TEKERLEMELER (PLAYFUL FORMULAS USED IN FOLK NARRATIVE)
Take that takatuka and bring to takatuka maker. If the takatuka maker can not make the takatuka being made takatuka bring back the takataka being made takatuka.
Others had heavy grape juice but we have not.
One barber has said to other barber bre barber let together open a barber shop.
Hakkı has cheat Hakkı. Hakkı has demanded his right from Hakkı. When Hakkı has not given back Hakkı’s right Hakkı has beaten Hakkı.
I descended to river got cleaned and ascended.
Iramazan
Bring the workers before holiday Ramadan make them weak
If it rains the rails get soaked, it rains the palaces get soaked.
I am hungry-
Open a lid in your belly
Run for mill
The door of the mill is locked
Hey! the one whose head infested with lice
To the handle of the large axe
Cut twice
One for you
And one for me
Name of the girl is Hediye
She doesn’t give bread to the cat
Cat goes to the judge
The door of the judge is locked
The head of Hediye is infested with lice
Full hand of epenek
Fell down coarse cape from the hand
Half of the coarse cape
Wife of bold boy
Incık mıncık
You stop, you climb
Hasan Hasan
Who stepped on the sweet
Who has broken the door
Took away the girl
Dog has entered into mill
The mill owner hit the dog
The dog has come
And eaten both a beaten
And seven dogs
Goats of Ali Dayı
Whinnying since they are wary hungry
They want barley and straw
There are no barley and straw
But woven-matting maker has many
Woven-matting maker weaves woven matting
I wish the nightingale were mine
I wish I had two brothers
One is moon and the other star
One is boy the other girl
It has been drilled and put
So it has been done
Let them not be drilled
Let this not be done like this
It is one and two, one and two
It is five gold money, five, six
If you don’t believe count and see
Fifteen, fifteen
Hi
Hi
Where are you going?
I go to mountain
Why are you going?
Where is elderly woman?
Tiny mini one’s
They fill water at the river
The riverbank is bushy
How stupid this woman
The old woman can not dive into water
Can not find even if she looks for
Ene nene can’t find
I have crossed with you
Hard working two’s
Lazy three’s
Beaten four’s
Five’s work, like a machine
Six’s has stolen the gold
Seven’s has eaten my meal
Eight’s has gone by becoming hopscotch
Nine’s has gone by becoming doctor
Eleven, red underwear
I have cut the pear
Hung it to the ceiling
Fell down with a noise of “Tap”
If Ali looks that way dum dum
I have perched his beard
I have found some money
Gone to the market
Come back home my wife is gone
Baby cries there is no cradle
The soup over flows there is no spoon
Ali father is dead there is no coffin
Ooooo needle meddle
The end is button
Filifilince
In bird language
The cock has sang
The hen has kicked
Daughter of ninghtingale
Worshipped for your saying hi
Low wet clay
I have told you, you go out
Hakkı has demanded his right from Hakkı
When Hakkı has not given Hakkı’s right
Hakkı has beaten Hakkı
The dog has entered into the mill
Covered with bran
The dog has eaten the bran
The dog has eaten a beating
Sheep sheeh mee
Mount on me
Let’s go
To my hadji grandfather
My hadji grandfather is sick
Bundle in a wrapper with handkerchief
Itself is hodja
Did rabbit pass from the door?
Yes it did
Did you catch it?
Yes I did
Did you cut it?
Yes I did
Did you salted it?
Yes I did
Did you cook it?
Yes I did
Did you spare some for me?
Yes I did
Which cupboard did you put it in?
I have put it in the çık çık cupboard
Come on bring it
I can not
Why can’t you brig it?
Black cats have eaten it
Vay vay meow meow
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