Translation of the song lyrics Son Arzum - Nilüfer

Son Arzum (original)

Gelse bile son günüm
Koluna alsa ölüm
Gözlerimin önünde
Seninle geçen günüm
Senden sonra kalbimi
Sevgilere kapadım
Ben seninle o günü
Bin yıl gibi yaşadım
Son arzun nedir diye
Gelip de bana sorsalar
Gözlerime bakıp da
Her şeyi anlasalar
Açık gitmez gözlerim
Ölsem bile sevgilim
Kulaklarımda çınlıyor
Beni anlatan sözlerin
Aşkıma hiç dokunma
Bırak öylece kalsın
Gerçek sevgi neymiş
Bilmeyenler anlasın

Son Arzum (translation)

Even if my final dawn should break upon me,
And Death, that pale duenna, take my arm in hers,
Before my eyes—like dusk behind frosted glass—
The day I lingered with you settles in golden haze.
After you, my heart—an orchard after harvest—
Has latched its gates against the wild, unbidden loves.
That day with you, I drank deep of its honeyed hours,
And lived it out as though a thousand lifetimes passed.
If they should come, grave and hushed, to ask of me
What final wish my soul would cradle in its twilight,
Let them only gaze long into my unshielded eyes,
And in their silent light, divine the whole of me.
My eyelids will not consent to darken, to close—
Though death should claim me, beloved, still I watch you—
Your words, bright as struck crystal, echo in my marrow,
The syllables that shape the story I have been.
Disturb not my love—let it slumber, inviolate,
Leave it untouched, as a rose sealed under glass.
Let those who have not tasted what true devotion is
At last understand, learning in the hush you leave.