Şeftali ağaçları
This song is also called "Tin Tin Tini Mini Hanim" (My Dear Little Lady).
Each line is repeated before going on to the next line.
Şeftali ağaçları
Peach Trees
Folk Song
Folk Song
(Turkish)
(English)
Şeftali ağaçları
Türlü çiçek başları
Yaktı yandırdı beni
Yarin hilal kaşları
Tin tin tini mini hanım
Seni seviyor canım
Bahçelerde idrişah
Boyu uzun kendi şah
İki gönül bir olsa
Ayıramaz padişah
Tin tin tini mini hanım
Seni seviyor canım
Bahçelerde kereviz
Biz kereviz yemeyiz
Bize Sinoplu derler
Biz güzeli severiz
Tin tin tini mini hanım
Seni seviyor canım
Peach trees
Bouquets of many flowers on top!
She set me aflame with
Her beautiful crescent eyebrows.*
Tin, tin, tini, mini lady,
I love you with all my soul.**
There's a cherry tree in the garden,
It's as tall as the Shah's
If two hearts become one,
Not even the Sultan can tear them apart.
Tin, tin, tini, mini lady,
I love you with all my soul.
Celery grows in the garden,
We do not eat celery
They say where from Sinop
We love what is beautiful.
Tin, tin, tini, mini lady,
I love you with all my soul.
Notes
*Literally, "in the form of a crescent moon". Another interpretation of this line is, "Tomorrow, she'll arch her eyebrows at me."
**Literally, "my soul loves you".
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Translated by Lisa. Translation inspired by the translation here. Thanks to Ayse Jolly for correcting the French translation. It helped us improve the English translation!
Image: A flowering peach tree (Prunus persica) in Kantin, Karaisalı - Adana, Turkey by Zeynel Cebeci, cc.
