Üzeyir Lokman Çayci

You are on the paths which I traveled

and in the places which I turned upside down …
Put days that follow hand-in-hand,

Do not leave them under foot.

Repair out-dated thoughts

So that they have already been had …
That the powerless are not afraid,

That the innocent are not ashamed!
You are on the paths which I traveled

And in the places which I turned upside down …
The sun is made tired behind rungs,

Words overflow by seeping through in the dark.

After the pain of delivery

Nature puts on the face of a new day

And burns back desires and nostalgia …
You are on the paths which I traveled

And in the places which I turned upside down …
The hearts which you out-brave are stainless,

The ideas which you reject are clear,

The labours which you do not acknowledge are valorous.

It is raining beauties on lands which you cannot attain.

You are alone in your internal fort!
Your windows have curtains,

Your doors are closed,

Your words are wedged into a corner by your personality

That disappears behind vistas where you try to hide

Your smiling, yellow identity …
You are on the paths which I traveled

And in the places which I turned upside down …