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Biliyorsun

By Sezen Aksu

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What “Biliyorsun” means

This song is about a painful but clear-eyed separation between two people who love each other but cannot stay together. The speaker accepts that they come from different worlds and that the timing is wrong, so the relationship cannot work even though both understand each other deeply. The tone is tender, resigned, and sad rather than angry; it feels like someone trying to explain a breakup with honesty and dignity. A lot of the emotion comes from the contrast between strong feelings and the decision to face reality anyway.

About Sezen Aksu

Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter, and producer, often called the “Queen of Turkish Pop.” She was born in 1954 in Denizli, Turkey, and is known for helping shape Turkish pop music in the 1970s and for her long, influential career.

“Biliyorsun” is a Sezen Aksu song that appears in a 2023 YouTube upload by the channel plakların savaşı, which presents it as “Sezen Aksu - Biliyorsun 1978.” The date in the title suggests a 1978-era recording, and the song is part of the classic Turkish pop sound that made Aksu important in Turkish music history.

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Lines worth knowing

  • “gerçekleri görüyorsun”

    This means “you see the reality” or “you understand the facts.” It is an everyday expression used when someone accepts an uncomfortable truth.

  • “Beraber olamayız”

    This means “we can’t be together.” It is a very common, direct way to say a relationship cannot continue or work.

  • “bir başka dünyanın insanısın”

    Literally, “you are a person from another world.” In everyday speech this means someone is from a very different background, mindset, or life situation.

  • “Haklısın”

    This means “you’re right.” It is an everyday expression used to agree with someone, especially in a calm or reluctant way.

  • “çok geç karşılaştık”

    This means “we met too late.” It is a common everyday phrase for saying the timing was wrong for a relationship or opportunity.

  • “sözleri susarak aştık”

    This means “we got past words by staying silent.” It is a figurative phrase, not a fixed idiom, and it suggests that two people understood each other without needing to talk.

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