APPRENTICE WANTED

By Refik Durbaş
Translated by Alice Melike Ülgezer and Özlem Özmetin.

Master, my hands

were made for creating art

my tongue for cursing,

my heart for sorrow.

Death was meant for me.

                  Master is this my only fate?

What of love Master

and separation?

Loneliness was meant for me.

                  Master is this my only fate?

What of homesickness Master

and what of return?

Longing was meant for me.

Master, is this my only fate?