The sick cannot not wait for morning
The grave cannot wait for the dead
The devil cannot wait for sin
Like I can wait for you.
Too late, I wouldn’t want you to come
I found you in your absence
Leave your shadow in the groundless fear
Don’t come, what good would it do?
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904 - 1983) Turkey
Translated by Nagehan Bayindir
Source: Collective English translation of the works of Turkish poets Nazim Hikmet, Necip Fazil Kisakurek, Orhan Veli Kanik, Oktay Rifat, Melih Cevdet Anday by Nagehan Bayindir (MA Thesis), Rutcgers University, 2009
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