
Aklım o zat-ı şahanede
Dostlar gönlümü eyler boşa
Artık kalmadı bir bahane de
Şans ne gezer divanede
Onca içtik meyler boşa
Sonsuz bir akşam üstü şimdi
Hasret gitmez çakıldı kaldı semaya
Canımın canı gönlümü kahret
Gitme müptela etme cefaya
Sonsuz bir akşam üstü şimdi
Hasret gitmez çakıldı kaldı semaya
Canımın canı gönlümü kahret
Gitme müptela etme cefaya, cefaya, cefaya
English translation
When you hit the bottom of your glass, friends come to the table
Lamps burn in the streets of my heart
When the brew of conversation is released into the air,
My eyes search for your eyes, my disaster
Now in a tavern in galata
My mind is on that wonderful person
Friends make my heart go in vain
There is no excuse anymore
Where does luck wander on the couch?
We drank so much fruit in vain
It's an endless afternoon now
The longing doesn't go away, it crashed into the sky
Damn my dear heart
Don't go, don't get addicted to suffering
It's an endless afternoon now
It won't go away, it crashed into the sky
Damn my dear heart
Don't go, don't get addicted to suffering
When you hit the bottom of your glass, friends come to the table
Lamps burn in the streets of my heart
When you release the brew of conversation into the air,
My eyes search for your eyes, my disaster
Now in a tavern in galata
My mind is on that wonderful person
Friends make my heart go in vain
There is no excuse anymore
Where does luck wander on the couch?
We drank so much fruit in vain
It's an endless afternoon now
The longing doesn't go away, it crashed into the sky
Damn my dear heart
Don't go, don't get addicted to suffering
It's an endless afternoon now
The longing doesn't go away, it crashed into the sky
Damn my dear heart
Don't go, don't get addicted to suffering, suffering, suffering