sevda

English translation: yearning for love

15:38 Mar 11, 2004

Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Turkish term or phrase: sevda

Aşka sabır yeterli olmuyor
Bu sevda başımdan gitmiyor
Eşimden, dostumdan kaçar oldum
Sevdalandım ben sana, aşık oldum

I'm looking for a good translation of "sevda". I don't think "love" is right. It appears on both the 2nd as the 4th line.

FredVP

English translation:yearning for love

Explanation:
In this context? Or even passion?

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Note added at 2 hrs 38 mins (2004-03-11 18:17:21 GMT)
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One more option - infatuation

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Olga Demiryurek
Türkiye
Local time: 09:50

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3 +2

yearning for love

Olga Demiryurek

3 +1

Lust

SCothran (X)

amor

seraps

I don't think sevda could be translated,

Özden Arıkan

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peer agreement (net): +2

yearning for love

Olga Demiryurek
Türkiye
Local time: 09:50
Native speaker of: Russian
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Lust

Explanation:
close to passion!

SCothran (X)
Native speaker of:

Turkish

8 days confidence:

I don't think sevda could be translated,

Explanation:
or could be rendered with a single concept in English: it's love, and passionate, usually one-sidedly, hence not very happy, involving a certain level of frustration, hence yearning, a bit obsessive, without much chance for accomplishment, let's say relationship, in the horizon, therefore not tested agains reality, therefore ideal, maybe even platonic, probably not very rational, etc.

In the line "Bu sevda başımdan gitmiyor", instead of looking for a certain concept that would be fit for "sevda", something in line with "I cannot get you out of my mind / I cannot stop thinking of you / I cannot help but yearning for you" might be better

For the line "Sevdalandım ben sana, âşık oldum", I would use something like "I am smitten by you, I am in love with you"

Özden Arıkan
Germany
Local time: 08:50
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Turkish
PRO pts in category: 32

13 days confidence:

amor

Explanation:
amor has more effective meaning

seraps
Local time: 09:50

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