Lyrics of Tezgahtar Nebahat - Ahmet Kaya

Tezgahtar Nebahat (original)

Tezgâhtar bir kızdı o, permalı saçlarıyla
Herkese gülümserdi süzgün bakışlarıyla
Anasının elinden kaçırıp birkaç kuruş
Konserlere giderdi çılgın gözyaşlarıyla
Kırmızı hırkasıyla resimler çektirirdi
Keşfedilmek için hep Beyoğlu'nda gezerdi
Her akşam o şarkıcı, duvardaki posterden
Uzanıp rüya gibi dudağından öperdi
Ah, Nebahat, Nebahat
Bir gün görmedi rahat
Düşünür bulamazdı;
Kimdeydi bu kabahat?
Tezgâhtar bir kızdı o evi Sağmalcılar'da
Altı kardeş bir ana, birde kötürüm baba
İçki kumar peşinde boş vermiş bir abisi
Devlete karşı gelmiş bir ablası mahpusta
Kırmızı hırkasını ah seneler eskitti
Sonunda rüyasını sandığına kilitledi
Mahalleden biriyle heveslendi sevmeye
Hayırsız çıktı oğlan, zengin bir dula gitti
Ah, Nebahat, Nebahat
Ona gülmedi hayat
Sonunda anladı ki
Kendindeydi kabahat

(translation)

She was a shop assistant, with her permed hair
He used to smile at everyone with his smooth eyes
He stole a few pennies from his mother's hands.
He used to go to concerts with crazy tears
He used to take pictures with his red cardigan
He always wandered around Beyoğlu to be discovered.
Every evening that singer sings from the poster on the wall
He would reach out and kiss her on the lips like a dream
Oh, Nebahat, Nebahat
Didn't see a day comfortably
The thinker could not find it;
Whose fault was this?
She was a clerk girl, her house is in Sağmalcılar
Six siblings one mother and one crippled father
A brother who has given up on drinking and gambling
An older sister who has opposed the state is in prison
Oh, he's worn out his red cardigan over the years.
He finally locked his dream in his chest
He was eager to love with someone from the neighborhood
The boy turned out to be bad, went to a rich widow
Oh, Nebahat, Nebahat
Life didn't laugh at him
Finally realized that
it was his fault