Translation of the song Ankara artist Deniz Selçuk

Turkish

Ankara

English translation

Ankara

Bir zamanlar Ankara'da yaklaşık kırk sene önce

once upon a time, about forty years ago

Biliyor musun bir Deniz varmış

you know, there was a man named Deniz*

Şimdi okyanus olmuş, geliyormuş onu okuyan nesil

now he turned into an ocean, the generation that read him was coming here

Hırsızlardan öç almaya

take the revenge on thieves

Biliyor musun bu okyanus, Antalya'ya

you know, that ocean spread to Antalya,

İstanbul'a, İzmir'e, Adana'ya yayılmış

İzmir, İstanbul, and Adana

Seksen bir ilde bu okyanus büyümüş, geliyormuş

that ocean grew up in eighty-one cities and it was coming

O Denizi kurutmak isteyenleri boğmaya

for the people who wanted to dry the sea up

Şubat 2008

February 2008

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