It had been a long day I was returning to love
It was a long day I was returning to love
A long one, my gosling, long out of love
I said here, the first kiss and the blue slit
of your sex, your wet mouth
so early in the morning,
the old fern of your hips
and your stomach, here your tongue
which has brought to me my forests.
In this bed your waking, so nude
and so long, and breaking on the rocks
your old shadow, your old voice,
that brown bird in your mouth, the
river that is wild,
stay there, I urged, stay close as the first
hour of birth, there so I can kiss
you first, right there your first kiss,
for love the dark word, the one sound,
like this, my love, I said just like this
Çok Uzun Bir Gündü Aşka Dönüyordum by İlhan Berk
Translated March 22, 2020
lara arikan