Laughter

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)