Apprentice Wanted

Refik DURBAŞ

APPRENTICE WANTED

My hands have a gift for art master
My language for cursing, my heart for pain
Is death all I get
All I get master?

Which way is love master
Which way is grief
Is solitude all I get
All I get master?

Which way is away master
Which way is home
Is longing all I get
All I get master?

Translated by Şehnaz Tahir