Laughter
By Rüştü Onur
Translated By Ulaş Özgün & Hüseyin Alhas
A tree and a fruit,
And this golden lip
On the coral cups
—laughter ...
A step song
—and another.
The fruit of tranquility,
And the secret of becoming
Fill up this bowl.
Stop this pretense
This is a moment of becoming:
An approximation to God ...
Translated from the Turkish
Notes:
Read the translators’ note by Hüseyin Alhas and Ulaş Özgün.
Source: Poetry (November 2024)