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Translation - Turkish-English - gurbet elde bir baÅŸÄ±ma kimim var ki? senden...

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Title	gurbet elde bir baÅŸÄ±ma kimim var ki? senden...
Text Submitted by kafetzou	Source language: Turkish gurbet elde bir baÅŸÄ±ma kimim var ki? senden baÅŸka... Ã¶ldÃ¼m desem bir damla su verenmi var senden baÅŸka? kekik kokan daÄŸlarÄ±m yok bÃ¼lbÃ¼l Ã¶ten baÄŸlarÄ±m yok tutunacak dallarÄ±m yok kim varki; senden baÅŸka?

Title	while I'm in a foreign land who do I have for myself?
Translation English Translated by kafetzou	Target language: English while I'm in a foreign land who do I have for myself? other than you ... if I said I was dying, is there anyone who would give me a drop of water other than you? I have no mountains with the scent of thyme I have no vineyards with the nightingale singing I have no branches to hold onto who do I have, other than you?
Remarks about the translation	This is a bridge translation. I wasn't sure about the "for myself" part. Also, the concept of "gurbet elde" means literally "in the hands of exile" - it's a very common concept in Turkish, but it doesn't exist in English. I translated it as "while I'm in a foreign land".

Validated by IanMegill2 - 31 October 2007 03:48

Last messages

	Author	Message
		29 October 2007 00:26
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	If I say I'm dying...? CC: kafetzou
		29 October 2007 12:06
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Well ... I wondered about that too, but it's definitely past tense. I'll ask a Turkish expert. Serba? CC: serba
		30 October 2007 07:53
	serba Number of messages: 655	"if I say I am dying " I think this is better. it is not "bones" it is "thyme" CC: kafetzou
		30 October 2007 08:09
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	;;
		30 October 2007 08:12
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	Maybe we could imitate that "past progressive-type" in English with: If I said I was dying... ? although it's actually a conditional form...
		30 October 2007 11:50
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Oh man - kemik = bones, kekik = thyme!!! OOPS!!! Thanks for the suggestion, Ian - I did it that way, although to be honest I really don't understand this construction. This means that the verb "Ã¶lmek" means "to die", but also means "to be dying" - how confusing! But I remember now that it has come up before - in a translation of an old poem or something. Thank you serba!!! CC: serba