Learn Kazakh with: Arman Joldar (Арман Жолдар)

by Hulan-Aru

Roads, clouds and a wind of fate that has carried people away from where they were born; the tears come down like a нөсер жауын, a cloudburst. What holds it together is exclamation rather than argument — ахау ахау, жолдар жол-ай.

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Interactive Subtitles & Translation

Жолдар жолдар келем жолда сапар кешіп

Latin: Joldar joldar kelem jolda sapar keşip

Literal: Roads roads I-come on-road journey traversing.

English: Roads, roads, I come on the road, traversing a journey.

Turkish: Yollar yollar, gelirim yolda sefer eyleyip.

Бұлттар бұлттар бізбен бірге атар көшіп

Latin: Būlttar būlttar bizben birge atar köşip

Literal: Clouds clouds with-us together migrating will-start.

English: Clouds, clouds, with us together, they will start migrating.

Turkish: Bulutlar bulutlar, bizle beraber göçer.

Тағдыр желі туған жерден ауған талай

Latin: Tağdyr jeli tuğan jerden auğan talai

Literal: Fate's wind born land-from drifted many.

English: Fate's wind, from (my) birthplace, has drifted many times.

Turkish: Kader (takdir) yeli doğduğu yerden savurmuş nice.

Көздің жасы нөсер жауын жауған талай

Latin: Közdiñ jasy nöser jauyn jauğan talai

Literal: Eye's tear downpour rain fallen many.

English: Eye's tears, like a downpour of rain, have fallen many times.

Turkish: Gözünün yaşı sağanak yağmur olup yağmış nice.

Сағаныштан…

Latin: Sağanyştan…

Literal: Longing-from...

English: From longing...

Turkish: Özlemden...

Ахау ахау жолдар жол-ай

Latin: Ahau ahau joldar jol-ai

Literal: Oh oh roads road-oh.

English: Oh, oh, roads, oh road!

Turkish: Ah ah, yollar yol ah!

Өтті-ау талай өмір солай

Latin: Ötti-au talai ömir solai

Literal: Passed-oh many life that-way.

English: Oh, much life passed that way.

Turkish: Geçti ah, nice ömür öyle.

Жолдар жолдар бірге болсын сапарымыз

Latin: Joldar joldar birge bolsyn saparymyz

Literal: Roads roads together let-it-be our-journey.

English: Roads, roads, let our journey be together.

Turkish: Yollar yollar, birlikte olsun seferimiz.

Жұлдыз өшіп сиреп қалмай қатарымыз

Latin: Jūldyz öşip sirep qalmai qatarymyz

Literal: Star dying-out thinning not-remaining our-row.

English: With the star not fading, our ranks not thinning out.

Turkish: Yıldız sönüp, seyrelmeden katarımız.

Үміт болып туа берші Алдан жолдар

Latin: Ümit bolyp tua berşi Aldan joldar

Literal: Hope being born-keep-particle front-from roads.

English: Roads, keep appearing as hope from the front.

Turkish: Ümit olup doğadur önden, yollar.

Алыс алыс жетелей бер арман жолдар

Latin: Alys alys jetelei ber arman joldar

Literal: Far far leading-keep dream roads.

English: Far, far, dream roads, keep leading.

Turkish: Uzak uzak çekip götür, hayal yollar.

Ахау ахау жолдар жол-ай

Latin: Ahau ahau joldar jol-ai

Literal: Oh oh roads road-oh.

English: Oh, oh, roads, oh road!

Turkish: Ah ah, yollar yol ah!

Өтті-ау талай өмір солай

Latin: Ötti-au talai ömir solai

Literal: Passed-oh many life that-way.

English: Oh, much life passed that way.

Turkish: Geçti ah, nice ömür öyle.

Ахау ахау жолдар жол-ай

Latin: Ahau ahau joldar jol-ai

Literal: Oh oh roads road-oh.

English: Oh, oh, roads, oh road!

Turkish: Ah ah, yollar yol ah!

Өтті-ау талай өмір солай

Latin: Ötti-au talai ömir solai

Literal: Passed-oh many life that-way.

English: Oh, much life passed that way.

Turkish: Geçti ah, nice ömür öyle.

Ахау ахау жолдар жол-ай

Latin: Ahau ahau joldar jol-ai

Literal: Oh oh roads road-oh.

English: Oh, oh, roads, oh road!

Turkish: Ah ah, yollar yol ah!

Өтті-ау талай өмір солай

Latin: Ötti-au talai ömir solai

Literal: Passed-oh many life that-way.

English: Oh, much life passed that way.

Turkish: Geçti ah, nice ömür öyle.

Ахау ахау жолдар жол-ай

Latin: Ahau ahau joldar jol-ai

Literal: Oh oh roads road-oh.

English: Oh, oh, roads, oh road!

Turkish: Ah ah, yollar yol ah!

Өтті-ау талай өмір солай

Latin: Ötti-au talai ömir solai

Literal: Passed-oh many life that-way.

English: Oh, much life passed that way.

Turkish: Geçti ah, nice ömür öyle.

Grammar notes, line by line

What each line is doing grammatically: the case and person endings it uses, the tense or mood of its verb, and the fixed expressions a dictionary will not resolve word by word. Lines that repeat in the song are listed once.

Joldar joldar kelem jolda sapar keşip

Жолдар жолдар келем жолда сапар кешіп

Roads, roads, I come on the road, traversing a journey.

'Сапар (Sapar) кешу (keşu)' is an idiom meaning 'to journey' or 'undertake a journey'.
'Келем (Kelem)' is a common contracted colloquial present form of 'келемін (kelemın)'.

Būlttar būlttar bizben birge atar köşip

Бұлттар бұлттар бізбен бірге атар көшіп

Clouds, clouds, with us together, they will start migrating.

'Бірге (Bırge)' functions here as a postposition governing the instrumental pronoun 'бізбен (bızben)'.

Tağdyr jeli tuğan jerden auğan talai

Тағдыр желі туған жерден ауған талай

Fate's wind, from (my) birthplace, has drifted many times.

'Туған (Tuğan) жер (jer)' is an idiom meaning 'birthplace' or 'homeland'.
Inversion puts the quantifier 'талай (talai)' after the past participle predicate 'ауған (auğan)'.

Közdiñ jasy nöser jauyn jauğan talai

Көздің жасы нөсер жауын жауған талай

Eye's tears, like a downpour of rain, have fallen many times.

'Көздің (Közdıñ) жасы (jasy)' is an izafet structure meaning 'tears' (literally 'eye's water').
'Нөсер (Nöser) жауын (jauyn)' is an emphatic collocation meaning 'downpour of rain'.

Ahau ahau joldar jol-ai

Ахау ахау жолдар жол-ай

Oh, oh, roads, oh road!

The suffix '-ай (ai)' on 'жол-ай (jol-ai)' is an emotive vocative particle indicating lament or yearning.

Ötti-au talai ömir solai

Өтті-ау талай өмір солай

Oh, much life passed that way.

The enclitic particle '-ау (au)' adds a tone of wistful emotional emphasis to 'өтті (öttı)'.

Joldar joldar birge bolsyn saparymyz

Жолдар жолдар бірге болсын сапарымыз

Roads, roads, let our journey be together.

'Болсын (Bolsyn)' is a 3rd-person imperative/optative expressing a wish ('may it be').

Jūldyz öşip sirep qalmai qatarymyz

Жұлдыз өшіп сиреп қалмай қатарымыз

With the star not fading, our ranks not thinning out.

'Сиреп (Sirep) қалмай (qalmai)' combines converb 'сиреп (sirep)' with the negative converb of auxiliary 'қалу (qalu)'.

Ümit bolyp tua berşi Aldan joldar

Үміт болып туа берші Алдан жолдар

Roads, keep appearing as hope from the front.

'Туа (Tua) берші (berşı)' uses the auxiliary verb 'беру (beru)' to express continuity, plus polite particle '-ші (şı)'.

Alys alys jetelei ber arman joldar

Алыс алыс жетелей бер арман жолдар

Far, far, dream roads, keep leading.

Reduplication 'алыс (alys) алыс (alys)' intensifies distance ('far, far away').
Compound verb '-й (i) бер (ber)' expresses continuous, uninhibited action ('keep on leading').
'арман (arman) жолдар (joldar)' functions as a vocative noun phrase ('dream roads').

Word study: 44 words with roots and origins

Every distinct word in the song, in the order it is first sung, with the dictionary form to look up, the endings on it, what it means here, and where the word came from. Words that recur are listed once.

Word	Dictionary form	Grammar	Meaning	Origin
JoldarЖолдар	jolжол	n., nom. pl.	roads	From Proto-Turkic *yōl.Wiktionary
kelemкелем	keluкелу	v., 1st pers. sg. pres. ind.	I come / am coming	From Proto-Turkic *kẹl-.Wiktionary
joldaжолда	jolжол	n., loc. sg.	on the road	From Proto-Turkic *yōl.Wiktionary
saparсапар	saparсапар	n., nom. sg.	journey	From Arabic.Wiktionary · Sözdikqor
keşıpкешіп	keşuкешу	v. conv.	wading / traversing	From Proto-Turkic *keč-.Wiktionary
BūlttarБұлттар	būltбұлт	n., nom. pl.	clouds	From Proto-Turkic *bulït.Wiktionary
bızbenбізбен	bızбіз	pron., inst.	with us	From Proto-Turkic *bi-ŕ.Wiktionary
bırgeбірге	bırgeбірге	adv.	together	From Proto-Turkic *bīr.Wiktionary
atarатар	atuату	v., fut. participle of 'ату (atu)'	will dawn / shoot	From Proto-Turkic *at-.Wiktionary
köşıpкөшіп	köşuкөшу	v. conv.	migrating / moving	From Proto-Turkic *köč-.Wiktionary
TağdyrТағдыр	tağdyrтағдыр	n., nom. sg.	fate	From Arabic.Wiktionary · Sözdikqor
jelıжелі	jelжел	n., 3rd pers. poss.	its wind	From Proto-Turkic *yẹl.Wiktionary
tuğanтуған	tuuтуу	v. past part.	born / native	From Proto-Turkic *tog-.
jerdenжерден	jerжер	n., abl. sg.	from the land	From Proto-Turkic *yẹr.Wiktionary
auğanауған	auuауу	v. past part.	drifted / shifted	From Proto-Turkic *āg- (to drift, shift).
talaiталай	talaiталай	adv.	many times / much	From Proto-Turkic *talay (sea, ocean, much).
KözdıñКөздің	közкөз	n., gen. sg.	of the eye	From Proto-Turkic *köŕ.Wiktionary
jasyжасы	jasжас	n., 3rd pers. poss.	its tear	From Proto-Turkic *yāĺ.Wiktionary
nöserнөсер	nöserнөсер	n., nom. sg.	downpour	Of uncertain origin, likely Mongolic or Persian.Listed in Sözdikqor
jauynжауын	jauynжауын	n., nom. sg.	rain	From Proto-Turkic *yag-.Wiktionary
jauğanжауған	jauuжауу	v. past part.	rained / poured	From Proto-Turkic *yag-.Wiktionary
SağanyştanСағаныштан	sağynyşсағыныш	n., abl. sg.	from longing	From Proto-Turkic *sagïn- (to long for).Listed in Wiktionary · Sözdikqor
AhauАхау	ahauахау	interj.	oh / alas	Traditional Kazakh melodic interjection.Listed in Sözdikqor
jol-aiжол-ай	jolжол	n., voc.	oh road!	From Proto-Turkic *yōl.Wiktionary
Öttı-auӨтті-ау	ötuөту	v., 3rd pers. sg. pret. ind.	passed, alas!	From Proto-Turkic *öt-.Wiktionary
ömırөмір	ömırөмір	n., nom. sg.	life	From Persian, from Arabic.Wiktionary · Sözdikqor
solaiсолай	solaiсолай	adv.	like that / thus	From Proto-Turkic *oš ol.Wiktionary
bolsynболсын	boluболу	v., 3rd pers. sg. opt./imp.	let it be	From Proto-Turkic *bōl-.Wiktionary
saparymyzсапарымыз	saparсапар	n., 1st pers. pl. poss.	our journey	From Arabic.Wiktionary · Sözdikqor
JūldyzЖұлдыз	jūldyzжұлдыз	n., nom. sg.	star	From Proto-Turkic *yulduŕ.Wiktionary
öşıpөшіп	öşuөшу	v. conv.	fading / dying out	From Proto-Turkic *öč- (to extinguish).Listed in Sözdikqor
sirepсиреп	sireuсиреу	v. conv.	thinning out	From Proto-Turkic *sērek (sparse, rare).Listed in Sözdikqor
qalmaiқалмай	qaluқалу	v. neg. conv.	without remaining / ending up	From Proto-Turkic *kāl-.Wiktionary
qatarymyzқатарымыз	qatarқатар	n., 1st pers. pl. poss.	our ranks / row	From Persian, probably from Arabic.Wiktionary · Sözdikqor
ÜmıtҮміт	ümıtүміт	n., nom. sg.	hope	From Persian omêd.Wiktionary · Sözdikqor
bolypболып	boluболу	v. conv.	becoming / as	From Proto-Turkic *bōl-.
tuaтуа	tuuтуу	v. conv.	being born / dawning	From Proto-Turkic *tog-.Wiktionary
berşıберші	beruберу	v., 2nd pers. sg. imp.	keep on / please	From Proto-Turkic *bēr-.Wiktionary
AldanАлдан	aldалд	n., abl. sg.	from ahead / in front	From Proto-Turkic *al (front).
AlysАлыс	alysалыс	adv.	far	From Middle Mongol.Wiktionary
jeteleiжетелей	jeteleuжетелеу	v., converb of 'жетелеу (jeteleu)'	leading	From Proto-Turkic *yẹt-.Wiktionary
berбер	beruберу	v., 2nd pers. sg. impv. of 'беру (beru)'	keep (doing)	From Proto-Turkic *bēr-.Wiktionary
armanарман	armanарман	n., attr.	dream	From Persian.Wiktionary · Sözdikqor
joldarжолдар	jolжол	n. pl.	roads	From Proto-Turkic *yōl.Wiktionary

Linguistic analysis is produced with AI assistance and reviewed by hand before publication. It is designed as an educational aid and may still contain translation or etymological errors.

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