Paroles et traduction Levent Yüksel - Hakim Bey

Hakim Bey

Şikâyetim var cümle yasaktan
Dillerimi hâkim bey bağlasan durmaz
Gelsin jandarma, polis karakoldan
Fikrim firarda, mapusa sığmaz eyvah
Gün olur yerle yeksan olurum
Gün olur şahım devri devranda
Kanun üstüne kanun yapsalar
Söz uçar yazı iki cihanda eyvah
Sussan olmuyor, susmasan olmaz
Dil dursa hâkim bey tende can durmaz
Yazsan olmuyor, yazmasan olmaz
Kaleme tedbir koma, tek durmaz
Şikâyetim var cümle yasaktan
Dillerimi hâkim bey bağlasan durmaz
Gelsin jandarma, polis karakoldan
Fikrim firarda, mapusa sığmaz eyvah
Sussan olmuyor, susmasan olmaz
Dil dursa hâkim bey tende can durmaz
Yazsan olmuyor, yazmasan olmaz
Kaleme tedbir koma, tek durmaz
Gün olur yerle yeksan olurum
Gün olur şahım devri devranda
Kanun üstüne kanun yapsalar
Söz uçar yazı iki cihanda eyvah

Hakim Bey

I have a complaint about all the prohibitions
Even if you, my Lord Judge, were to tie my tongues, they would not be silenced
Let the gendarmerie, police, and jailers come
My thoughts are fugitive, they cannot be confined
One day I shall be razed to the ground
One day I shall be a king, the world will turn
If they were to make law upon law
Words fly, but writing remains
To be silent is impossible, to speak is dangerous
If my tongue were to stop, my body would not be still
To write is impossible, not to write is dangerous
Do not restrain my pen, it will not be quiet
I have a complaint about all the prohibitions
Even if you, my Lord Judge, were to tie my tongues, they would not be silenced
Let the gendarmerie, police, and jailers come
My thoughts are fugitive, they cannot be confined
To be silent is impossible, to speak is dangerous
If my tongue were to stop, my body would not be still
To write is impossible, not to write is dangerous
Do not restrain my pen, it will not be quiet
One day I shall be razed to the ground
One day I shall be a king, the world will turn
If they were to make law upon law
Words fly, but writing remains