Sakız Hanım ile Mahur Bey [English translation]

In this old street where I spent my childhood

They used to live in an old tile red colored woodenhouse

Mrs.Sakız and Mr.Mahur

Mrs.Sakız used to have white skin and white hair

That's why we called her Mrs.Sakız*

She used to play kemancha** with her cottony hands

Initially her husband Mr.Mahur had behaved coquettishly

Then he used to accompany Mrs.Sakız with his cither

They used to practice together

Curtains were being opened in summer nights

Tunes were being played by their tired hands

It's been almost 2 years since the cither became silent

And after couple months later kemancha became silent

And the curtains of tile red colored woodenhouse

And they were being closed as they are not gonna be opened again

I went there when the rumors spread about the house is gonna sale

When I went inside, on an old sofa

I saw a sorrowful cither

And I saw distressed kemancha lying on the cither's chest

They were be like ' do not disturb us'

I wasn't able to spare

Then I went away

Curtains were closed when Mr.Mahur became silent

Sorrowful tunes were ended with Mrs.Sakız

• Artist:Barış Manço
• Album:Sakız hanımla mahur bey