POEM WITH A PIGEON

I hadn't heard for a while
The sounds of pigeons in the window;
Have I gotten
The traveling bug again
I wonder?
What is this, the smell of sea moss?
What's that,
The noise of the gulls in the air?
It must be traveling again,
Traveling.




Orhan Veli
Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat, 1989