Oyatma bənövşəni...

Ürəyimdə ayaz var,
Nə qış gedib, nə yaz var.
Oyatma bənövşəni,
Kol dibində ayaz var.

 

Kədərli baxmayaydın,
Göz yaşım axmayaydı.
Yad baxmağı bir yana,
Yar yada baxmayaydı.

 

Bu dünya çətin qala,
Yolları çətin qala.
Yaxşı yarı yazda gəz,
Payıza çətin qala.

 

Qalanın daşı oldum,
Gözümün yaşı oldun.
Dünyada gün görmədim,
Sevəndə naşı oldum.

 

Yenə də axşam oldu,
Gün keçdi, axşam oldu.
Gecələr mən alışdım,
Əriyən şam oldu.

 

Yanımda qal bir az da,
Göz yaşı var Arazda.
Yar yuxusun danışıb,
Şəkli qalıb Arazda.

 

 Do not wake the violet up

Bayati is one of the oldest forms of Azerbaijani folk poetry. A bayati consists of four lines. Bayati usually represent longing, grief, sadness.

Here you can see my amateur translation of famous Azerbaijani bayati:

I have frost in my heart,

Neither winter left nor spring came.

Do not wake the violet up,

There is frost under bush.

 

If you didn’t look sad,

My tears wouldn’t flow.

Aside from alien

My darling wouldn’t have looked at aliens.

 

This world is hardly going to stay,

The roads are hardly to remain forever.

Search for a good sweetheart in spring,

He/she will hardly stay till autumn.

I became the stone of the castle,

You became the tears of my eyes.

I have never been happy in the world,

When I fell in love, I became novice.

 

It is evening again,

The day passed, the evening came.

At nights I am used to,

It was candle that was melting.

 

Stay with me for a while,

There are tears in Araz.

Darling spoke his/her dream to Araz,

His/her picture is still in Araz.

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