Lyrics of Yolcu - Ceylan Ertem

Yolcu (original)

Bir anadan dünyaya gelen yolcu
Görünce dünyaya gönül verdin mi?
Kimi böyük, kimi böcek, kimi kul
Merak edip hiçbirini sordun mu
Bunlar neden nedenini sordun mu?
İnsan ölür ama ruhu ölmez
Bunca mahlukat var hiçbiri gülmez
Cehennem azabı zordur çekilmez
Azap çeken hayvanları gördün mü?
İnsandan doğanlar insan olurlar
Hayvandan doğan hayvan olurlar
Hepisi de bu dünyaya gelirler
Ana haktır sen bu sırra erdin mi?
Bunlar neden sebebini sordun mu?
Vade tekmil olup ömrün dolmadan
Emanetçi emanetin almadan
Ömrünün bağının gülü solmadan
Varıp bir canana ikrar verdin mi?
Varıp bir cananın kulu oldun mu?
Garip bülbül gibi feryat ederiz
Cahiller elinde küskün kederiz
Cehalet elinde küskün kederiz
Hep yolcuyuz böyle geldik gideriz
Dünya senin vatanın mı yurdun mu?

(translation)

A passenger born from a mother
Did you fall in love with the world when you saw it?
Some are big, some are insects, some are servants.
Did you wonder and ask any of them?
Did you ask why these are?
Man dies but his soul does not die
There are so many creatures, none of them laugh
The torment of hell is hard to bear
Have you seen the suffering animals?
Humans become humans
They become animals born of animals
All of them come to this world
It is the main right, have you reached this secret?
Did you ask why these are?
The maturity is complete and before your life expires
Without the escrow's escrow
Before the rose of the bond of your life fades
Did you come and make a confession to a beast?
Did you arrive and become a servant of a beast?
We cry like a strange nightingale
We are grieving in the hands of the ignorant
We are resentful sorrow in the hands of ignorance
We are always passengers, we come and go like this
Is the world your homeland or your homeland?