Which of you can make lanterns
From pumpkins like me;
Or carve an old boat on them
With a pearl-handled knife;
Write poems
Or letters;
Sleep
Or get up;
Which of you can please
His girl
The way I do!
This beard didn’t grey for nothing!
translated by George Messo
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Thanks for reblogging this Orhan Veli Kanık poem, Douglas.
You’re welcome !