Lyrics and translation Mercan Dede - Ab-i Nâfi

Ab-i Nâfi

Önceden ben tektim öncesinde bir melektim
Hep önümde bir şua ve nurdu var olan bebektim
Her tarafta tarlalar var hep çiçekli ben de ektim
Artık suları beklemek gerekti benim için

Düşman edinip düşman olmamak gerekti bunun için
Ben köstebektim yoktum ortalarda yurdum yerdi
Ve saklanırdım en derinde katlanırdım herbi derde
Ve herbi çileye, yeryüzündeyim güneş de benle

Kamaştı gözlerim bu bedenim hep savaştı
Gölgemin arkasında görkemim kaldı
Ben bi kuştum artık, güneşle arama perde
Geceyle aramız iyiydi bence

Kanatlarımdı rüzgar bu gönlümdeyse aşk var
Akılsa donmuş
Bir yunustum buz tutan denizlerin dibinde suskun
Oltalar ve ağlar birer mayın gibi
Bir çığlık duydum, sanki yapmayın demiş gibi deniz de ağlar

Ben bir okyanustum şimdi yağmur oldum orman oldum
Bir kuş oldum, akrep oldum, oğlak oldum, yaprak oldum, insan oldum
Ben de yandım, ben de ağladım bi boşluktaydım
Ve ben de toprak oldum

Water of Nâfi

I was single before, an angel before that
There was always a ray and a light before me, I was a baby that existed
There are fields everywhere, all flowery, and I planted them
Now it's time to wait for the water, for my sake

You shouldn't make enemies for the sake of making enemies
I was a mole, I wasn't around, my homeland was my yard
And I would hide in the deepest, I would endure every pain
And every torment, I'm on earth, the sun is with me

My eyes were dazzled, this body of mine always fought
My glory remained behind the shadow
I was a bird now, a veil between me and the sun
The night and I were on good terms, I think

The wind was my wings, there's love in this heart of mine
But the mind is frozen
I was a dolphin, silent in the depths of freezing seas
Fishing lines and nets like mines
I heard a scream, as if it said don't do it, the sea cries, too

I was an ocean, now I'm rain, I'm a forest
I became a bird, a scorpion, a Capricorn, a leaf, a human
I burned, and I cried, I was in a void
And I became dust, too