A Day Comes

A day comes when the sky is worth nothing,
Nor the seashore, nor the vineyards and gardens.
A day comes when neither girls, nor rakı, nor poetry,
Nothing can embrace or deceive a person;
Every hand returns empty, from the fountain
A day comes when going mad is no trouble at all.

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Translated by: Mehmet Barın Erturan
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