Eyes by Edip Cansever

It seems nothing can provoke
Our inner silence
No sound no word nothing
The eyes bring out the eyes!

Nothing else but this unites us
A leaf touching another leaf
So close and so docile
The hands bring out the hands!

In our age love is an opposition
Let us unite to cast two single shadows. . .

your voice

I heard it so clearly last night
it woke me
I turned to the side you sleep on
to touch your face
to stare into your deep dark eyes
but you weren’t there
only the darkness
and your echo
in my ears

Now by Cengiz Bektaş

I long for my voice that found you

My voice fills the valley with your name
Giving one more dimension
To my heart all wet

On desolate mountaintops
It bounces of right and left
just without you
From tree to tree

I long for my voice that found you

Song Of The Rider by Federico Garcia Lorca

Cordoba.
Distant and alone.

Black pony, full moon,
and olives inside my saddlebag.
Though I know the roads well,
I will never arrive at Cordoba.

Over the low plains, over the winds,
black pony, red moon.
Death is looking down at me
from the towers of Cordoba.

What a long road this is!
What a brave horse I have!
Death is looking for me
before I get to Cordoba!

Cordoba.
Distant and alone.

Separation by Nazim Hikmet

separation swings through the air like a steel bar
it keeps smacking me in the face
I’m staggering

I run away it chases me
there’s no escaping it
my knees fail I’m falling

separation isn’t time or distance
it’s the bridge between us
finer than silk thread sharper than a sword

finer than silk thread sharper than a sword
separation is the bridge between us
even when we sit knee to knee

Sunday Evenings by Orhan Veli Kanik

I don’t look like much today;
When I pay my debts,
Possibly I’ll own a bunch of new suits;
Possibly you still won’t love me.

But, on Sunday evenings,
When I go by your neighborhood,
Dressed to kill,
Do you think I’ll cherish you
As much as I do today?