Mecnunum Leylamı Gördüm [English translation]

I am Mecnun and I saw my Leyla.

Just once she looked at me and left.

She didn't say a word nor did I ask anything.

She lowered her eyes and walked on by...

I wasn't able to ask her a single word.

Whether her face was the moon or the sun?

I thought she was the star of Venus

Her brightness burned me and passed right through me.

I couldn’t stand because of her heat

I couldn’t understand her secret

I couldn’t see her at dawn

She glided like a star.

I don't know her sign

These worries hurt us

The arrow of your reproachful look at times,

My beloved, just hit my chest and passed through me.

Izzet-i says what gives…

I saw a dream while sleeping

My beloved had made a lasso from her love-locks

And roped around my neck and passed by.

• Artist:Aytekin Ataş