Turkish lyrics and English translation
YIN YANG
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Turkish lyrics and English translation
Original Turkish lyrics
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English translation
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Original Turkish lyrics
Yürüdüğüm yollarda oldu bütün hayatım ziyan (Ziyan)
Artık birbirimiz için eskisi değiliz, inan (İnan bana)
(Tavsi—) Tavsiyemi bekleme, kendi kendine yan (Yan)
Bütünleştik diye düşünmüştüm, yin ve yang, yin ve yang, yin ve yang
English translation
On the paths I've walked, my whole life's gone to waste (To waste)
We're not who we used to be for each other, believe me (Believe me)
(Advi—) Don't wait for my advice, just burn on your own (Burn)
I thought we completed each other, yin and yang, yin and yang, yin and yang
Original Turkish lyrics
Umarım hayatın boyunca mutluluklar olur ve çocuklarınla
Seni çok daha iyi anlayan birisi, alkolle arası olmayan birisi
Veya istediğinde yüzde yüz seninle, seninle kendini unutan birisi
Benim seçeneğim daha erken verildi ve sabitlendim şeytanla
Gitmek zorundayım, sen beni bilirsin, sinirlenirim hep kaybedince
İçimde nelerin olduğunu merak ederdin hep kabuğuma çekildiğimde
Tavanı yüksek bi' hayal gücüm var ve kaybolurum koridorlarında
Şeytan hep fikrimi zorladığında, şeytan hiç fikrimi sormadığında
English translation
I hope you find happiness for the rest of your life, with your kids
Someone who understands you so much better, someone who doesn't have a problem with alcohol
Or someone who's one hundred percent there for you, who can lose themselves in you
My path was set earlier, and my fate was sealed with the devil
I have to go, you know me, I always get angry when I lose
You always wondered what was inside me when I withdrew into my shell
My imagination has high ceilings, and I get lost in its corridors
When the devil forces my hand, when the devil doesn't even ask for my opinion
Original Turkish lyrics
Yürüdüğüm yollarda oldu bütün hayatım ziyan (Ziyan)
Artık birbirimiz için eskisi değiliz, inan (İnan bana)
(Tavsi—) Tavsiyemi bekleme, kendi kendine yan (Yan)
Bütünleştik diye düşünmüştüm, yin ve yang, yin ve yang, yin ve yang
English translation
On the paths I've walked, my whole life's gone to waste (To waste)
We're not who we used to be for each other, believe me (Believe me)
(Advi—) Don't wait for my advice, just burn on your own (Burn)
I thought we completed each other, yin and yang, yin and yang, yin and yang
Original Turkish lyrics
Umarım hayatın boyunca sıcak bi' yatak, samimi bi' sarılış bulursun
Hepsiyle boğuştum bir bir, acımadılar, sırtımda bıçakları unuttum
Bi' yerde durursun, insansın, bi' yerde durursun, durmadım, diplere kavuştum
Dipleri severim, diplerim benim (Oysaki göklere âşıktım, ah)
Gitmek zorunda mı? İnan ki bilmem, ne bilsem bildiğim şey başıma bela
"Bilmediklerimin peşinde kayboldum" oldu "Ner'deydin?" diye sorduğunda cevap
Rüyamda buluştum gece seninle, öptüm bi' daha öpemiy'cekmiş gibi
Beni istemiyo' bedenim bile, farkında bi' hiçliğe sürüklediğimi her şeyimi
English translation
I hope for the rest of your life, you find a warm bed, a genuine embrace
I fought them all, one by one, they showed no mercy, I even forgot about the knives in my back
At some point you stop, you're human, you're supposed to stop—I didn't, and I hit rock bottom
I love the bottom, the bottom is mine (And yet, I used to be in love with the sky, ah)
Do I have to go? Honestly, I don't know, whatever I know just brings me trouble
“I got lost chasing the unknown” became my answer when you asked “Where were you?”
I met you in my dream last night, kissed you as if I could never kiss you again
Even my own body rejects me, I'm aware that I'm dragging everything I have into nothingness
Original Turkish lyrics
Yürüdüğüm yollarda oldu bütün hayatım ziyan (Ziyan)
Artık birbirimiz için eskisi değiliz, inan (İnan bana)
(Tavsi—) Tavsiyemi bekleme, kendi kendine yan (Yan)
Bütünleştik diye düşünmüştüm, yin ve yang, yin ve yang, yin ve yang
English translation
On the paths I've walked, my whole life's gone to waste (To waste)
We're not who we used to be for each other, believe me (Believe me)
(Advi—) Don't wait for my advice, just burn on your own (Burn)
I thought we completed each other, yin and yang, yin and yang, yin and yang
Original Turkish lyrics
(Yin ve yang)
English translation
(Yin and yang)
Translation notes
my whole life's gone to waste
The Turkish phrase “Bütün hayatım ziyan oldu” is especially forceful. It conveys not only lost time, but also wasted potential, effort, and hope. “Gone to waste” preserves that sense of helplessness.
burn on your own
“Burn” is figurative here: to suffer and wear oneself down. The line is a harsh way of saying, “I cannot help you or offer advice; you must face your pain alone.”
my fate was sealed with the devil
The original line “Sabitlendim şeytanla” suggests that the narrator has made an inescapable pact with his darker side, destructive habits, or inner demons. “My fate was sealed” preserves that sense of inevitability.
knives in my back
The image suggests so many betrayals—being stabbed in the back—that the narrator has become numb to the pain and begun to treat it as normal.
hit rock bottom
“Hit rock bottom” is the idiomatic English equivalent of “diplere kavuşmak”: reaching the lowest possible point in one's life.
the bottom is mine
This is one of the song's strongest contrasts. The narrator has embraced rock bottom so fully that it now feels like his own place, while the parenthetical recalls how hopeful and dream-driven he once was.
Even my own body rejects me
This line expresses an extreme form of self-loathing: the narrator feels so alienated from himself that even his body seems to cast him out.