Friday, June 18, 2010

ISSUE NO 5: SEE YOU LATER, TRANSLATOR

SEE YOU LATER TRANSLATOR
 (The Department of Translation addresses its graduating students)

The first day my door you enter
Stumbling like the clouds of winter
Unsure of now and later
Wondering if this is the right shelter
Then submitted to the will of the Creator
Knowing that he granted you the better
Days passed and so many after
Then my love for you grew bigger and bigger
Watching you getting older and older
Now you will go and leave me in wonder
For every advice from a professor or teacher
Feeling that today you are the decision maker
After every smile, tear echoed in my corners and laughter
Not sharing this with you will make me suffer
For your breaths, sighs and looks will be my hunger
And my eyes on the door will linger
Hoping one day we see each other
So for now I won’t say goodbye
Because you will come back like a yearning lover
Sooner or later
But, see you later my translator .. See you later.

Hala Hikmet