Agla sevgili yurdum agla [Ağla sevgili yurdum ağla] [English translation]

Like a flower freezing under the sun,

Like a bird burning in fire under the snow,

Your country between seas turns into desert.

Cry my beloved homeland.

Like a fallow land, like a leaf without light,

Like painful songs pouring out of my saz,

Like my love and my sad companions

Cry my beloved homeland.

I know not always darkness becomes daylight

River of my tears won't dry on your land

Nobody can light a fire of your blind love

Cry my beloved homeland.

Over blind passion in stone-hard hearts,

Over altars made in the name of freedom,

Over children hugging their dearests in anger

Cry my beloved homeland.

If one day you're all drowned in hatered

If your roses, lakes and mountains are torn apart

If you're left alone without our love

Cry my beloved homeland.