I can’t explain

If I cry, would you hear my voice,
In my verses;
Could you touch,
My tears, with your hands?

I didn’t know songs were so pleasant,
And that words so insufficient
Before this pain.

There is a place, I know;
Everything can be said;
I am so close, I hear;

I can’t explain.

Orhan Veli

Translated by: Doğa Aslan