Ali Baba Karakaş – 03 Ocak 2026
How I loved you—
To whom could I ever explain?
My longing was an avalanche—
I was buried beneath.
Take my hand, lift me up—
I've come to you.
Lift that yellow scarf—let me see your eyes.
The echo of your song rings in my heart.
Blue plastic slippers on your feet,
A basket on your arm—your fingers, rough with work.
You cut grapes, cluster by cluster.
Let me hold the basket—if you allow.
My heart is screaming inside,
I cried out my love for you—you never heard.
All the dreams I left unfinished,
I poured into a glass, drank—and came to you.
Let me steep in you for a while.
You be the water, let me be the flame.
Like spring’s rushing rivers,
The cry in my heart no longer fits inside my chest.
It echoes through my city of love—Izmir.
The clock tower in Konak has witnessed my tears.
How many lovers kissed in your gaze?
How many doves veiled their secret embraces?
Shy glances turned to feed for the birds—
Forbidden love beneath the trunk of the palm.