Melike Şahin

English Translation | Burdayım

Melike Şahin

English

The noise of childhood, deafening to the ear
It returns, it comes back, slow and heavy
The heart was small, the dreams so vast
This weight is heavy, comes slow, and brings tears

Thinking the sadness of childhood would pass
I walked these roads, slow and steady
Oh, how deeply the blades have cut
They crush me, familiar patterns – grant me patience

My childhood, I’m here, I haven’t fled
We’ll clean the broken pieces, I’m here
Look, the gray, cold mornings have warmed
I’m here, I won’t leave you half-left

Original

Çocukluğun gürültüsü, kulak sağır
Döner geri, gelir geri, ağır ağır
Küçüktü kalp, büyüktü ah, umutları
Bu yük ağır, gelir ağır, ağlatır

Çocukluğun üzüntüsü geçer sanıp
Adımladım bu yolları ağır ağır
Nasıl derin de kesmiş ah kılıçları
Ezer beni, ezberleri, bana sabır

Çocukluğum, burdayım, kaçmadım
Kırıkları temizleriz, burdayım
Isındı bak gri, soğuk sabahların
Ben burdayım, seni komam orda yarım

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