Hayat Bu İşte [English translation]

Sometimes I wish that I can take a leave of this city, too

But there's an Istanbul inside of me that I can not give up

For the chance of you to walk across it's bridges,

I can not lay them to waste, nor can I shed them

That's what the life is,

Even if you can fly away

You get stuck in between four walls

While you were looking for a reason to live

You find it, it's 'to die'

Tell me; what if all it's ground is from gold?

My hopes are a pitcher with holes, it drains them off in dribs and drabs

Tell me, what's the good of living in a cage of gold?

While half of me waits for you, the other one waits slowly for death

That's what the life is,

Even if you can fly away

You get stuck in between four walls

While you were looking for a reason to live

You find it, it's 'to die'

That's what the life is,

Even if you can fly away

You get stuck in between four walls

While you were looking for a reason to live

You find it, it's 'to die'

Even if you can fly away

You get stuck in between four walls

While you were looking for a reason to live

You find it, it's 'to die'

• Artist:maNga
• Album:Şehr-i Hüzün - 2009