Verse 1]
She was married to the Bosphorus
She threw her ring in then she blew a kiss
To the Ottomans and Byzantines
Lying beneath the sea
She wore a pink and yellow summer dress
She kept her hair just like a poetess
She traveled all the way to Germany
The trains and the cold, dark sea
[Chorus]
The amber glow of a morning cigarette
On the İstiklâl Caddesi
The vapor trails and the tiny minerettes
All the domes in silhouette
[Verse 2]
She wore a pink and yellow summer dress
She kept her hair just like a poetess
She traveled all the way to Germany
The trains and the cold, dark sea
[Chorus]
The amber glow of a morning cigarette
On the İstiklâl Caddesi
The vapor trails and the tiny minerettes
All the domes in silhouette