Ceylan [English translation]

I was the alone shepherd of these mountains

My heart fell, I loved (our) gazelle

The shepherd said want me from my father*

I said do shepherds want girls from aghas (landowner)

She said I stop, I didn't. She said hug, I didn't

She said why, why, why, why

I said if my agha hears he would get me shot

He would shoot me with a hunting rifle and kill me

I said would he give you to a shepherd like me

Gazelle Gazelle Gazelle Gazelle

Then she left with a bent neck

Left with teary eyes

She threw her jug and left

She said you are my love, my life shepherd

I said you are cruel just like your father

They found me three days later in the mountain

They came and shot me in my flank

She said I stop, I didn't. She said hug, I didn't

She said why, why, why, why

I said if my agha hears he would get me shot

He would shoot me with a hunting rifle and kill me

I said would he give you to a shepherd like me

Gazelle Gazelle Gazelle Gazelle

Then she left with a bent neck

Left with teary eyes

She threw her jug and left

• Artist:Erkin Koray
• Album:Ceylan