Gayrı Dayanamam Ben Bu Hasrete (I Can No Longer Bear This Longing)
Story
According to Çorum Municipality’s song-collection publication, Çorum is a “land of folk poets,” and its long-form songs (uzun hava) “burn the heart” — this very bozlak is offered as the example. The song is a burning cry from a lover who can no longer bear separation, pleading, “either take me with you, or do not go yourself.” The place name “Urludağ” (Uğurludağ, a district of Çorum) appears in its verses, and in the final stanza the poet signs off with his own name, Hüseyin — a traditional device in aşık (folk minstrel) poetry known as “mahlas,” in which the poet names himself in the closing lines.
About
It is an “uzun hava” (unmetered long-form song), specifically a bozlak, from the Alaca district of Çorum. Its TRT Repertoire No. is 187. According to Çorum Municipality’s official record, both the source singer and the collector are listed as Ali İhsan Erdoğan — meaning the piece was taken directly from the poet’s own words. Alaca is the source district for all 14 Çorum bozlaks in the TRT repertoire. For more on the Alaca district: /en/district/alaca/
Lyrics
A representative excerpt of the bozlak’s traditional (anonymous) words:
I can no longer bear this longing,
Either take me with you, or do not go yourself.
(Line variants differ from source to source.)