Woman goes away and this accounts for poetry
woman goes away and out of this a poet comes into life
(I know of which woman makes me a poet)
If “it is told everywhere that the summer is over” (*)
woman’s departure is spoken of all over
pronounced everywhere as a poem wherever the woman goes:
Woman’s going means the end of the summer, far and wide
the summer finishes when the woman disappears, paving way to poetry,
end of the summer becomes poetry; poetry means the end of love…
If only the city with its districts would go after the summer
the summer becomes longer and that brings benefits to loves
the city after the summer, poetry after the woman
One goes to September’s district like this
in one night I went to September from June
September was left by the summer so was poetry by June
it was deserted by the woman for that fable;
All sons leave the mom for a poem!
Should that woman walk out on me then I become a poet
the woman to whom I am her son, do not dare to forsake me,
it is only a poem uttered, a summer ends, and a woman goes
All women leave poetry to be replaced by a woman!
(From his book called “40 Poems and One…”, 1997)
English Translation by Mesut Şenol