Everything happened suddenly;
Sunlight suddenly hit the ground;
The sky occurred suddenly;
“Blue” suddenly.
All of a sudden everything happened;
Smoke started to fuse suddenly from the dirt;
Sprout occurred suddenly, buds suddenly
Fruits suddenly.
Suddenly,
Suddenly;
Everything happened suddenly.
Girls suddenly, boys suddenly;
The roads, hills, cats, people…
Love happened suddenly,
Joy suddenly.
Her şey birdenbire oldu.
Birdenbire vurdu gün ışığı yere;
Gökyüzü birdenbire oldu;
Mavi birdenbire.
Her şey birdenbire oldu;
Birdenbire tütmeye başladı duman topraktan;
Filiz birdenbire oldu, tomurcuk birdenbire.
Yemiş birdenbire oldu.
Birdenbire,
Birdenbire;
Her şey birdenbire oldu.
Kız birdenbire, oğlan birdenbire;
Yollar, kırlar, kediler, insanlar...
Aşk birdenbire oldu,
Sevinç birdenbire.
Mum Aleviyle Oynayan Kedinin Öyküsü
There was a burning candle in the room of a house
And there was a cat in that house.
Yapma Çiçekler
A naked woman
Comes from her beauty mountains
Tahir ile Zühre Meselesi
It's not shameful to be Tahir, nor to be Zühre
It's not shameful to die for love either
Nothing caused him as much pain
As his callus caused;
Benimki yalnızca teşhis
For instance at night, around how many stars form a space
For instance here, around how many cities shape a homeland
İstanbul Türküsü
In Istanbul, in Bosphorus
I am a poor Orhan Veli,