| Bu mu aşkın sen yorumu | Is this how you interpret the alchemy of love, |
| Bozuk «y» kromozomu | A broken Y-chromosome, a cipher askew in the script, |
| Söylüyorum yüzüne | I speak this truth, unmasked, to your face, |
| Yapmam dedikodunu | Your name will never sharpen on my tongue as gossip, |
| Valla bana bir şey olmaz | By my oath—no harm will ever reach me, |
| Dünya ip ben cambaz | The world a taut wire, myself its acrobat above the abyss, |
| Dengem hiç bozulmaz | My poise undisturbed—still as a star on black velvet, |
| Öyle de kalsın | Let such equipoise remain untouched, |
| Yazarım ben kitabını da | I, too, could pen your story in a dust-bound volume, |
| Vermiyorum sana renk | Yet grant you not a single hue from my invisible palette, |
| İlk kez sevdaya | For the first time, love unfurls a banner I cannot carry, |
| Gelmedi kalbim denk | My heart, a coin unpaired, finds no match in fate's purse, |
| Valla bana bir şey olmaz | By my oath—no harm will ever reach me, |
| Sen kurnaz ben cambaz | You, a subtle fox; I, the dancer of wires and shade, |
| Ama bu kalp uslanmaz | Yet this restless heart will not be gentled, |
| Öyle de kalsın | Let such wildness lie unbroken, |
| (Nakarat) | (Chorus) |
| Burdan manzara farklı | From here, the prospect shifts—colors run strange, |
| Sen suçlu ben haklı | You in the dock, I the righteous—so the scales declare, |
| Tam giderken geri döndüm | On the edge of departure, something called me back mid-step, |
| Resmi anca şimdi gördüm | Only now do I see the portrait whole, as if for the first time |