Abbas

Come on Abbas, the time is up;
You said evening, evening it’s become.
Set up the locksmith table;
So may it soothe our heartache.
Let it be under the shade of this tree;
Right by the edge of the pool.
Send a message to the moon, so it rises;
Let it appear as I desire.
Strike the whip onto the magic rug,
Show your control over distance
And time.
Gather the dust and scatter it to the wind,
Go,
Cahit decreed it as so;
Fetch my first lover from Beşiktaş;
I want to relive my youth so much..

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı

Translated by: Mehmet Barın Erturan
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