| «sen benim kalbimsin | You are the heart that beats within my breast, |
| haberim varmi? | Did you suspect this secret thrum of mine? |
| kalbi olmadan yasayamaz insan, bir fikrin varmi? | No soul endures with its own core dispossessed—tell me, did this thought ever cross your mind? |
| sen beni öldurcenim, | You are the hand that seals my fateful doom, |
| cildircanmi canim | Will longing drive you wild, my soul’s desire? |
| sen beni öldurcenim, | You are the hand that seals my fateful doom, |
| cildircanmi canim | Will longing drive you wild, my soul’s desire? |
| gözlerimde söyluyorsa dogrudur | If truth is smoldering in the embers of my gaze, it will not lie, |
| desem inanirmisin? | Would you believe me, if I bore my longing in a sigh? |
| seni iyi gördum diyorsun | You say, 'you seem well'—as if the sun has found my face, |
| yalana bakarmisin | Can you not see that falsehood standing there, unmasked? |
| gözlerimde söyluyorsa dogrudur | If truth is smoldering in the embers of my gaze, it will not lie, |
| desem inanirmisin? | Would you believe me, if I bore my longing in a sigh? |
| aah seni iyi gördum diyorsun | Ah, you say, 'how well you look', as if the spring returns, |
| yalana bakarmisin | Can you not see that falsehood standing there, unmasked? |
| sende bir kalp varmi? | Tell me, do you possess a heart, a vessel for the storm? |
| bos’mu dolu’mu? | Is it barren as a desert, or brimming with some form? |
| varsa icinde az biraz | If somewhere in its chambers there’s a flicker, frail and slight, |
| bir ben bulunur’mu? | Could I be found, a single ember in that night? |
| sen beni öldurcenim, | You are the hand that seals my fateful doom, |
| cildirtcanmi canim | Will longing drive you wild, my soul’s desire? |
| sen beni öldurcenim, | You are the hand that seals my fateful doom, |
| cildirtcanmi canim | Will longing drive you wild, my soul’s desire? |
| bogazima kadar acilara battim desem | If I said, ‘I am submerged in sorrow to my throat’— |
| inanirmisin? | Would you believe this tidal note? |
| bir cagresi bulunur diyorlar | They claim that somewhere healing’s call will sound— |
| yalana bakarmisin | Can you not see the lie that coils around? |
| bogazima kadar acilara battim desem | If I said, ‘I am submerged in sorrow to my throat’— |
| inanirmisin? | Would you believe this tidal note? |
| bir cagresi bulunur diyorlar | They claim that somewhere healing’s call will sound— |
| yalana bakarmisin | Can you not see the lie that coils around? |
| aaaah aaaah | Ah—ah— |
| aaaaaaah | Ah—ah—ah— |
| sen beni öldurcenim, | You are the hand that seals my fateful doom, |
| cildirtcanmi canim | Will longing drive you wild, my soul’s desire? |
| sen beni öldurcenim, | You are the hand that seals my fateful doom, |
| cildirtcanmi canim | Will longing drive you wild, my soul’s desire? |
| sen beni öldurcenim, | You are the hand that seals my fateful doom, |
| cildirtcanmi canim | Will longing drive you wild, my soul’s desire? |
| sen beni öldurcenim, | You are the hand that seals my fateful doom, |
| cildirtcanmi canim." | Will longing drive you wild, my soul’s desire? |