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Then sorrow and hunger / Darkness fell

You said something impossible / And it became possible

 

 

 

Carnations 

          By Arif Ay

Like two people meeting for the first time

Carnations came between us

Like their scents and voices

Like their faces and hands

Carnations came between us

 

Parting moved in between us

Then sorrow and hunger

Darkness fell

You said something impossible

And it became possible

Everything happened at once

Carnations came between us  

Source: Flowering Sky By Arif Ay     Translated by Mevlut Ceylan

 

 

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