| Gıybet çok, kıymeti yok | Gossip swells, yet weighs less than a feather’s sigh, |
| Yarının hayali bugüne yeter mi? | Does tomorrow’s mirage offer enough for your thirst today? |
| İçimi sıkar, yoluma uzanır | It presses my breast, unfurls its darkness along my road, |
| Dünden yaralarım yarına giderli | Scars from yesterday’s blade, astride tomorrow’s pale horse, |
| Gıybet çok, kıymeti yok | Gossip swells, yet weighs less than a feather’s sigh, |
| Yarının hayali bugüne yeter mi? | Does tomorrow’s mirage offer enough for your thirst today? |
| İçimi sıkar, yoluma uzanır | It presses my breast, unfurls its darkness along my road, |
| Dünden yaralarım yarına giderli | Scars from yesterday’s blade, astride tomorrow’s pale horse, |
| Sarılırım birine, hatırlatır derine | I gather you into my arms—old wounds plunge deeper still, |
| Küsmenin ne faydası var? | Woman, what harvest grows from the silence of a grudge? |
| Solup gidiyor bahar | Spring, paling to ash, exhales its perfume and is gone, |
| Güzelinden biriktir, öldüm derken diriltir | Hoard loveliness—at the threshold of death, it revives the soul, |
| Seven elbet sevilir; nefret işte nefret kadar | Whoever loves, in turn shall gather love; hatred draws its own cold shadow, |
| Ve tekrar tekrar | And again, the wheel turns, again— |
| Sarılırım birine, hatırlatır derine | I gather you into my arms—old wounds plunge deeper still, |
| Küsmenin ne faydası var? | Woman, what harvest grows from the silence of a grudge? |
| Solup gidiyor bahar | Spring, paling to ash, exhales its perfume and is gone, |
| Güzelinden biriktir, öldüm derken diriltir | Hoard loveliness—at the threshold of death, it revives the soul, |
| Seven elbet sevilir; nefret işte nefret kadar | Whoever loves, in turn shall gather love; hatred draws its own cold shadow, |
| Kaza kaza bakınca derininde acı var | Dig and stare into ruins—beneath, agony pools like dark water, |
| Bilmeyince acıtan karıncanın belini | The ant’s slender waist: pain unknown until you break it, |
| Saldırganın halini anlayıp unutturan | Comprehending the beast, forgetting what fury has marred, |
| Herkesin birkaçı var kendisinden içeri | Each soul cradles a chorus of selves, secret within, |
| Kaza kaza bakınca derininde acı var | Dig and stare into ruins—beneath, agony pools like dark water, |
| Bilmeyince acıtan karıncanın belini | The ant’s slender waist: pain unknown until you break it, |
| Saldırganın halini anlayıp unutturan | Comprehending the beast, forgetting what fury has marred, |
| Herkesin birkaçı var kendisinden içeri | Each soul cradles a chorus of selves, secret within, |
| Gıybet çok, kıymeti yok | Gossip swells, yet weighs less than a feather’s sigh, |
| Yarının hayali bugüne yeter mi? | Does tomorrow’s mirage offer enough for your thirst today? |
| İçimi sıkar, yoluma uzanır | It presses my breast, unfurls its darkness along my road, |
| Dünden yaralarım yarına giderli | Scars from yesterday’s blade, astride tomorrow’s pale horse, |
| Sarılırım birine, hatırlatır derine | I gather you into my arms—old wounds plunge deeper still, |
| Küsmenin ne faydası var? | Woman, what harvest grows from the silence of a grudge? |
| Solup gidiyor bahar | Spring, paling to ash, exhales its perfume and is gone, |
| Güzelinden biriktir, öldüm derken diriltir | Hoard loveliness—at the threshold of death, it revives the soul, |
| Seven elbet sevilir; nefret işte nefret kadar | Whoever loves, in turn shall gather love; hatred draws its own cold shadow, |
| Kaza kaza bakınca derininde acı var | Dig and stare into ruins—beneath, agony pools like dark water, |
| Bilmeyince acıtan karıncanın belini | The ant’s slender waist: pain unknown until you break it, |
| Saldırganın halini anlayıp unutturan | Comprehending the beast, forgetting what fury has marred, |
| Herkesin birkaçı var kendisinden içeri | Each soul cradles a chorus of selves, secret within, |
| Kaza kaza bakınca derininde acı var | Dig and stare into ruins—beneath, agony pools like dark water, |
| Bilmeyince acıtan karıncanın belini | The ant’s slender waist: pain unknown until you break it, |
| Saldırganın halini anlayıp unutturan | Comprehending the beast, forgetting what fury has marred, |
| Herkesin birkaçı var kendisinden içeri | Each soul cradles a chorus of selves, secret within, |
| Kaza kaza bakınca derininde acı var | Dig and stare into ruins—beneath, agony pools like dark water, |
| Bilmeyince acıtan karıncanın belini | The ant’s slender waist: pain unknown until you break it, |
| Saldırganın halini anlayıp unutturan | Comprehending the beast, forgetting what fury has marred, |
| Herkesin birkaçı var kendisinden içeri | Each soul cradles a chorus of selves, secret within |