Translation of the song Karayemiş Ağacı artist Apolas Lermi

Karayemiş karasun

Laurel cherry, you are dark

Yüreğumde yarasun

And a wound in my heart

Sakla beni gövdene

Hide me in your bole

O yar beni arasun

May my love long for me

Karayemiş ağaci

Laurel cherry,

Yok derdumun ilaci

My pain has no remedy.

Ayrildum sevduğumden

And parted with my love,

Aci çekerum aci

I’m lamenting

Karayemiş yaprağun

Laurel,

Hiç dökulmez dökulmez

You never shed your leaves,

Beden olsun toprağun

If only the soul was your earth

Aşk yürekten sökulmez

Then the love would be rooted in the heart

Karayemiş ağaci

Laurel cherry,

Yok derdumun ilaci

My pain has no remedy.

Ayrildum sevduğumden

And parted with my love,

Aci çekerum aci

I’m lamenting