| Sevgini ckmaz yollarinda | On roads that wind into the dusk of your vanished love, |
| Senin dolaylarinda | Where shadows circle you in silent labyrinths, |
| Sana dair hasretim | My longing for you, a thirst the centuries could not quell, |
| Yuzyillardan kalma | Ancient as dust in the grottos of memory, |
| Aklimi kaciriyorum | I let my reason scatter like startled doves, |
| Bu cinnet aksamlarinda | In these evenings fevered with the smoke of madness, |
| Orda her kiminleysen | There—whomever keeps you company beneath those distant eaves, |
| Belki sevgilinleysen | Perhaps your lover's murmur braids your hair with midnight, |
| Syle kumralim icin sizlamaz mi Bilmem hatirlar misin | Tell me, my tawny one—does your heart not throb for me? Can you recall— |
| Gozlerim ne renkti | What hue swam in my eyes, what light did I bear? |
| Soyle kumralim benim adim neydi | Speak, my tawny one—what name did the wind once call me? |
| Bu kacinci hasretin | How many times has yearning carved its tally on your door? |
| Aylardan hangi aydir | Which month, in this endless turning, drapes its veil across us? |
| Soyle kumralim | Speak, my tawny one, |
| Ben adimi unuttum | I have let my own name slip into oblivion, |
| Bilmem hatirlar misin | Do you remember at all— |
| Gozlerim ne renkti | What color shimmered in my gaze? |
| Soyle kumralim benim adm neydiiii | Speak, my tawny one—what name was mine, what echo remains? |
| Sahip oldugum herseydin | You were the sum of all I ever possessed, |
| Herseyimi alio gittin | You gathered all I was and, unweaving, vanished |