Translation of the song lyrics Güle Güle Şekerim - Sertab Erener

Güle Güle Şekerim (original)

Alo merhaba ben Sertab
Şarkı bilmez söyleyemezsin
Aşk nedir diye bir sorsam
Sadece üç harftir dersin
İlk değilsin son değilsin
Sen zaten ona hiç yetmezsin
Benden birazcık uzunsun
E bir o kadar da huysuzsun
Anlamadım ne diyorsun
Çok hoş kadınsın ama yetmez
Ben karar verdim
Ömür boyu o benim
Güle güle şekerim
Hoş kadınsın ama yetmez
Ben karar verdim
Ömür boyu o benim
Güle güle şekerim
Ben zor bir kadın değilim
Şarkıyı sevdim diye söyledim
Kadınlığın yedi kuralını bilirim
Canımdan çok onu severim
Gülümseyişime bayılır
Bir de şarkı söylersem
Benimle kim yarışır
Kaybettin boşver
Yüreğin buna da alışır
Çok hoş kadınsın ama yetmez
Ben karar verdim
Ömür boyu o benim
Güle güle şekerim
Hoş kadınsın ama yetmez
Ben karar verdim
Ömür boyu o benim
Güle güle şekerim
Sen ateşle oynuyorsun
Yanacaksın bilmiyorsun
Vaz geç artık bu sevdadan
Şarkı bitti gidiyorsun
Çok hoş kadınsın ama yetmez
Ben karar verdim
Ömür boyu o benim
Güle güle şekerim
Hoş kadınsın ama yetmez
Ben karar verdim
Ömür boyu o benim
Güle güle şekerim
Hoş kadınsın ama yetmez
Ben karar verdim
Ömür boyu o benim
Güle güle şekerim
Hoş kadınsın ama yetmez
Ben karar verdim
Ömür boyu o benim
Güle güle şekerim
Güle güle şekerim
Alo a ah kapattı

Güle Güle Şekerim (translation)

Hallo—my voice rings through, Sertab calling from the ether’s glass,
You, stranger to song, cannot birth melody from the hush between words,
Were I to ask you—what is love, that ancient riddle of the dusk—
You would sketch it as mere cipher, a word of three brittle bones.
You are neither genesis nor coda in this thread of wandering seasons,
Never, not once, could you fill the boundless vessel he names desire.
You are a little taller than I, casting a longer shadow at dusk,
But with each inch, you gather duskiness—a storm’s mood curling in your brow.
Your language is fog to me, your sense lost in labyrinthine haze.
A rare bloom, yes, a woman of beauty, but not all gardens bear fruit.
My verdict is cast—etched in the wax seal of my resolve,
For a lifetime, he is mine—time’s flowing river marks him so.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
A beauty, yes, but such radiance does not sate my hunger.
My verdict is cast—etched in the wax seal of my resolve,
For a lifetime, he is mine—time’s flowing river marks him so.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
I am no labyrinth, no unfathomable riddle of a woman,
A song took root in me—I sang, for beauty’s sake alone.
I know all seven arcane precepts of womanhood’s order,
I love him more fiercely than the pulse that drums within me.
He drowns in my smile as in honeyed light at dawn,
And if I were to sing, the air would be spun from gold,
Who, then, could dare the contest when I summon the storm?
You have lost—let the dice fall, cast them into forgetfulness.
Your heart will be tempered—steel learns to bear the flame.
A rare bloom, yes, a woman of beauty, but not all gardens bear fruit.
My verdict is cast—etched in the wax seal of my resolve,
For a lifetime, he is mine—time’s flowing river marks him so.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
A beauty, yes, but such radiance does not sate my hunger.
My verdict is cast—etched in the wax seal of my resolve,
For a lifetime, he is mine—time’s flowing river marks him so.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
You play with fire, fingers trailing embers on silken skin,
Unknowing, you will be kindling—your own longing will consume you.
Abandon this fevered passion—let the coals cool to silence.
The last chord fades—the song’s shadow, and you, are leaving.
A rare bloom, yes, a woman of beauty, but not all gardens bear fruit.
My verdict is cast—etched in the wax seal of my resolve,
For a lifetime, he is mine—time’s flowing river marks him so.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
A beauty, yes, but such radiance does not sate my hunger.
My verdict is cast—etched in the wax seal of my resolve,
For a lifetime, he is mine—time’s flowing river marks him so.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
A beauty, yes, but such radiance does not sate my hunger.
My verdict is cast—etched in the wax seal of my resolve,
For a lifetime, he is mine—time’s flowing river marks him so.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
A beauty, yes, but such radiance does not sate my hunger.
My verdict is cast—etched in the wax seal of my resolve,
For a lifetime, he is mine—time’s flowing river marks him so.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
Farewell, sweetling—your laughter dissolves like sugar on the tongue.
Hallo—ah, the line falls silent, the echo is severed.