Translation of the song lyrics Nurcana - Eyyub Yaqubov

Nurcana (original)

Moskvada çoxdur mehmanxana
Vardı orda
Birini görüb oldum lap divanə
Zənci qızı, kömür kimi qara
Gözləri badam kimi
Dodaqları bal kimi
Özü də ki, ceyran kimi
Adı da ki, Membranə
Gözləri badam kimi
Dodaqları bal kimi
Özü də ki, ceyran kimi
Adı da ki, Membranə
Adı da ki, Membranə
Qapı qonşum
Tələsmə deyirdi
Gözləri badam kimi
Dodaqları bal kimi
Özü də ki, ceyran kimi
Adı da ki, Nurcana
Gözləri badam kimi
Dodaqları bal kimi
Özü də ki, ceyran kimi
Adı da ki, Nurcana
Adı da ki, Nurcana

Nurcana (translation)

In Moscow, guesthouses sprout like autumn leaves,
Among their shadows, once, there she was—
I glimpsed her, and reason scattered to the winds;
A girl of midnight skin, like coal’s mysterious heart,
Her eyes—almonds carved in moonlit honey,
Her lips—sweetness drawn from bees at dusk,
Her gait—the hush and grace of a startled doe,
And her name—that silken syllable, Membrana,
Her eyes—almonds glazed with quiet fire,
Her lips—a secret pressed from summer’s hive,
Her gait—the trembling hush of a fawn in morning grass,
And her name, again: Membrana—
Membrana—the name that lingers on the tongue,
My neighbor just beyond the painted door,
Whispered, 'No need to hurry,'—
Eyes like almonds, dark as midnight’s dreams,
Lips steeped in the nectar of wildflower dawn,
Her step—the silken hush of gazelles in distant mist,
Named Nurcana—her name a zephyr’s hush,
Eyes like almonds, dusk’s secret promise,
Lips as sweet as the hush before rain,
She moves with the bright calm of a wild doe,
And her name—Nurcana—singing through silence,
Nurcana—her name, quiet as falling snow