Yazdan kalma bir günden
Ya da "Çölde Çay" filminden
Bir sahne var aklımda, oyuncular sanki biziz
Mutsuzuz, ikimiziz

Kimi aşklar hiç bitmezmiş
Bizimkisi bitenlerden
Sevmeye yeteneksiziz
İki yabancı, iki yabancı
Birlikte ama yanlız
İki yabancıyız

İki yabancı, iki yabancı
Birlikte ama yanlız
İki yabancıyız

Hani o güneşin batışı
Bizi tanrıya indandırışı
Şu an o akşam aklımda
Ama çok zaman önceydi
Yaralarımız ağır değildi
Yine de bağışladım ben hepsini
Hem seni, hem de kendimi
O kadar yoktun ki

İki yabancı, iki yabancı
Birlikte ama yanlız
İki yabancıyız

Yazdan kalma bir günden
Ya da "Çölde Çay" filminden
Benim de sahne var aklımda, seninkilerden farklı ama
Artık kendini kandırma
Yoktur üstüne senin, güzeli çirkin yapmakta
Suçuysa dünyaya atmakta
Neyin bildin ki değerini
Benimkini bileceksin?
Bunu da tabii mahvedeceksin.

A day from summer,
Or from the movie, The Sheltering Sky,*
There's a scene in my mind, it's as if we're the actors.
We're both unhappy.

Some love affairs never end,
Ours is one that does end.
We're incapable of loving.
Two strangers, two strangers,
Together but lonely,
We're two strangers.

Two strangers, two strangers,
Together but lonely,
We're two strangers.

What about that sunset?
The one that made us believe in God?
That night is on my mind right now.
But that was so long ago,
Our wounds weren't so heavy then.
But still I forgave them all,
Both you, and for myself,
You were gone so often.

Two strangers, two strangers,
Together but lonely,
We're two strangers.

A day from summer,
Or from the movie, The Sheltering Sky,
There's a scene in my mind, different from yours, but
Don't trick yourself anymore.
There's no one better than you in making something beautiful ugly,
In throwing the blame at the world.
What did you ever know the worth of?
And you were to know mine?
You were naturally going to destroy it also.

Notes:
* This is a movie where an American married couple, both wanting to renew their lives, goes on vacation in South America. The new surroundings only serve to make the atmosphere between them even more tense, and with time they drift further apart, seeing each other as strangers.