Ay Karanlık [English translation]

Blue

Your eyes verge on blue,

The blue of fire.

Wild with the wind.

If I'm blind,

Blind to all but you,

If I'm broken,

The life is mine, the dream is mine,

That's nobody's business.

Come over,

The moon is dark.

More hungry than dog,

More naked than serpent,

Struck, troubled,

If I've come to stand at your door,

Is it all out of greed?

All and all, nothing but

My loving

Does anything compare to my loving? (1)

Scriveners, seated

Drawing up my verdict. (2)

Please, do come,

The moon is dark.

Traitors lurking all around,

With friendly faces,

With friendly smiles,

They share my cigarettes, (3)

They kiss on my forehead.

Silent, treacherous, pestilent,

Traitors lurking all around.

I cannot make heads or tails.

I feel the urge to die on this darkest night. (4)

Have mercy, come,

The moon is dark. (5)

• Artist:Ahmed Arif