Walking the streets by Orhan Veli Kanık

Walking the streets, when I catch
Myself smiling to myself
And think how crazy they’ll suppose I am
I smile even more.

translated by George Messo

9 thoughts on “Walking the streets by Orhan Veli Kanık

  1. I enjoy this one every time I read it. Like the smile is the poem. And I imagine we all walk around smiling at ourselves smiling sometimes and we dont care if people think we are crazy. But usually, they end up smiling too. Contagious thing, a smile. Thank you for sharing this Turkish poet with us.

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