Is the sea as beautiful as this every day?
Does the sky look like this all the time?
Is this furniture, this window always as lovely as this?
No by God no,
There must be something behind this somewhere.
Orhan Veli Kanik
Translated by Bernard Lewis (1982)
Her gun bu kadar guzel mi bu deniz?
Boyle mi gorunur gokyuzu her zaman?
Her zaman guzel mi bu kadar,
Bu esya, bu pencere?
Degil,
Vallahi degil;
Bir is var bu isin icinde.
Orhan Veli