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Poem

Salih Bolat

WAITING FOR YOU

with your dove mingled face, come
waken the sleeping solitude
embracing itself in your bed

come, without being seen by anyone
like a snake hidden under a basket
hoarding a thought in its head

come, with your
mouth that gathers rain
for the thirsty birds to sip

do not arouse the aged evening
slumbering beneath the linden tree
in the garden

come, beyond all the uttered words
quieting the silence of a cracked rock
with a glimmer on your naked shoulder
grasping at the unseen, come.

SENİ BEKLİYORUM

SENİ BEKLİYORUM

güvercinlere karışmış yüzünle gel
yalnızlığını uyandır
yatağında kendine sarılmış uyuyan.

gel, onlara görünmeden
sepetin altında saklanan yılan gibi
kafalarında bir düşünce saklayan.

ağzınla gel
yağmur suyunu biriktiren
kuşların içtiği.

yaşlı akşamı uyandırma
bahçede uyuklayan
ıhlamur ağacının altında.

söylenmiş bütün sözlerin dışında gel
çatlamış kayanın sessizliğini susarak
çıplak omzundaki parıltıyla
gel, görünmeyene tutunarak.
Close

WAITING FOR YOU

with your dove mingled face, come
waken the sleeping solitude
embracing itself in your bed

come, without being seen by anyone
like a snake hidden under a basket
hoarding a thought in its head

come, with your
mouth that gathers rain
for the thirsty birds to sip

do not arouse the aged evening
slumbering beneath the linden tree
in the garden

come, beyond all the uttered words
quieting the silence of a cracked rock
with a glimmer on your naked shoulder
grasping at the unseen, come.

WAITING FOR YOU

with your dove mingled face, come
waken the sleeping solitude
embracing itself in your bed

come, without being seen by anyone
like a snake hidden under a basket
hoarding a thought in its head

come, with your
mouth that gathers rain
for the thirsty birds to sip

do not arouse the aged evening
slumbering beneath the linden tree
in the garden

come, beyond all the uttered words
quieting the silence of a cracked rock
with a glimmer on your naked shoulder
grasping at the unseen, come.
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