The Epic of Koroghlu, (Azerbaijani: Koroğlu dastanı, Turkish: Köroğlu destanı, Turkmen: Görogly dessany, Uzbek: Ko‘ro‘g‘li dostoni) is a heroic legend prominent in the oral traditions of the Turkic peoples. The legend typically describes a hero who seeks to avenge a wrong. It was often put to music and played at sporting events as an inspiration to the competing athletes. Koroghlu is the main hero of epic with the same name in Azerbaijani and Turkish as well as some other Turkic languages. The epic tells about the life and heroic deeds of Koroghlu as a hero of the people who struggled against unjust rulers. The epic combines the occasional romance with Robin Hood-like chivalry.
The legend first began to take shape sometime around the 11th century AD. The epic of Köroğlu exists in many variants in a number of different Turkic languages and is common to several different cultures. The story has been told for many generations by the Ashik bards of Azerbaijan and Turkey and has been written down mostly in the 18th century.
Ay you know what
I’ve been hiding my heart from you
You should know by now
How I feel inside, how I feel inside
Jeomjeom neoreul johahae
Jeongmal ireomyeon an doeneunde
Neon nae namjachinguui chingunde
Ireol ttaen eotteokhaeya haneunde
Cheoeum sesi mannal ttaen
Amu neukkimi eobseonneunde
Du beon se beon ne beoneul boge dwae
Neoege mollae nuni ganeunde
Hey, baby neodo nawa gatni
Nacheoreom tteolligo dugeungeorini
Naege meonjeo yaegihaejwo
Yaegihaejwo Oh, baby
[Che/Eff/Ann] motdwaenna bwa geureonga bwa
Na isanghage neoreul yoksimnae
[Eff/Ann/Len] eoringa bwa geureonga bwa
Da na ttaemune du saramui sain meoreojil tende
[ReD/Eff] nuguboda nega joha
Amugeotdo pillyo eobseo neoman isseumyeon dwae
[Eff/Len] geureochiman mal motaji nan
Nae namjachinguegen
Dapdaphago buranhae
Neoui beonhoreul nureuge dwae
Seoro jjarbeun insa nanun dwie
Eosaekhan chimmungmani heureune
Hoksi nae mam aneunji
Anim moreun cheokhaneun geonji
Mureobogo sipeo georeonneunde
Ipsuri umjigiji annneunde
Hey, baby neodo nawa gatni
Nacheoreom tteolligo dugeungeorini
Naege meonjeo yaegihaejwo
Yaegihaejwo Oh, baby
[Che/Eff] motdwaenna bwa geureonga bwa
Na isanghage neoreul yoksimnae
[ReD/Eff/Ann] eoringa bwa geureonga bwa
Da na ttaemune du saramui sain meoreojil tende
[ReD/Eff/Len] nuguboda nega joha
Amugeotdo pillyo eobseo neoman isseumyeon dwae
[Eff/Len] geureochiman mal motaji nan
Nae namjachinguegen
O ireoneun nal nae namjachinguga andamyeon
Geuttaeneun nal eolmana miwohalkka
Motdwaenna bwa geureonga bwa
Na isanghage neoreul yoksimnae
Eoringa bwa geureonga bwa
Da na ttaemune du saramui sain meoreojil tende
[Eff/Len] nuguboda nega joha
Amugeotdo pillyo eobseo neoman isseumyeon dwae
[Eff/Len] geureochiman mal motaji nan