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Recording

Oghlan Oghlan as sung by Verkin Jundanian, digitized by Ara Dinkjian and Harout Arakelian

Description

Turkish to English Translation, Manuk Avedikyan

Oğlan oğlan ne güzel oğlan (2x)
Kolum sana yastık saçlarım yorgan
Ne güzel oğlan yalınız (yalnız) çoban
Kolum sana yastık saçlarım yorgan
Ne güzel oğlan yalınız çoban

Boy, boy, what a nice boy (2x)
My arms is your pillow, my hair your quilt 
What a nice boy, lonely shepherd
My arms is your pillow, my hair your quilt 
What a nice boy, lonely shepherd

Oğlan oğlan kalk gidelim (2x)
Cigarayi fenosi yak gidelim
Ne güzel oğlan yalınız çoban
Cigarayi fenosi yak gidelim
Ne güzel oğlan yalınız çoban

Boy, boy, get up let's go (2x)
Light your pipe and let's go
What a nice boy, lonely shepherd
Light your pipe and let's go
What a nice boy, lonely shepherd

Oğlanın elinde [e-lüverin?] belinde (2x)
Oğlan gezer, kör gider şapka elinde
Ne güzel oğlan yalınız çoban
Oğlan gezer, kör gider şapka elinde
Ne güzel oğlan yalınız çoban

At the boy's hands, a pistol at his waist
The boy wanders, blindly moves with his hat in his hand
What a nice boy, lonely shepherd
The boy wanders, blindly moves with his hat in his hand
What a nice boy, lonely shepherd

Oğlana yaptırdım fil dişli tarak (2x)
Tara kâkülünerin, bir yana bırak
Ne güzel oğlan yalanız çoban

I made him make a comb with ivory teeth (2x)
Brush your bangs, put them to the side.
What a nice boy, lonely shepherd

 

Relation

https://vimeo.com/697761574

Type

Audio

Original Format

Recording of a song

Collection

Jundanian/Aghajanian

Citation

“Oghlan Oghlan as sung by Verkin Jundanian, digitized by Ara Dinkjian and Harout Arakelian,” Armenians of Whitinsville, accessed May 10, 2025, https://armeniansofwhitinsville.org/items/show/5.
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Donnarose Russian

I haven't heard this song in over 50 years!  

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Acknowledgements

This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

We also wish to thank the Soorp Asdvadsadzin Armenian Apostolic Church of Whitinsville, Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives and the Armenian Cultural Association of America for their combined support.