I Love You, A Turkish Poem By Adnan Özer Translated Into English Poem by Ravi Kopra

I Love You, A Turkish Poem By Adnan Özer Translated Into English

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I love you
Like gushing water
Like raging winds
Like wild growths on ripe soil
They are all witness to me

I love you the Turkish way
Like the earth is flooded in summer rains
Like winds swirl in dust at noon
They tell me be careful it is you

When I love you
I see clusters of red ripe grapes on vines
Ripened plums hanging on branches
Birds exhausted singing their songs
They are all witness to me

I love you
Like summer gardens lusting for sunshine
Like sulfur dust in vineyards in full sun
Like sweet honey in rolls of figs
Like birds with orange necklaces
Like a letter my friend brings to me
Written in alphabet of red roses

I love you
Like dreams fulfilled
Like rose water in the walnut chest
Like emerald birds in stone pillows
They are all witness to me.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: love,passion,romance
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
the original poem in Turkish

Seni seviyorum
çağladıkça coşan su
estikçe dellenen rüzgar
ekildikçe anaçlaşan toprak
öğütler bunu bana

seni severken
türküden türküye geçer ırmak
toprak yaz yağmurlarıyla oyanşır
öğle tozlarıyla dolanır rüzgar ufku
adınla uyarırlar beni

seni seviyorum
bağda çillenen salkım
dalda allanan meyva
öttükçe kendini tüketen kabakçı kuşu
öğütler bunu bana

seni severken
yaz güneşi şehvete boğar bahçeyi
kükürt adetleriyle solar bağ yaprakları
ballı incirde yaşar -bin bir cilveli- aşklarını,
turunç gerdanlı kuşlar.
haberler getirir sağdıçlarım
gül kurusu mektuplar

seni seviyorum
hayra yorulan düşler
ceviz sandıkta bekarlığının gül suları
taş yastıklarda zümrütüanka kuşları
öğütler bunu bana

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My rendering based on the following literal translation:

I love you
gushing water
esteemed wind
overgrown soil
it advises me

I love you
turkish
the earth is engraved with summer rains
wind swirls with noon dust
your name will warn me

I love you
cluster
fruit
squash bird that consumes itself
it advises me

I love you
summer sunshine weeping garden
solar vineyards with sulfur
honey live in figs-a twill roll-love,
birds with orange necklaces.
bring me news, my dear
rose-formed letters

I love you
dreams tired
rose waters of a walnut chest
Emerald birds in stone pillows
it advises me
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