| Olmaz civanım imkânsız vazgeçmek olmaz | No, beloved, to renounce you is a stone sealed in its dream, |
| Ben sana varmazsam eğer gözüm açık giderim | If I do not reach you, my eyes will remain unshut in the grave, |
| Oynar gider yarım aklımda bende durmaz | My half-crazed mind spins wild, a dervish in a sunlit field, |
| Ben seni almazsam eğer mahvolurum biterim | If I cannot claim you, I will shatter—wither to a winter seed. |
| Sen yeter ki sev kulun olayım | Only let your heart incline, and I shall be your lowest servant, |
| Bir dile bin yıl kölen olayım | For a wish upon your tongue, I’ll carry chains for a thousand years, |
| Boynuna koynuna dolanayım | Let me coil around your neck, my arms a silken noose of longing, |
| Mahşere kadar | Until judgment’s last trumpet blows dusk upon the world. |
| Sen yeter ki sev kulun olayım | Only let your heart incline, and I shall be your lowest servant, |
| Bir dile bin yıl kölen olayım | For a wish upon your tongue, I’ll carry chains for a thousand years, |
| Boynuna koynuna dolanayım | Let me coil around your neck, my arms a silken noose of longing, |
| Mahşere kadar | Until judgment’s last trumpet blows dusk upon the world. |
| Vallahi dünyayı yikarım başına | By heaven, I would unmake creation, bring the roof down on your dawn, |
| Kimselere yar etmem seni bakmam gözyaşına | No stranger shall taste you, my gaze won’t be caught by your tears, |
| Mecbursun mecbursun hiç çaren yok | You have no escape, no path—fate has locked all gates behind you, |
| İnadı bırak gel şükredeceksin sonra şanşına | Cast your stubbornness aside, you’ll praise fortune for this afterglow. |
| Sen yeter ki sev kulun olayım | Only let your heart incline, and I shall be your lowest servant, |
| Bir dile bin yıl kölen olayım | For a wish upon your tongue, I’ll carry chains for a thousand years, |
| Boynuna koynuna dolanayım | Let me coil around your neck, my arms a silken noose of longing, |
| Mahşere kadar | Until judgment’s last trumpet blows dusk upon the world. |
| Sen yeter ki sev kulun olayım | Only let your heart incline, and I shall be your lowest servant, |
| Bir dile bin yıl kölen olayım | For a wish upon your tongue, I’ll carry chains for a thousand years, |
| Boynuna koynuna dolanayım | Let me coil around your neck, my arms a silken noose of longing, |
| Mahşere kadar | Until judgment’s last trumpet blows dusk upon the world. |
| Yandım amanın yandım ben bir esmerin narına | I have burned, oh how I have burned, in the ember of a dark-eyed flame, |
| Getirin basayım tuz üstüne tuz kapanmayan yarama | Bring salt upon salt, bind it to this wound that will not close, |
| Ya sen gel ya da ben geleyim ferman buyur | Either you beckon or I will come—whisper your sovereign decree, |
| Ahdım var başkoyacağım yastığına yorganına | I have sworn to lay my head upon your pillow, sleep beneath your sky. |
| Sen yeter ki sev kulun olayım | Only let your heart incline, and I shall be your lowest servant, |
| Bir dile bin yıl kölen olayım | For a wish upon your tongue, I’ll carry chains for a thousand years, |
| Boynuna koynuna dolanayım | Let me coil around your neck, my arms a silken noose of longing, |
| Mahşere kadar | Until judgment’s last trumpet blows dusk upon the world. |
| Sen yeter ki sev kulun olayım | Only let your heart incline, and I shall be your lowest servant, |
| Bir dile bin yıl kölen olayım | For a wish upon your tongue, I’ll carry chains for a thousand years, |
| Boynuna koynuna dolanayım | Let me coil around your neck, my arms a silken noose of longing, |
| Mahşere kadar | Until judgment’s last trumpet blows dusk upon the world. |
| Sen yeter ki sev kulun olayım | Only let your heart incline, and I shall be your lowest servant, |
| Bir dile bin yıl kölen olayım | For a wish upon your tongue, I’ll carry chains for a thousand years, |
| Boynuna koynuna dolanayım | Let me coil around your neck, my arms a silken noose of longing, |
| Mahşere kadar | Until judgment’s last trumpet blows dusk upon the world. |
| Sen yeter ki sev | Only let your heart incline |