Elmalarin Yongasi – English lyrics

For the dance Elmalarin Yongasi click: https://folkdancefootnotes.org/dance/a-real-folk-dance-what-is-it/2nd-generation-dances/elmalarin-yongasi/

Elmaların yongası  (Aslanım aman aman aman ey)
Haydi sağ cebinde aynası   (Aman aman aman)
Aman sağ cebinde aynası  (Vay vay)

İki duvar arası  (Aslanım aman aman aman ey)
Haydi hovardalar yaylası  (Aman aman aman)
Aman hovardalar yaylası   (Vay vay)

//Hop tara leyli leyli ellerine
Sarılaydım o incecik bellerine  (Vay vay)//

Elmaların incesi  (Aslanım aman aman aman ey)
Haydi dibindedir goncası  (Aman aman aman)
Aman dibidedir goncası  (Vay vay)

Diz dize otururken  (Aslanım aman aman aman ey)
Haydi çıka geldi amcası  (Aman aman aman aman)
Aman çıka geldi amcası  (Vay vay)

//Hop tara leyli leyli ellerine
Sarılaydım o incecik bellerine  (Vay vay)//

Turku Sözü / Lyrics: 

Peel (or chip) of the apples*
Peel of the apples
My boldest, oh, oh, oh, hey
Come on; his mirror inside of his right pocket
oh, oh, oh
His mirror inside of his right pocket
Wow wow
 
Between two walls (refers prison)
My boldest, oh, oh, oh, hey
Go on! to masher's highland
oh, oh, oh
Masher's highland
Wow wow
 
Let's dance with hands
I shall hug your narrow belly
wow wow
 
Thinest of the apples
My boldest, oh, oh, oh, hey
Come on, The bud is located at bottom of the branch of tree
oh, oh, oh
bud is located at bottom of the branch of tree
Wow wow
 
when we were sitting knee to knee
her uncle came all of a sudden
oh, oh, oh
Come on, her uncle came all of a sudden
Wow wow
 
Let's dance with hands
I shall hug your narrow belly
wow wow

Song from Konya region.  Source: Ahmet Özdemir
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Submitted by Yekta Kurtcebe on Mon, 21/08/2017 - 13:31https://lyricstranslate.com
Author's comments:
The folk songs in Turkish are almost untranslatable. Most of native speaker Turks don't know the meaning of many words like (yonga, hovarda and gonca). Last of all 'Hop tara or (tere) leyli leyli' has no meaning. it is gibberish but it is saying that tell the people come on let's dance. I hope you all liked it. Regards
General note: These kind of folk song are always about a love between youngster and their disgusting, oppressive relatives against their love. Feudalism is the main issue in Anatolia.
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*Ahmet Lüleci, who taught a dance arranged for this song, says Elmaların yongası is a metaphor for a pretty girl's 'cheeks like apples'.