közleri çıraq barırğa

/køzleri tʃɯraq barɯrʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

for one's eyes to go as a lamp

Intended meaning

To hold one's gaze steadily turned toward one place or one thing, without looking away.
  • Sakinat ol halda, kökge közü çıraq barıb, igi kesek turdu.Sakinat stood like that for quite a while, her gaze fixed on the sky.
  • Toyda birgeŋe tepsewçü jaşıŋa Suqlanama, közlerim çıraq bara.I envy the young man who dances beside you at the wedding, my eyes fixed on him.

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