Time passes quickly
in many ways today
like yesterday.
Think of days to follow
so that sorrow
does not invade your world.
Work, try hard
to develop before men.
So that doubts
do not carry you off,
love the teacher
who showed you the way...
as your mother did,
and your brother.
So that friendship rules
your life, and you have
love's password,
love both of the children.
Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCI
Magnanville – 02.02.2001
Traduit par by Yakup YURT en français
French free verse translated into English free verse
by Joneve McCormick - 2004