Let Friends Remember Me

I go and my name stays.
Let friends remember me.
A wedding, a holiday,
let friends remember me.

The soul does not stay in a cage,
it flies away.
The world is a caravanserai where
one settles then moves off,
the moon goes round, years pass,
let friends remember me.

The soul will depart from the body,
the chimney does not smoke and

the fire does not burn.
Let there be armfuls of selams,
let friends remember me.

I would neither have come nor gone,
day by day my troubles mount up.
My place and my village stay desolate,
let friends remember me.

All sorts of flowers blossom and die.
Who has laughed and who will laugh?
Happiness is a lie and death a truth,
let friends remember me.

It's afternoon then the evening comes.
See what happens to one.
Veysel goes, his name stays,
let friends remember me.