White Roses



Sorrows clash
in white roses;
in nocturnal obscurity
water flows noisily,
mirrors transform into a sea.
Her color extends in the flow,
the earth whitens at her approach;
the shepherd's star shatters
and darknesses fall silent
I cannot tear them from myself
for she bonded with me in dying;
the waters flow noisily,
the mirrors transform into a sea.



© Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCI
Traduit par Yakup YURT en français
French free verse translated
into English free verse
by Joneve McCormick - 2002