"A person can gaze at the sky for hours Can gaze for hours at a bird, a child, the sea To live on the earth is to become part of it To strike down roots that won't pull free"
— Ataol Behramoğlu

January 1, 1970

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One can look at the sky for hours One can look for hours at the sea, at a bird, at a child Living on this world is being one with it Growing unbreakable roots into it — Translated as "There Is One Thing I Learned From What I Lived" by Sãleyman Fatih Akgãl at TC Turkish Poetry Pages