It’s been so long since there was so violet a summer
May, that I am so deeply fond of, is in fashion
again with all its nuances
shading off into pink or blue.
It’s been so long since there was so exotic a summer
With so many landscapes
and exotic fruit.
The ball of the mango seed
is a fibrous lump
cracking between the thighs
of the yellow
and so sweet-scented core
As a man’s heart cracks
for too much fullness.
It’s been so long since there was so fatal a summer
So hard for you, for too much ease
So bad for me, for too much good.
English Translation by Mesut Şenol