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The story of the piece
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Lyrics
Ah düşmesin miskin kin gönül nüller ah
Zülf-i anber bû bû bûlara
Ömrüm cânım aman
Ah ye le lel li te re li yel le lel
Ah beli yârim beli mîrim aman
Zülf-i anber bû bû bûlara ra vay
Ah gaze hâcet cet mi ey ey
Meşşât-ı semmûri ri ri siyah ömrüm cânım aman
Ah beli yârim beli cânım aman
Meşşât-ı semmûri ri ri siyah yah vay
Ah vesmeler çekme me hatâ tâ ey ah
Zülf-i anber bû bû bûlara ömrüm cânım aman
Terennüm: Le le lel le le lel le le lel le le lel lel li · Ah yel le lel li te re li yel le lel · Le le lel le le lel lel lel le le lel lel li
Meaning
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Notation and playback data: Miras-ı Saz (AEÜ accidentals, comma precision) · adapted from (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, non-commercial use): SymbTr · Work data: MusicBrainz · License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: share with attribution, for non-commercial use and under the same license.
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