Paroles et traduction Hümeyra - Merdiven

Merdiven

Ağır ağır çıkacaksın bu merdivenlerden
Eteklerinde güneş rengi bir yığın yaprak
Ve bir zaman bakacaksın semaya ağlayarak

Sular sarardı yüzün perde perde solmakta
Kızıl havaları seyret ki akşam olmakta

Eğilmiş arza kanar muttasıl kanar güller
Durur alev gibi dallarda kanlı bülbüller

Sularmı yaktı neden tunca benziyor mermer
Bu bir lisan-ı hafidir ki ruha dolmakta
Kızıl havaları seyret ki akşam olmakta

Stairway

You will climb these stairs slowly and steadily
With a pile of sun-coloured leaves in your lap
And one day, you will look up at the sky and weep.

The waters have turned yellow, your face is fading, curtain by curtain,
Watch the crimson skies, for evening is drawing near.

The roses, bent towards the ground, continue to bleed,
The nightingales rest on the branches like flames of fire, bleeding.

Has the water burnt you? Why does the marble look like the Tunca River,
This is the language of the mystics, which fills the soul.
Watch the crimson skies, for evening is drawing near.