Lyrics

Translation

Yo‘l
Sokin yo‘l
Yo‘l
Ichki yo‘l

Path
Quiet path
Path
Inner path

Qadam yerga tegdi sekin
Ko‘ngil ichra sir uyg‘ondi
Ortga qaytmas bu yurak
Oldinda nur, oldinda yod

A step quietly touched the earth
In the heart a secret awoke
This heart will not turn back
Ahead - light, ahead - memory

Yur... yur
Shoshma... yur
Dam bilan... yur

Walk... walk
Do not hurry... walk
With the breath... walk

Yo‘l meni chaqirar
Yo‘l meni uyg‘otar
Har qadamda bir nafas
Har nafasda bir safar

The path is calling me
The path is awakening me
In every step - one breath
In every breath - a journey

Manzil sirda yashirin
Yo‘l omonat qo‘limda
Izlarimni shamol olar
Lekin yod qolur dilimda

The destination is hidden in the secret
The path is entrusted to me for a while
The wind will carry off my footprints
But the memory will stay in my heart

Yur... yur
To‘xtama... yur
Sokin yur

Walk... walk
Do not stop... walk
Walk quietly

Yo‘l meni chaqirar
Yo‘l meni uyg‘otar
Har qadamda bir nafas
Har nafasda bir safar

The path is calling me
The path is awakening me
In every step - one breath
In every breath - a journey

Qadam
Dam
Safar
Yod

Step
Moment
Journey
Memory

Men yo‘lni izlamadim
Yo‘l meni ichga boshladi
Men o‘zimdan o‘tgan sayin
Ko‘ngil Haqqa yaqinlashdi

I did not look for the path
The path led me inward
The further I went beyond myself,
the closer the heart came to Truth

Yo‘l
Sokin yo‘l
Ichki yo‘l
Safar

Path
Quiet path
Inner path
Journey

Lyrics: Sergey Sechin. Translations prepared for this edition.

A few words about the translation

The translations convey the meaning: some words of the original do not have one exact equivalent.

Yod
Memory, remembrance, keeping the inner bond alive. In the verses the word can mean not only a recollection but also a memory turned toward God.
Dam / nafas
Dam - a moment, an instant, and in a poetic context also breath. Nafas - breath, an inhalation; the two images deliberately echo each other.
Haq
Truth, the True. In the Islamic tradition al-Haqq is one of the Divine names. The translations keep the address “O Truth”.
Ko‘ngil / dil
Both words are tied to the heart, but their shades differ: ko‘ngil embraces a person’s whole inner world, dil is the heart and its deepest feeling.
Taslim bo‘lish
Literally - to surrender, to submit, to give oneself over. In the line about love the Russian translation says “humble self-giving” and the English one “surrender”; both are literary choices, not the only meaning.
Sukunat / sukut
Close words for silence, stillness, peace. In Yo‘ldagi Nur the ending “Sukunat, nafas” is rendered literally: “Silence, breath”.