REQUIEM

                    By Arif Ay

Someone somewhere

Someone in our very soul

As he faces the firing squads

Our blood is the fire that flows

Jerusalem is the name of the blazing sea

Part of me throbs

Wherever I am

Standing as a nightguard

My love is forlorn

Jerusalem is as strong as mountains

Its honour stands still and larger than life

Like a huge mountain

The children speak to the mountain

They talk about the honour

Wherever I am

Standing as a nightguard

Even if sorrow hits a thousand times

It grows

Water increases

Children grow green

Jerusalem grows

Wherever I am

Standing as a night guard

Source: Flowering Sky By Arif Ay  Translated by Mevlut Ceylan