Arabesque letters to old friend

I know that doors which open you are closed

also you never loved me

 

what a closer cliff and between us;

people, houses, like walls between us

 

Whenever I woke up, first I always thought of you

just you, just your eyes

 

you, my last lover, my evertyhing I would die and live for

I can't reform now because of having this trouble

 

I'm living like a dog nowadays

I'm actually a proud person, seriously

 

I can't recall that I drank half a cup of water

and can't stand seeing cut edge bread

 

I'd been looking for you at a distance for many times on 5:45 ship;

what song I hear, is as if it's for us

 

How one-sided love stupifies man

How I forgot that you love someone else

 

I acted childish and had acts which hurt you

forgive me, nothing will happen again

 

I will do my best not to cross paths with you

this is not so easy actually

 

I'll get used to fondle you in my dreams

Happiness that it gave me is not little

 

I'll take leave of this city finally

Maybe Being without you might denote, have meaning

 

believe me, I'll never reveal my feelings, annoy you

now ı can say what ı want to say:

 

I've been writing down this letter at midnight

ı beg you, do not read it on tuesday

ÜVERCİNKA

So we are together again with your neck, among the numbered parts of your body

This is the longest neck of your own, to endure or

not to lose hope.

We are in a tram which leads us from Laleli to the world.

Somehow, you are touching to my heart

But somehow, as soon as you are touching to my heart

Making love is come into force again

At every pieces of lands

Including the Africa

 

You are really good at thinking intellectual, thanks

As much as you know laying down the bed.

According to dear Lord it is a sin to get in bed with you, how come?

Like it is pointless that your hair goes this much long

I haven't seen any other lively hair like this before

There is a beating heart at every each strand of them.

For all of the pieces of lands

Including the Africa

 

You have an air, which takes me indeed

With that, breathing is being more valuable

Right for being hungry at mornings

Beautiful for winning the day out

Beautiful like the names of a lot of flowers

Blooming in the most known reds

At every pieces of lands

Including the Africa

 

We are thinking verses some of them good some of them bad,

Your neck, I am saying, your neck, no body can appreciate

as much as I do.

Like everything will be good if we can say a verse more.

We are taking one or two steps together and they are keeping us.

So that they are executing us by shooting one more time

They already executing us by shooting everyday

all day long

At every pieces of lands

Including the Africa

 

It's the exact timing for mentioning about your courage now

When you were joining the song of freedom at the crowded streets

That was the boldness like a conqueror, that no other alluring women have that.

It reminds me you as holding chalice

In the evenings at Cicek Alley

The real poorness starting after then

At every pieces of lands

not excluding the Africa

CEMAL SÜREYA