I BECAME A TREE

I was going under a tree

It happened in a flash

I fell apart from myself

And became a poppy flower

Bending in the sun,

Tortoise shell, house of wedding

Delirious talk, bevy of names.

I turned into the petal that drags

The wind like a blind God,

I became the century.

A tiny moment like a bug.

I was going under a tree

I became a tree

That propels itself

And saw someone stuck in the ground.

 

Melih Cevdet Anday ( 1915 - 2002 )

 

Translated by Prof. Dr. Talat Sait Halman

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