If I cry, can you hear my voice,
In my lines;
Can you touch,
My tears, with your hands?

I didn't know that songs were this beautiful,
Whereas words were this insufficient
Before I had this trouble.
There is a place, I know;
It is possible to say everything;
I am pretty close, I can feel;
I can't tell.

Orhan Veli Kanýk

If I cry, can you hear my voice,
In my lines;
Can you touch,
My tears, with your hands?

I didn't know that songs were this beautiful,
Whereas words were this insufficient
Before I had this trouble.
There is a place, I know;
It is possible to say everything;
I am pretty close, I can feel;
I can't tell.

Orhan Veli Kanýk