Ant etkenmen

Ant etkenmen (English: I've pledged) is the national anthem of the Crimean Tatars. It was written by Noman Çelebicihan and served as the national anthem of the short-lived Crimean People's Republic.[1]

Ant etkenmen
English: I've pledged
anthem of Crimean Tatars
LyricsNoman Çelebicihan
Adopted1991 (originally 1917)

Lyrics
Crimean Tatar (Latin alphabet) English translation
Ant etkenmen, milletimniñ yarasını sarmağa
Nasıl olsun bu zavallı qardaşlarım çürüsin?
Onlar içün ökünmesem, qayğırmasam, yaşasam
Yüregimde qara qanlar qaynamasın, qurusın.
Ant etkenmen, şu qaranğı yurtqa şavle sepmege
Nasıl olsun eki qardaş bir-birini körmesin?
Bunı körip buvsanmasam, muğaymasam, yanmasam
Közlerimden aqqan yaşlar derya-deñiz qan olsun.
Ant etkenmen, söz bergenmen millet içün ölmege
Bilip, körip milletimniñ köz yaşını silmege.
Bilmey, körmey biñ yaşasam, Qurultaylı han olsam
Kene bir kün mezarcılar kelir meni kömmege.[2]
I have pledged, to heal the wounds of my nation,
How come my unfortunate brothers rot away?
If I don't regret for them, grieve for them; then I live
Let the dark streams of blood in my heart go dry.
I have pledged, to spread light to that darkened country
How come two brothers do not see one another?
When I see this, if I don't get distressed, hurt, seared
Let the tears that flow from my eyes become a sea of blood.
I have pledged, give my word to die for the nation
Knowing, seeing, to wipe away the teardrops of my nation.
If I live a thousand years without seeing, knowing and become a khan with council
Still one day the gravediggers will come to bury me.

See also

References
  1. Williams, Brian Glyn (2001). The Crimean Tatars: The Diaspora Experience and the Forging of a Nation. BRILL. p. 344. ISBN 978-90-04-12122-5.
  2. "Milli Marşımız – ANT ETKENMEN". www.vatankirim.net. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
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