Boğaziçi [English translation]

Life means silence, quietness in the East,

In the West it's like a gemstone

Keeping quiet means virtue and merit in the East,

In the West it's like a worthless right

Separate us Bosphorus

Save me before drowning

Separate us Bosphorus

Bless me before I jump off

Laughing means disgrace and arrogance in the East,

In the West it's like a natural desire

Knowledge means prestige and esteem in the East

In the West it's measured in money

Separate us Bosphorus

Tell us without separating

Separate us Bosphorus

Save me before drowning

Sorrow, pain and eternal suffering

Unsaid in politics and in any language

Separate us Bosphorus (4x)