Katip Arzuhalim Yaz Yare Böyle / Sivas Ellerinde Sazım Çalınır
Selda Bağcan Lyrics

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Çamlı beller bölük bölük bölünür
Yardan ayrılmışam bağrım delinir
Katip arzuhalım yaz yare böyle
Güzelim emey, birtanem emey, güzelim emey, hey

Yardan ayrılmışam bağrım delinir
Katip arzuhalım yaz yare böyle

Güzelim emey, birtanem emey, hey

Kul olayım kalem tutan ellere
Katip arzuhalım yaz yara böyle
Şekerler ezeyim şirin dillere
Katip arzuhalım yaz yare böyle
Güzelim emey, birtanem emey, güzelim emey, hey

Şekerler ezeyim şirin dillere
Katip arzuhalım yaz yare böyle
Güzelim emey, birtanem emey, hey

Pir Sultan Abdal'ım ey Hızır Paşa
Yazılan geliyor sağ olan başa
Beni hasret koydun kavim kardaşa
Katip arzuhalım yaz yare böyle
Güzelim emey, birtanem emey, güzelim emey, hey

Beni hasret koydun kavim kardaşa

Katip arzuhalım yaz yare böyle
Güzelim emey, birtanem emey, hey

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Selda Bağcan's song "Katip Arzuhalim Yaz Yare Böyle / Sivas Ellerinde Sazım Çalınır" are a lament of a lover who has been separated from their beloved. The singer sings of playing their saz in Sivas, where the beauty of the landscape is marred by the pain in their heart. The image of "Çamlı beller bölük bölük bölünür" (pine-covered hills dividing and parting) further emphasizes the sadness and loneliness that the singer is feeling since being separated from their lover. The phrase "Yardan ayrılmışam bağrım delinir" (I've been separated from my beloved, my heart is pierced) is powerful in its expression of the depth of pain and longing that the singer is experiencing.

The second verse begins with the singer expressing a desire to become a pen in the hands of those who can write. They want to write their "arzuhal" or their cry for help to their beloved. The singer then wishes to sweep sugar onto the lips of those who can speak sweetly, emphasizing their desire to be reunited with their beloved. The chorus returns with the lament of being separated from their lover, and the final verse invokes the name of Pir Sultan Abdal and Hızır Paşa. Pir Sultan Abdal was a 16th-century Alevi poet and martyr, while Hızır Paşa was a military commander under Ottoman rule. The singer sings of the inevitable fate of what is written, and the pain of being left behind by their beloved.

Overall, the song is a beautiful expression of love and loss, featuring poignant imagery to depict the heartache of the singer. The use of the saz (a stringed instrument) and Turkish folk music style further adds to the emotional impact of the song.

Line by Line Meaning

Sivas ellerinde sazım çalınır
My instrument is played in the hands of the people of Sivas

Çamlı beller bölük bölük bölünür
Rows after rows of pine trees are being cut

Yardan ayrılmışam bağrım delinir
My heart is pierced because I am separated from my beloved

Katip arzuhalım yaz yare böyle
This is what I write to my beloved in my petition

Güzelim emey, birtanem emey, güzelim emey, hey
My beautiful darling, don't work too hard, my one and only, don't work too hard, hey

Kul olayım kalem tutan ellere
Let me be a slave to the hands that hold the pen

Şekerler ezeyim şirin dillere
Let me crush sugar for the sweet-tongued

Pir Sultan Abdal'ım ey Hızır Paşa
Oh, Hızır Paşa, I am Pir Sultan Abdal

Yazılan geliyor sağ olan başa
What is written is coming to the living

Beni hasret koydun kavim kardaşa
You have left me yearning among kin and others

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