Şişeler
(Bottles)

This page contains a translation into English of the lyrics to "Şişeler", a well-known traditional Turkish song often used by belly dancers in North America. It is often incorrectly spelled as "Shisheler" by people outside of Turkey whose keyboards are unable to produce the cedilla on the letter "s". It is popularly used as a drinking song.

On Turkish Delight, Folk & Gypsy Music of Turkey, published by Monitor Records, the title of this song appears as "Lingo, Lingo, Shisheler", which it translates as "Bottles, Bottles". The sleeve provides the translation of the first two verses and the chorus that appears below. The translation for the third verse that appears below, plus corroboration of the lyrics for the first two verses and the chorus were provided by Robyn C. Friend, Ph.D., and Ergun Tamer. Per Robyn, "Şişeler" means "Bottles", and "Lingo" is a nonsense filler word similar to "tra-la".

Song lyrics are provided for educational purposes. If you like the song, please purchase either the album or a download from an authorized source.

Listen to MP3 Clips of This Song

	Sung by John Bilezikjian
	Sung by Omar Faruk Tekbilek
	Sung by Brothers of the Baladi
	Sung by the Feenjon Group

Lyrics

Where to Get Recordings of this Song

	Listen to Clip	Artist: Omar Faruk Tekbilek CD Title: Gypsy Fire
	Listen to Clip	Artist: Brothers of the Baladi Album Title: Further Journeys
	Listen to Clip	Artist: John Bilezikjian & Var Daghdevirian Album Title: Sirocco Dantz Records - John Bilezikjian P.O. Box 2434 Laguna Hills, CA 92654-2434 Telephone: (+1) (949) 581-5664 Web Site: www.dantzrecords.com
	Listen to Clip	Artist: Feenjon Group CD Title: An Evening at the Cafe Feenjon

About the Translator

Many thanks for Robyn C. Friend, Ph.D., and Ergun Tamer, for their assistance in creating this translation. Robyn, based in Southern California, sings Turkish folk, Turkish classical, and Persian classical music, and also performs Persian classical dancing. Ergun is Robyn’s source for most things Turkish. You can visit Robyn's web site at home.earthlink.net/~rcfriend .

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