So Immersed I Am

So immersed I am this late afternoon,
The sky is a neighboring garden to my eyes.

I am a child oblivious to the world;
I search for my lost leaps and bounds.

Run, children, run, neighbor girls,
The stars just don’t fit in my palms

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Translated by: Mehmet Barın Erturan
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