Translation of the song Zalim artist Sezen Aksu

Ten beyaz saç kızıl güller

The skin is white, the hair is like red roses

kahkahasında güller

The roses in her smiles

kirpiği kapkara tüller

Her eyelash is dark black

ben o afete vuruldum

I've fallen in love with this beautiful woman

göz değil nakış mübarek

They aren't eyes, they're embroidery

bendeki aşk değil ibadet

It's not love in me, it's worship

elleri sevdi nihayet

She loved the strangers in the end

ben edebi saadetten kovuldum

I lost the eternal happiness

gölgemi aldım yanıma

I took my shadow with me.

vurdum hasretin yollarına

I set off for the yearning roads

benzedim bahtsız Mecnun'a

I became unlucky Mecnun

yüce Mevla'ya sığındım

I took refuge behind my big God.

seyret perişan halimi bende akşam olmakta

Look at how I'm miserable, I'm getting dark night

dostlar seyrelmiş beyhuda lafla vakit dolmakta

My friends bacame less, time is passing with in vain words

avare oldum serseri oldum terk-i diyarda

I became a vagabond, I became a bum, I'm leaving the world

zalim,senin Allah'ın yokmu

Cruel, don't you have a God?

yarin gözü yüksekte benim bir kuru aşkım var

You're eyes are on the high, I have only my pure love

düşmanlarım nispette be hey kara vicdanlı yar

My enemies are just to spite me, the cruel lover

yağdı saçlarıma genç yaşımda lapa lapa kar

My hair got white when I was very young

zalim,senin Allah'ın yok

Cruel, you don't have a God?