White Roses Sorrows clash in white roses; in nocturnal obscurity water flows noisily, mirrors transform into a sea. Her color extends in the flow, the earth whitens at her approach; the shepherd's star shatters and darknesses fall silent I cannot tear them from myself for she bonded with me in dying; the waters flow noisily, the mirrors transform into a sea. Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCI Istanbul, le 20.12.1975 Traduit par Yakup YURT en français French free verse translated into English free verse by Joneve McCormick illustration : Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCI