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MY TREE



In our neighborhood
If there were other trees
I would not love you so.
But if you knew
How to play hopscotch with me
I would love you much more.

My beautiful tree.
When you die
I hope we'll have moved 
To another neighborhood.



Orhan Veli Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat, 1989