My Songs Reek of You

 Lesson 30 | keşke If Only

In Lesson 15, we learned about the basic use of the conditional ending -se and have encountered various uses along the way. In this lesson, we'll learn how to use the conditional in a counterfactual sense through the word "keşke," meaning "if only".

The artist in this lesson is Hüseyin Yalın, known by his stage name of Yalın. There's not a whole lot to say about Yalın for our purposes, other than his public persona in Turkey is more that of the soft spoken type, which has earned him many followers in a Turkish pop music scene dominated by very big personalities.

This catchy hit from 2005 revolves around the word "keşke" and these if only sentences. In the chorus, Yalın says "keşke oyunlar oynamasaydık" or "if only we had not played games". The verb "oynamasaydık" is comprise of a conditional ending with the addition of a past tense ending at the end: oynama-sa-ydı-k. Here's how you would conjugate it for other people.

Ben oynamasaydım
Sen oynamasaydın
O oynamasaydı
Biz oynamasaydık
Siz oynamasaydınız
Onlar oynamasaydı(lar)

This tense can of course also be used with positive verbs, depending on if you prefer to regret what you did or what you didn't do. For listening practice on this point, see:

Keşke bilseydim


Vocabulary



yetmek - to be enough
oynamak - to play
üzülmek - to become sad
yazılmak - to be written
uzak durmak - to stay away

saygı - respect
kuşku - doubt

hatrımdan - for my sake
itiraz - objection
iz - trace, remnant, footstep
yeter - enough, it's enough
oyun - game
buram buram - greatly, profusely, very much (adverb used to describe odors and similar things)
ihtiyaç - need
ihtiyacım var - I need


Yalın - Keşke



Bırak saygından kuşkum yok
Stop it, I have no doubt in your respect
Hatrımdan kalıyorsan hiç kalma bırak
If you're staying for my sake, don't stay, stop it
Sensiz olmaya itirazım var
I object to being without you
Canımı çok yakacak, izlerin bana yeter
It will really burn my soul, your traces/footprints are enough for me

Keşke oyunlar oynamasaydık
If only we had not played games
Üzülmeseydi şarkılar
If only the songs had not gotten sad
Hala sana yazılıyorlar
They're still being written for you
Hala buram buram sen kokuyorlar
They still reek of you

Keşke oyunlar oynamasaydık
Üzülmeseydi şarkılar
Hala sana yazılıyorlar
Hala buram buram sen kokuyorlar

Bırak sevginden şüphem yok
Stop it, I don't doubt your affection
Arkadaş kalıyorsak ben yapamam bırak
But if we are remaining friends, I can't do it, stop it
Sessiz kalmaya ihtiyacım var
I need to remain silent
Yanlızlığı senle özledim, uzak dur bana yeter
I missed loneliness with you, stay away, it's enough for me

Keşke oyunlar oynamasaydık
Üzülmeseydi şarkılar
Hala sana yazılıyorlar
Hala buram buram sen kokuyorlar

Keşke oyunlar oynamasaydık
Üzülmeseydi şarkılar
Hala sana yazılıyorlar
Hala buram buram sen kokuyorlar



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