WHENEVER

Whenever

The violet darkness of the evening wraps the mountains of Bey,

When people make their way home one by one,

When the birds fly hither and thither anxiously,

When a lament pervades inside me,

I think of YOU… 

Whenever

I go down to the pier,

When I feel as if I see YOUR vision,

In the bosom of the paths steep and deep,

In the cuddling and kissing of the wavelets and the chiselled rocks in pieces,

And their laughing like a broken vase,

Tiny fishes swimming  towards a drop of bait,

And the children of the fishermen,

In the greenness of the sea,

I think of YOU…

Whenever,

A storm breaks out,

The earth closes up un to heaven,

The leaves are scattered and the sea goes mad,

A downpour lashes the Windows,

Inside me…

I think of YOU…

Kulihvani

28.12.1981 Antalya / Turkey

Translated by Barbaros Sert

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