Kavaklar [English translation]

Oh poplar Tree , oh poplar tree

My body is cold, my heart shivers

With a vulgar pair of scissors,

they carved me out

like a picture from an old photograph.

Half of me left there

trying to complete itself with emptiness

like a cut hand on my shoulder

Which still, still bleeds ceaselessly

Oh poplar tree, oh poplar tree

Pain has persued me and is on my tail

Oh poplar tree , oh poplar tree

as it whistles from behind