Translation of the song lyrics Leylim Ley - İbrahim Tatlıses

Leylim Ley (original)

Döndüm daldan kopan kuru yaprağa, leylim ley
Seher yeli dağıt beni, kır beni, leylim ley
Götür tozlarımı buradan uzağa, leylim ley
Yarin çıplak ayağına sür beni, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Ayın şavkı vurur sazım üstüne, leylim ley
Söz söyleyen yoktur sözüm üstüne, leylim ley
Gel ey hilal kaşlım dizim üstüne, leylim ley
Ay bir yandan sen bir yandan sar beni, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley
Yedi yıldır uğramadım yurduma, leylim ley
Dert ortağı aramadım derdime, leylim ley
Geleceksen bir gün düşüp ardıma, leylim ley
Kula değil, yüreğine sor beni, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley

Leylim Ley (translation)

I turned, a dry leaf torn from its bough, leylim ley
O dawn-wind, scatter me, undo me now, leylim ley
Carry my dust from here to distant shade, leylim ley
Let me be brushed against your bare feet, gentle maid, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Moon-sheen spills silver across my lyre, leylim ley
No tongue dares cross the threshold of my choir, leylim ley
Come, crescent-browed one, rest your head on my knee, leylim ley
The moon on one flank, you on the other—enfold me, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley
Seven years since I beheld my native earth, leylim ley
No soul to share the sorrow I gave birth, leylim ley
If one day you fall behind me on the way, leylim ley
Ask not my ear, but your own heart what I say, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley
Leylim ley, leylim ley