Translation of the song lyrics Yangın Gecesi - Ahmet Kaya

Yangın Gecesi (original)

Yangın gecesinde giyinmiştim
Ateş İstanbul’a bulaşmıştı
Yalnızdım, zehirdim, zehirliydim
Bütün köprülerim atılmıştı
Gemileri ellerimle batırmıştım
İstanbul nefes nefes yanıyordu
Sen tutuşmuştun, yanıyordun
Çığlıkların kulağımdan gitmeyecek
Saçların tutuşmuştu, yanıyordu
Ateş dudaklarına bulaşmıştı
Kimsecik yangını görmüyordu
Bir damlacık su vermiyordu
Sen bir cehennemdin, yanıyordun
İstanbul bir cehennemdi, yanıyordu
Ben eski cehennemdim, yanıyordum
Şiirlerim haykırmaya başlamıştı
Duman beni boğmasa, kör etmezse
Gözlerim kör olmasa, ölmezsem
Seni görsem, suçlu gözlerini görsem
Yangın gecesinde kaybolduğunu
Başıma taş yağmasa düşmezsem
Gemiler ateş almasa, gitmezse
İstanbul yanmasa, sen yanmasan
Ben kendi kendimi yakacaktım

Yangın Gecesi (translation)

I was dressed on the night of the fire
The fire had infected Istanbul
I was alone, I was poison, I was poison
All my bridges were thrown
I sunk ships with my hands
Istanbul was burning out of breath
You were on fire, you were on fire
Your screams won't go away
Your hair was on fire, it was on fire
The fire was on his lips
No one saw the fire
It did not give a drop of water
You were a hell, you were burning
Istanbul was a hell, it was on fire
I was the old hell, I was burning
My poems began to scream
If the smoke doesn't suffocate me, if it doesn't blind me
If my eyes weren't blind, if I didn't die
If I see you, if I see your guilty eyes
Lost in the night of the fire
If I don't fall if stones don't fall on my head
If the ships don't catch fire, don't go
If Istanbul doesn't burn, if you don't burn
I would burn myself