TE16 Turkish Delight

Ten Poems by Haydar Ergülen

Lost Brother

To Şahin Şencan

O my god, my landlord, let me live in your house a little longer

within me the brother I carry is alone once I give birth to him, I won’t stay here

O my brother, my street, let me carry you within me a little longer once you set out on your own, I’ll be all alone in the world O my lifetime, my little room, let me seek a path in poetry a little longer if soul coincides, may I find the many lost brothers I have on this path

(tr. Arzu Eker Roditakis and Elizabeth Pallitto)

263