Translation of the song lyrics Halimem - Erkin Koray

Halimem (original)

Kiraz aldım dikmeden
Halime’m dallarını bükmeden
Halime’m dallarını bükmeden
Kiraz al da ver bana
Halime’m ben gurbete gitmeden
Halime’m ben gurbete gitmeden
Tombalacık Halime’m Taştaşı'na gel
Ben gidiyorum gurbete düş peşime gel
Tombalacık Halime’m Taştaşı'na gel
Ben gidiyorum gurbete düş peşime gel
Ocak başında kaldım
Halime’m ince fikire daldım
Halime’m ince fikire daldım
Kapılar açıldıkça
Halime’m seni geliyor sandım
Halime’m seni geliyor sandım
Tombalacık Halime’m neler olacak?
Kiraz dolu yaylalar bizim olacak
Tombalacık Halime’m neler olacak?
Kiraz dolu yaylalar bizim olacak

Halimem (translation)

I plucked the cherry ere the sapling knew the spade
My Halime, before her boughs were taught to bow
My Halime, before her boughs were taught to bow
Bring cherries, place their crimson in my hand
My Halime, before I ride to lands of exile
My Halime, before I ride to lands of exile
My dimpled Halime, come down to Taştaşı
I go to foreign roads—come, follow in my wake
My dimpled Halime, come down to Taştaşı
I go to foreign roads—come, follow in my wake
I lingered by the hearthstone’s dying glow
My Halime, in filigree of thought I sank
My Halime, in filigree of thought I sank
Whenever hinges loosed the waiting doors
My Halime, I dreamed it was your step that came
My Halime, I dreamed it was your step that came
My dimpled Halime, what fate will dawn for us?
The uplands brimming thick with cherries shall be ours
My dimpled Halime, what fate will dawn for us?
The uplands brimming thick with cherries shall be ours