Translation of the song Ervah-ı Ezelden artist Alevi-Bektashi Folk (Semah and Deyish)

Turkish

Ervah-ı Ezelden

English translation

In the eternity of souls

Ervah-ı ezelde levh-i kalemden

In the eternity of souls, with the divine pencil

Levh-i kalemden

Divine pencil

Bu benim bahtımı kara yazmışlar

They wrote my fortune in black

Bilirim güldürmez devr-i alemden

I know it doesn't make lough all over the World

Birgünümü yüz bin zara yazmışlar

They wrote hundred thousands of cries to my day

Bilirim güldürmez devr-i alemden

I know it doesn't make lough all over the World

Birgünümü yüz bin zara yazmışlar

They wrote hundred thousands of cries to my day

Dünyayı sevenler veli değildir

Those who love the World are not saints

Canım değildir

Are not, my dear

Canı terk edenler deli değildir

Those who leave the life are not crazy

İnsanoğlu gamdan hali değildir

Human beings are not exempt from grief

Her birini bir efkara yazmışlar

They wrote each of them to a sorrow

İnsanoğlu gamdan hali değildir

Human beings are not exempt from grief

Her birini bir efkara yazmışlar

They wrote each of them to a sorrow

Nedir bu sevdanın nihayetinde

What is there at the end of this love

Nihayetinde

At the end

Yadlar gezer yarın vilayetinde

Foreigners will come to your province tomorrow

Herkes diyarında muhabbetinde

Everybody is chatting in their places

Bilmem bizi ne civara yazmışlar

I don't know to which place they wrote us

Herkes diyarında muhabbetinde

Everybody is chatting in their places

Bilmem bizi ne civara yazmışlar

I don't know to which place they wrote us

Olaydım dünyada ikbali yaver

I would like to have a lucky future

Hey can yaver

Hey friend, lucky

El etsem sevdiğim acep kim ne der

If I wave my hand, Who says what? Ey darling

Bilmem tecelli mi yoksa ki kader

I don't know if the destiny is a fate

Beni bir vefasız yara yazmışlar

They wrote me to a fickle lover

Bilmem tecelli mi yoksa ki kader

I don't know if the destiny is a fate

Beni bir vefasız yara yazmışlar

They wrote me to a fickle lover

Yazanlar Leyla'yı Mecnun kitabın

Those who wrote the book of Leyla and Mecnun

Sümmani'yi bir kenara yazmışlar

wrote Summani to another side