Cem Karaca- Yoksulluk Kader Olamaz

I don't know how tricky these lyrics are...but if anyone can try, thank you!

Yoksulluk Kader Olamaz

Sıram gibi sıradağlar
Anam anam derdin mi var?
Yaram yürekte değil ki gelip sarsın yar
Radyolarda şarkılar boş ver diyorlar
Açlıktan verem olana bal ye diyorlar

Yoksulluk kader olamaz kader değildir
Firavunlar bile böyle gaddar değildir

Ben vatandaş Ahmet'im evkafta memur
Ay sonuna yetmiyor evdeki kömür
Bir kilo et seksen lira tadını unuttum
İnsan gibi yaşamanın adını unuttum

Devlet baba borç içinde sabret diyorlar
Sen de bakkala kasaba borç et diyorlar
Ben onurlu insanım boyun eğemem
Alacaklı ver deyince ödün veremem

Sıram gibi sıradağlar // Lines of mountains _____ (like I arranged them?)
Anam anam derdin mi var? // My mother, does something bother you?
Yaram yürekte değil ki gelip sarsın yar // It's not my wound in (my) heart, come and bandage it (?it's not a wound in my heart that you come and bandage)
Radyolarda şarkılar boş ver diyorlar // Songs on the radio are saying "don't care"
Açlıktan verem olana bal ye diyorlar // If I give (if I end up dying?) from hunger, they say "eat honey"

Yoksulluk kader olamaz kader değildir // Poverty can't be fated, it's not fate
Firavunlar bile böyle gaddar değildir // even pharaohs (tyrants) aren't so cruel as that

Ben vatandaş Ahmet'im evkafta memur //Fellow citizen, I'm Ahmet, a civil servant at government estates
Ay sonuna yetmiyor evdeki kömür // (Domestic coal isn't enough til the end?)
Bir kilo et seksen lira tadını unuttum // One kilo meat, 80 lira I forgot the taste
İnsan gibi yaşamanın adını unuttum // Like a person, I've forgotten the name of my life

Devlet baba borç içinde sabret diyorlar // The government's in debt, they're saying to be patient
Sen de bakkala kasaba borç et diyorlar // They're saying you also got into debt to the village grocer
Ben onurlu insanım boyun eğemem // I'm a person with pride/self-respect, I won't/can't bow my head
Alacaklı ver deyince ödün veremem // While (they're) saying give to the creditor, I won't/can't appease him


These are my guesses about this song. Corrections would be very much appreciated, thank you.

[QUOTE=partizanka;897468]

Sıram gibi sıradağlar // Lines of mountains _____ (like I arranged them?) << or "Chain of mountains like my line" but I'm not sure..."siram" is "my line/turn"

Yaram yürekte değil ki gelip sarsın yar // It's not a wound in my heart that my love comes and bandages it

Açlıktan verem olana bal ye diyorlar // They say "eat honey" to the ones who got tuberculosis from hunger


Ay sonuna yetmiyor evdeki kömür // Domestic coal isn't enough til the end of month

İnsan gibi yaşamanın adını unuttum // I forgot the name of living like a human (or less litr. "I forgot how it is to live like a human")

Sen de bakkala kasaba borç et diyorlar // They're saying you also get into debt to the village grocer

These are my guesses about this song. Corrections would be very much appreciated, thank you.

Guesses? This translation is really good.

Hey Quijote, thank you! I'm really glad to understand this song finally!
But I got lotsa questions, if that's okay.

Originally Posted by Sade

Sıram gibi sıradağlar // Lines of mountains _____ (like I arranged them?) << or "Chain of mountains like my line" but I'm not sure..."siram" is "my line/turn"

That's how I translated it at first "like my line" but it didn't make sense to me. Do you understand what it means?

Yaram yürekte değil ki gelip sarsın yar // It's not a wound in my heart that my love comes and bandages it

Is this meaning like: it's not a wound, it's something else that my love bandages?

Açlıktan verem olana bal ye diyorlar // They say "eat honey" to the ones who got tuberculosis from hunger

Wow. I think I will always remember how to say "tuberculosis" in Turkish. I still can't speak a proper sentence, but I will know that word. :P

Ay sonuna yetmiyor evdeki kömür // Domestic coal isn't enough til the end of month

I thought of that too, but somehow I was thinking that to mean "the end of the month" there would have to be some change to "ay" to make it genitive case. Sometimes Turkish is simple where I least expect it.

İnsan gibi yaşamanın adını unuttum // I forgot the name of living like a human (or less litr. "I forgot how it is to live like a human")

No questions, Your Honour. I just like this line a lot. Thank you very much.

Originally Posted by partizanka

Hey Quijote, thank you! I'm really glad to understand this song finally!
But I got lotsa questions, if that's okay.

Nikako, zen zen, ii yo, rica ederim, you're welcome, nicht der rede wert! convinced yet?!?

That's how I translated it at first "like my line" but it didn't make sense to me. Do you understand what it means?

Sorry, I really have no idea what he means with that line. :/ Maybe it has a meaning related to trouble/money problem, like his problems are lined up like chain of mountains.

Is this meaning like: it's not a wound, it's something else that my love bandages?

It's not a wound in his heart that his lover can come and bandage it, it's a different kind of trouble (money problem) that has no easy solution/cure as heartache does.

Wow. I think I will always remember how to say "tuberculosis" in Turkish. I still can't speak a proper sentence, but I will know that word. :P

Haha Yes, it's quite easy in turkish.

I thought of that too, but somehow I was thinking that to mean "the end of the month" there would have to be some change to "ay" to make it genitive case. Sometimes Turkish is simple where I least expect it.

I understand, it could also be "ayin sonuna..." and maybe is a more proper way of saying it, but "ay sonuna" works too and is more common.

No questions, Your Honour. I just like this line a lot. Thank you very much.

Originally Posted by Sade

Nikako, zen zen, ii yo, rica ederim, you're welcome, nicht der rede wert! convinced yet?!?

Very convincing! You could be an actor on an American Emmy-winning comedy!

Sorry, I really have no idea what he means with that line. :/ Maybe it has a meaning related to trouble/money problem, like his problems are lined up like chain of mountains.

I just listened to the song again and what he really says here is "siram siram sira daglar gibi" so what you're saying makes sense to me. Thank you.

http://www.nedirnedemek.com/s%C4%B1ram_s%C4%B1ram_nedir

sıra sıra = sıram sıram no difference at all. its probably a way of saying in different areas

Originally Posted by ercmnt

http://www.nedirnedemek.com/s%C4%B1ram_s%C4%B1ram_nedir

sıra sıra = sıram sıram no difference at all. its probably a way of saying in different areas

So it basically means "in rows" then?

Ercü, it's back, it's back! No more abusing, I promise!
"Thank you!"


*edit- Nope, it's already gone again.

partizanka, please stop abusing your "thank you" button. :[

Originally Posted by Sade

partizanka, please stop abusing your "thank you" button. :[

Stop edemem. :inatçı_fun:

Inatçı keçi.