Translation of the song Dandini artist Azam Ali

Turkish

Dandini

English translation

Dandini dandini dastana

Danalar girmiş bostana

Into the garden the calves did stray.

Kov bostancı danayı

Gardener quickly chase them away.

Yemesin lahanayı

They will eat the cabbages without delay,

Dandini dandini danadan

Bir ay doğmuş anadan

A moon is born from a mothers womb,

Kaçınmamış yaradan

God has not witheld anything from him

Mevla korusun nazardan

May God protect him from the Evil Eye

Dandini dandini danaylı

Kaplarımız kalaylı

May our pots be coated with tin

Kızım konak gelini

May my daughter be a bride in a mansion

Oğlum olsa saraylı

And my son dwell in a palace

Dandini dandini danaylı

Benim oğlum onaylık

My son is ten months old

On olmasın beş olsun

Even were he only five months old

Güzellere eş olsun

May he find beauties as brides