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Mutlu olmak istersin

Sağa sola dönersin

Sağın solun umutlu

Sen sade dilek yersin

Eski zevkler nerdeler?

Vah bu küçümsemeler

Sanat ve olanağın

Boşver deyip vazgeçer

Tam o zaman bir düşün

Kimdir o iç cümbüşün?

Şafakta tarlakuşu

Sevgiye yükselişin

Somurtsun hele dünya

İlahi oku orda

Çal cennetin kapısın

Bir sevgili bulunca

Hatırla ilk aşkını

Tazele sonbaharı

Bol-bol gel taşıyıver

Sana ikram bu hali

- İngilizce / English -

AUTUMN

When bad luck comes to strike

Its the same sign in everyone's eyes alike

You'll say: "Woe on to my ousted state of being!"

And cry out with a panicked face, fleeing

The deaf skies won't hear the words from your lips

And the gardens won't let you smell their tulips

You'll curse everything from the bottom up, way above

Still, no one will hear you though, you mourning dove!

You'll want to be happy like a New York Chappy

But, you'll turn left and right like a white crappie

Your right and your left might offer hope and food

But, you'll have to consume the handouts in a bad mood

Where are those old pleasures and sentiments?

Wow! What a pity! To endure such belittlements!

Your art, trade, and future possibility

Will ask you to 'forget it, give it up; its futility!'

Think about it then, just like a pensioner

Where is that inner you, the happy reveler?

The one who, like a skylark at dawn, whereof

Rose up and flew into the skies for love, thereof

Let the world be sullen and bare

If it helps, chant some holy verses there

Why not? Knock on the heaven's door

When you find a lover that you adore

Do you remember your first truelove?

Refresh your autumn now, like a lonesome dove

Come and carry it all in abundance

Hope offers a branch, even if it is - in redundance