Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
'Cause falling in love just makes me blue,
Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see,
I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the room is crowded, people everywhere
And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?
Well if you sit down with this old clown, take that frown and break it,
Before the evening's gone away, I think that we could make it,
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the night does funny things inside a man
These old tom-cat feelings you don't understand,
Well I turn around to look at you, you light a cigarette,
I wish I had the guts to bum one, but we've never met,
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

I can see that you are lonesome just like me,
And it being late, you'd like some some company,
Well I turn around to look at you, and you look back at me,
The guy you're with has up and split, the chair next to you's free,
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out
Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.
Well I turn around to look at you, you're nowhere to be found,
I search the place for your lost face, guess I'll have another round
And I think that I just fell in love with you.

İstiklal Marşı

Korkma, sönmez bu safaklarda yüzen al sancak;

Sönmeden yurdumun üstünde tüten en son ocak.

O benim milletimin yildizidir, parlayacak;

O benimdir, o benim milletimindir ancak.

Catma, kurban olayim, çehreni ey nazli hilal!

Kahraman irkima bir gül! Ne bu siddet, bu celal?

Sana olmaz dökülen kanlarimiz sonra helal...

Hakkidir, hakk'a tapan, milletimin istiklal!

Ben ezelden beridir hür yasadim, hür yasarim.

Hangi çilgin bana zincir vuracakmis? Sasarim!

Kükremis sel gibiyim, bendimi çigner, asarim.

Yirtarim daglari, enginlere sigmam, tasarim.

Garbin afakini sarmissa çelik zirhli duvar,

Benim iman dolu gögsüm gibi serhaddim var.

Ulusun, korkma! Nasil böyle bir imani bogar,

'Medeniyet!' dedigin tek disi kalmis canavar?

Arkadas! Yurduma alçaklari ugratma, sakin.

Siper et gövdeni, dursun bu hayasizca akin.

Dogacaktir sana va'dettigi günler hakk'in...

Kim bilir, belki yarin, belki yarindan da yakin.

Bastigin yerleri 'toprak!' diyerek geçme, tani:

Düsün altinda binlerce kefensiz yatani.

Sen sehit oglusun, incitme, yaziktir, atani:

Verme, dünyalari alsan da, bu cennet vatani.

Kim bu cennet vatanin ugruna olmaz ki feda?

Suheda fiskiracak topragi siksan, suheda!

Cani, canani, bütün varimi alsin da hüda,

Etmesin tek vatanimdan beni dünyada cüda.

Ruhumun senden, ilahi, sudur ancak emeli:

Degmesin mabedimin gögsüne namahrem eli.

Bu ezanlar-ki sahadetleri dinin temeli,

Ebedi yurdumun üstünde benim inlemeli.

O zaman vecd ile bin secde eder -varsa- tasim,

Her cerihamdan, ilahi, bosanip kanli yasim,

Fiskirir ruh-i mücerred gibi yerden na'sim;

O zaman yükselerek arsa deger belki basim.

Dalgalan sen de safaklar gibi ey sanli hilal!

Olsun artik dökülen kanlarimin hepsi helal.

Ebediyen sana yok, irkima yok izmihlal:

Hakkidir, hür yasamis, bayragimin hürriyet;

Hakkidir, hakk'a tapan, milletimin istiklal!

........................................................ by Mehmet Akif Ersoy