Bendeniz (born Deniz Çelik, 25 July 1973) is a Turkish pop musician.
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After graduating from Erenköy Kız Lisesi, a high school in Erenköy, Istanbul, she continued her education at a university in Switzerland for two years. For some time, she played football for İstanbul Dostlukspor in the Turkish women's football league. During this period, she also wrote some compositions and fiddled with the idea of publishing those songs.

Musical career

Incidentally, Deniz met a representative of a music company called Raks Müzik Yapım and they produced together her first album Bendeniz in the year 1993. Owing to the extravagant title song Ya Sen Ya Hiç, the album was a large success and sold over a million copies. Kanak Attack, a socio-critical German film by Feridun Zaimoğlu (2000) used a piece called Sana Mı Kaldım from her 1996 album Bendeniz III.

Discography

Bendeniz, 1993
Bendeniz II, 1995
Bendeniz III, 1996
Bendeniz'den, 1998
Kurtulamıyorum, 1999
Bendeniz Şarkıları, 2000 (Best of compilation)
Zaman, 2001
Demedim mi, 2003
Aşk Yok Mu Aşk, 2005
Değiştim, 2007
Olsun, 2009

Ayışığı
Bendeniz Lyrics

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Hayat bazen insana acımıyor inan
Yorulmuş gibiyim, ben hep böyleyim
Seni ayrı, beni ayrı yerlere götürdü
Aşkımıza gölge düştü bize yollar göründü

Hadi ay ışığı ay, hadi barışalım yâr
Ben bize acıyorum ayrılması dile kolay
Hadi ay ışığı ay, gel korkuyorum yâr

Kapattım gözlerimi beklemesi dile kolay

Görünmüyor ay ışığı içime dert oluyor
Üstümüzde gölgesi hayat böylesi
Seni ayrı beni ayrı yerlere götürdü
Aşkımıza gölge düştü bize yollar göründü

Hadi ay ışığı ay, hadi barışalım yâr
Ben bize acıyorum ayrılması dile kolay
Hadi ay ışığı ay, gel korkuyorum yâr
Kapattım gözlerimi beklemesi dile kolay
Hadi ay ışığı ay, hadi barışalım yâr
Ben bize acıyorum ayrılması dile kolay

Hadi ay ışığı ay, gel korkuyorum yâr
Kapattım gözlerimi beklemesi dile kolay

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Bendeniz's song "Ayışığı" depict a person who feels worn out and tired, expressing that life sometimes shows no mercy. The singer feels separated from their loved one, as if they have been taken to different places. This separation has cast a shadow on their love and made their path unclear. The chorus pleads for the moonlight to bring peace and reconciliation, as the singer feels sorry for the relationship and acknowledges that it is easier said than done to part ways. The moonlight is also associated with fear, as closing one's eyes and waiting becomes difficult.

The lyrics highlight the struggle of being apart from a loved one and the consequences that can befall a relationship when shadows and uncertainties creep in. The singer's longing for reconciliation and fear of the unknown are expressed poetically through the imagery of moonlight.

Line by Line Meaning

Hayat bazen insana acımıyor inan
Life sometimes does not show mercy to a person, believe me

Yorulmuş gibiyim, ben hep böyleyim
I feel tired, this is how I always am

Seni ayrı, beni ayrı yerlere götürdü
It took you and me to separate places

Aşkımıza gölge düştü bize yollar göründü
A shadow fell upon our love, and the roads appeared before us

Hadi ay ışığı ay, hadi barışalım yâr
Come on, moonlight, let's make peace, my beloved

Ben bize acıyorum ayrılması dile kolay
I pity us, it is easy to wish for separation

Hadi ay ışığı ay, gel korkuyorum yâr
Come on, moonlight, I'm afraid, my beloved

Kapattım gözlerimi beklemesi dile kolay
I closed my eyes, waiting is easy to wish for

Görünmüyor ay ışığı içime dert oluyor
The moonlight is not visible, it becomes a burden inside me

Üstümüzde gölgesi hayat böylesi
Life is like this, with its shadow above us