by Rifat Ilgaz
A woman who lit the way for centuries
Is ready to cry on the shore.
Anger on her cheeks,
Blood on her skirt,
Fallen off her waist
Her rainbow.
In a sunny clime
Skyscraper has closed its curtains.
A flag is fluttering
In a timeless tempest
That sweeps the Asian shores.
The tempest began
Even before the Books foretold;
Stars would fall
On a hopeless flag fold.
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Translated By Burcu Alkan
Last updated July 10, 2011