A Ballad for Chanakkale
A Ballad for Çanakkale (Çanakkale türküsü) is a Turkish folk song about the Battle of Gallipoli which occurred during World War I on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
It was arranged by Muzaffer Sarısözen, with the lyrics of a local bard, İhsan Ozanoğlu, of Kastamonu.[1]
Lyrics
Lyrics in Turkish | English translation |
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Çanakkale içinde aynalı çarşı Çanakkale içinde bir ağaç selvi Çanakkale içinde bir kırık testi Çanakkale üstünü duman bürüdü Çanakkale elinde toplar kuruldu Çanakkale köprüsü dardır geçilmez Çanakkale'den çıktım yan basa basa Çanakkale'den çıktım başım selamet Çanakkale içinde vurdular beni Çanakkale içinde sıra söğütler |
In Çanakkale stands the Mirror Bazaar. In Çanakkale there's a cypress tree. In Çanakkale there's a broken jug. Çanakkale's heights are shrouded with smoke. In Çanakkale the cannonballs landed. Çanakkale's bridge is narrow, impassable. From Çanakkale I barely escaped I got out of Çanakkale, left my worries behind In Çanakkale they shot me. In Çanakkale are rows of willows |
External video | |
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ΤΣΑΝΑΚΑΛΕ ΠΑΠΑΓΚΙΚΑ ΜΑΡΙΚΑ 1923 (Turkish Lyrics) | |
ΤΣΑΝΑΚΑΛΕ, Ν. ΥΟΡΚΗ 1940, ΚΩΣΤΑΣ ΓΚΑΝΤΙΝΗΣ |
References
- Ramazan Eren, Çanakkale Savaş Alanları Gezi Günlüğü, Çanakkale 2003.