Translation of the song Bir lahzam artist Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı

Turkish

Bir lahzam

English translation

An Infinitesimal Moment

Aynadaki aksim, gölgem, bir de ben.

My opposite in the mirror

Var mıdır, yok mudur onlar sahiden?

Does it exist or not really

Aşina değiller çektiklerime;

If one of 'em were in my shoes

içlerinden biri gelse yerime.

They're not used to suffer as I have

Ben bir gölge olsam, yahut bir hayal,

Wish I was a shadow or a phantasm

onlar gibi hissiz, onlar gibi lal.

Benumbed as they are, drunk as they are

Olsa bütün ömre bedel bir lahzam;

If so one of my moment would have been equal to a life

var görünsem, onlar gibi yok olsam!

Wish I could appear exist but not really

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