Güya Lyrics in English by Irmak Arıcı
Güya translates to 'supposedly' or 'allegedly'. It's a fantastic word because it carries a strong sense of disbelief or skepticism, implying that something is claimed to be true but is likely not.
In the song, Irmak Arıcı repeatedly uses "Güya" to express her doubt and cynicism about a past lover's feelings. She sings, "O da aşıkmış bana güya" (He was supposedly in love with me), highlighting the ironic and perhaps bitter realization that his love was not genuine. This word perfectly captures the song's theme of disillusionment and makes it very memorable.
Güya means supposedly — the word you reach for when you are repeating somebody else's claim and want no part of believing it. Irmak Arıcı builds the song on it. The first verse opens on a night with no exit, "Bu gecenin sabahı olmayacak" [this night will have no morning], and the chorus repeats the title three times before landing on the line that explains it: "O da aşıkmış bana güya" [supposedly he was in love with me too].
Between those two points the song is a list of things she has not done yet. She has packed already — "Topladım eşyalarımı" [I've packed my things] — and everything after that is appetite: she wants to lose herself, she wants another drink, she wants to break the vow she swore to yesterday. "Almayın kadehimi dostlar" [friends, don't take my glass] is aimed at the people who came to stop her. Each of those lines ends in the same Turkish construction, -esim var, which means I feel like rather than I will — a craving, not a decision, which is how the song stays on the edge of the night without going over it.
