Must be Beautiful

By Abdal Aşık

 

Must be beautiful

 

I have fired two cigarettes one after another

Tobacco must be beautiful

 

My lungs have been filled by longing

Longing must be beautiful

 

On one tribulation, sang thousands of ballads 

Ballads must be beautiful

 

I loved a beautiful

Loving must be beautiful 

 

I kissed a beautiful

Kissing must be beautiful

 

I thought a beautiful

Thinking must be beautiful

 

I am imagining the beautiful days

Imagining must be beautiful

 

I write something from my heart

Writing must be beautiful

 

Whoever or whatever makes me do this

Must have a beautiful mind, idea and soul!

 

 

Güzel Olsa Gerek

Abdal Aşık

 

Birbiri ardına iki sigara yaktım

Tütün güzel olsa gerek

Ciğerlerimi dolduran özlem oldu

Özlem güzel olsa gerek

 

Bir dert üzerine bin türkü söyledim

Türküler güzel olsa gerek

 

Bir güzeli sevdim

Sevmek güzel olsa gerek

 

Bir güzeli öptüm

Öpmek güzel olsa gerek

 

Bir güzeli düşündüm

Düşünmek güzel olsa gerek

 

Güzel günleri hayal ediyorum 

Hayal etmek güzel olsa gerek

 

Yüregimden bir şeyler yazmaktayım

Yazmak güzel olsa gerek

 

Bunları bana yaptıran her kim ve ne ise

Canı güzel, aklı güzel, fikri güzel olsa gerek!

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Abdal Aşık was born in the historic town of Tarsus in his grandparents’ living room. He now lives in Salt Lake City/Utah with his beloved and their dog Sophie where he writes the poems of beauty with his love pen as it has been ordered by his soul! His poetry is influenced by Anatolian culture, traditional ballads and the profound humanism of his grandmother.

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