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Erkeğin yaradılşında sevmek yoktur.
Ona aşkı öğreten kadındır.

It's not in Man's nature to (know how to) love.
It is Woman who teaches him.

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Aşkın var ise (varsa) dağlara düş;
If you're in love, flee to the mountains.
(If your love exists, fall [back] to the mountains.)



Aşığa Bağdat uzak/ırak değil.
For one who is in love, even Baghdad is not too far to go.
(No task is too difficult in the pursuit of love.)



Aşık alemi kör, dört yanını duvar sanır.
The lover imagines all people blind and himself/herself
surrounded by four walls.

(A lover is blindly preoccupied with love.)



Aşık olan karda gezer, izini belli etmez.
The lover walks in snow without leaving obvious traces.
(A true lover is always discreet.)



Aşk bir deryadır dalmayan bilmez.
Love is [like] a sea, one who doesn't dive in doesn't know it.
(Until you experience love, it's a mystery.)



Yardan geçmez serden geçer.
One may abandon one's head (ie. give up one's life),
but not one's friend.



Aşk ile pençeleşmeye demir pazı gerek.
One needs muscles of iron to fight
against love.


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