Fear by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

I have the fear of all things that end,
I am the Blue Eagle who drags the dawn
Along in his iron beak. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .And life is caught
Within my claws like dangling emeralds
And deathlessness along my lovely swoop
Now bites the thirsty antelope of time.

translated by Talat S. Halman

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