THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE ALCOHOL

There is something like alcohol in the air;
It's making a guy like me feel bad, bad,
Especially if I'm also homesick;
Your lover one place,
You someplace else;
It's making a person like me feel sad, sad.

There is something like alcohol in the air;
It's making a guy like me drink, drink.




Orhan Veli
Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat, 1989