Translation of the song lyrics Benden Sana - Nil Karaibrahimgil

Benden Sana (original)

Karanlıktan gelicekler
Önünde dikilecekler
Sarı sarı dişleri olucak
Sivri pençeleri olucak
Yakalayacak sanıcaksın
Ama hep sen kazanıcaksın
Ben sana koşmayı öğreticem
İçinden gülmeyi öğreticem
Yalanlar söylicekler
Sözlerinden dönecekler
Buzdan kalpleri olucak
Acı sözleri olucak
Yaralıyacak sanıcaksın
Ama hep sen kazanıcaksın
Üstlerine gitmeyi öğreticem
Düşünce kalkmayı öğreticem
Bazen de susmayıp bağırmayı
Utanmadan hüngür hüngür ağlamayı
Sevgililer gelicekler
Kalbini delicekler
Ahu bakışları olucak
Tatlı dilleri olucak
Hep sevecek sanıcaksın
Ama bazen yanılıcaksın
O an orda durmayı göstericem
Bu da geçer yahuyu öğreticem
Bazen de tam ortadan kırılmayı
Yere düşen camlar gibi dağılmayı
Bazen yalnız bırakıcaklar
Ne yapıcaksın bakıcaklar
Hep planları olucak
Hep bi' başları olucak
Kırılıcak sanıcaksın
Ama hep sen başarıcaksın
İçinden yanmayı göstericem
Kendini sevmeyi öğreticem
Gidip de varmayı öğreticem

Benden Sana (translation)

Out of the murk they shall issue forth
And rise as ramparts before your stride,
Their teeth the sallow gold of fevered moons,
Their claws, keen as frost on cathedral glass,
You’ll think their grip is closing on your flight,
But always, you shall claim the laurel prize.
I will teach you how to outrun the storm,
How laughter may blossom, hidden, in your breast,
They will unfurl their words like veils of smoke,
And turn their promises back into dust,
Their hearts will be winter, sealed in crystal sleep,
Their tongues will carve wounds sharper than ice.
You’ll think their barbs will pierce you to the core,
But always, you shall grasp the victor’s crown.
I’ll show you how to press through hostile ranks,
How to rise from tangles of thought’s dark well,
And sometimes, instead of silence—roar aloud,
Or weep, unshamed, a river wild and whole.
Lovers will come, with footsteps echoing dawn,
They will thread your heart with burning needles,
Their eyes will startle, wild as forest does,
Their tongues will sing honeyed, dangerous tunes,
You’ll think their love will last through all of time,
But sometimes, you shall wander in the dark.
I’ll teach you how to halt upon that edge,
To whisper: This, too, shall pass, a quiet spell.
And sometimes, to break clean through the very heart,
To scatter, like glass dashed down upon the stones.
At times, you’ll find yourself left to the hush,
And all will wait, to see what you become,
They’ll have their schemes spun fine as spider silk,
They’ll have a chieftain, crowned in borrowed light,
You’ll think the world is poised to splinter you,
But always, you shall wrest the hidden prize.
I’ll show you how the secret fire burns within,
How to treasure yourself, as the field loves the dawn,
How leaving is also arriving—how journeys turn.