Gittin Bırakıp Sevgimi Soldurmadı Yıllar - Emin Ongan - 20th Century Turkish Music

"Gittin Bırakıp Sevgimi Soldurmadı Yıllar" (Years didn't make my love fade away after you left) is a Turkish song composed by Emin Ongan in the Rast makam (mode) and Aksak usul (rhythm). The lyrics are about a lover who left but the love remains, and it is still hopeful that the lover will return.

Emin Ongan was a Turkish composer and violinist who was born in Edirne in 1906 and passed away in Istanbul in 1985. He was the president of the Üsküdar Musical Society for many years, and his works were notable for their adherence to traditional composition rules and flawless expression and progression in makam, a system of melody types used in Turkish classical music.

Turkish Lyrics

Gittin bırakıp sevgimi soldurmadı yıllar.
Hala geleceksin diye aşkın beni bağlar.
Kumral saçımın üstüne serpildi beyazlar.
Hala geleceksin diye aşkın beni bağlar.

English Translation

Years didn't make my love fade away after you left.
Love still ties me up, hoping that you'll come back.
Whites scattered over my brown hair.
Love still ties me up, hoping that you'll come back.