i want a country - Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı

i want a country

let the sky be blue, the bough green, the cornfield yellow

let it be a land of birds and flowers

i want a country

let there be no pain in the head, no yearning in the heart

let there be an end to brothers' quarrels

i want a country

let there be no rich and poor, no you and me

on winter days let everyone have hose and home

i want a country

let living be like loving from the heart

if there must be complaint, let it be of death

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Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı [Hüseyin Cahit] (1910 –  1956) Turkey

Translated by Bernard Lewis

Source: All Poetry