The lyrics of Hirai Zerdüş's song "Söyleyin Ona" convey a deep sense of longing and desire. The speaker is asking someone to relay a message to their lover, asking them to occasionally check in on the speaker's well-being and to invite them to spend a night together. The speaker then expresses their wish to have their head placed on their lover's lap and to be peacefully put to sleep, never to be awoken. The imagery of the lover's hair being tousled over the speaker's face suggests a physical and emotional closeness that is sought after.
The lyrics then take a darker turn, with the speaker asking for their pain to be shared with their lover and for their scent to be so powerful that it dries up the speaker's life. This could be interpreted as the speaker wishing for their lover to understand their suffering and to bear witness to their struggles. The repetition of the phrase "ölene kadar" (until death) intensifies the speaker's desire for a timeless, deep connection with their lover. Overall, the lyrics of "Söyleyin Ona" convey a powerful yearning for intimacy and emotional vulnerability.
Deyin ona ara sıra hâl sorsun
Tell him to inquire about my well-being occasionally
Söyleyin bir gece vakti buyursun
Tell him to come one night
Başımı dizine koysun uyutsun oy oy
Let him place my head on his lap and lull me to sleep
Uyutsun oy oy
Let him sleep
Ölene kadar uyutsun
Let him sleep forever
Saçlarını buram buram savursun oy oy
Let him brush his hair against my face
Savursun oy oy
Let him brush
Yüzüme kadar savursun
Let him brush until it reaches my face
Deyin ona derdi bende taht kursun
Tell him to understand my pain
Söyleyin içime acı doldursun
Tell him to fill my heart with pain
Kokusundan versin ömrüm kurusun oy oy
Let the scent of him wither my life away
Kurusun oy oy
Let it wither
Ölene kadar kurusun
Let it wither until death
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I think she was dedicated to console me from the beginning.
She never asked what situation I'm in.
Is it that I'm already replaced?
Tell her that just won't do.
Ache of her becomes an aizle in me.
It keeps burning my endless fights.
My sentences without her will be left incomplete.
While I couldn't even bring myself to touch her in fear of bringing any harm to her,
so many people sunk in her skin becoming a cinder.
I'd rather go blind than to see it.
If she came, if she loved me,
if she became mine, if she woke up next to me, and she hugged me..
I would most probably forgive her!
I think she was dedicated to console me from the beginning.
She never asked what situation I'm in.
Is it that I'm already replaced?
Tell her that just won't do.
I had told everyone that she'd never leave me,
I told them she's just like me, she won't do that to me,
that she won't steal away my smiles.
Tell her, that just won't do!