Tamirci Çırağı

Cem Muhtar Karaca

Lyrics Translation

Gönlüme bir ateş düştü, yanar ha yanar yanar
Ümit gönlümün ekmeği, umar ha, umar, umar

Elleri ak yumuk yumuk, oceli tırnakları
Nerelere gizlesin, şu avucum nasırları
O tomobili tamire geldi, dün bizim tamirhaneye
Görür görmez vurularak, başladım ben sevmeye
Ayağında uzun etek, dalga dalga saçları

Ustam seslendi uzaktan, oğlum al takımları
Ustam seslendi uzaktan, oğlum al takımları

Bir romanda, okumuştum, buna benzer bir şeyi
Çildi parlak kağıt kaplı, pahalı bir kitaptı
Ne olmuş nasıl olmuşsa? aşık olmuştu genç kız
Yine böyle bir durumda, tamirci çırağına

Ustama dedim ki bugün, giymeyim tulumları
Arkası puslu aynamda, taradım saçlarımı
Gelecekti bugün geri, arabayı almaya
O romandaki hayali, belki gerçek yapmaya
O romandaki hayali, belki gerçek yapmaya

Durdu zaman, durdu dünya, girdi içeri kapıcan
Durdu zaman, durdu dünya, girdi içeri kapıcan

Öylece bakakaldım, gözümü ayırmadan
Öylece bakakaldım, gözümü ayırmadan

Arabanın kapısını açtım, açtım girsin içeri
Arabanın kapısını, açtım girsin içeri
Kalktı hilal kaşları, sordu kim bu serseri
Kalktı hilal kaşları, sordu kim bu serseri

Çekti gitti arabayla, egzozuna boğuldum
Gözümde tomurcuk yaşlar, ağır ağır doğruldum
Ustam geldi sırtıma vurdu unut dedi romanları

İşçisin sen işçi kal, giy dedi tulumları
İşçisin sen işçi kal, giy dedi tulumları
İşçisin sen işçi kal, giy dedi tulumları
İşçisin sen işçi kal, giy dedi tulumları
İşçisin sen işçi kal, giy dedi tulumları
İşçisin sen işçi kal
İşçisin sen işçi kal
İşçisin sen işçi kal
İşçisin sen işçi kal
İşçisin sen işçi kal
İşçisin sen işçi kal
İşçisin sen işçi kal
İşçisin sen işçi kal

[Verse 1]
A fire started in my heart, it burns and burns
Hope keeps my heart going, it hopes and hopes
Her hands are white and soft, her nails are polished
Where should I hide these calloused palms?
She brought her car to our repair shop yesterday
I was struck the moment I saw her and started to love
Her long skirt, her wavy hair

My boss called out from a distance: “Son, pick up these tools!”
My boss called out from a distance: “Son, pick up these tools!”

[Verse 2]
I’d read something similar in a novel once
It was an expensive book with a glossy hard cover
Don’t know how or why, but the young girl had fallen in love
With the mechanic’s apprentice in a situation just like this
I said to the boss: “Let me not wear the overalls today”
I combed my hair in my mirror with a bird on its back
She’d come back today to pick up the car

And maybe to make the dream in that novel come true
And maybe to make the dream in that novel come true

[Verse 3]
Time stopped, everything stopped, as she walked in through the door
Time stopped, everything stopped, as she walked in through the door
I just stood there staring, without moving my eyes
I just stood there staring, without moving my eyes
I opened the car’s door so she could get in
I opened the car’s door so she could get in
She raised her crescent eyebrows, and asked: “Who’s this bum?”
She raised her crescent eyebrows, and asked: “Who’s this bum?”
She drove away and I was engulfed in her exhaust fumes
With heavy teardrops in my eyes, I slowly straightened up
My boss patted me on the back and said: “Forget about the novels”

“You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls.”
“You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls.”
You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls
You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls
You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls

[Outro]
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker

Trivia about the song Tamirci Çırağı by Cem Karaca

On which albums was the song “Tamirci Çırağı” released by Cem Karaca?
Cem Karaca released the song on the albums “Parka” in 1977, “The Best of Cem Karaca” in 1997, “Ölümsüzler” in 2004, “Unutulmayanlar” in 2010, “Cem Karaca Koleksiyon” in 2015, and “1 Mayıs” in 2021.
Who composed the song “Tamirci Çırağı” by Cem Karaca?
The song “Tamirci Çırağı” by Cem Karaca was composed by Cem Muhtar Karaca.

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