an attempt to translate a poem -2

Berkem Vural
Dec 23, 2020

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Long ago by Orhan Yalcin Gultekin (original title: Eskidendi)

Long Ago

Yet each of them died who would fight…
They were buried in the sun…
long ago, very long time ago…
Now, they die
without of turn that is for the fight…
Before that age for the first steps…
Where are these buried?

From 2014 through the end of 2019, 5,427 children were killed, UNICEF said in its Syria 9 March 2020 report. Source:https://www.dw.com/en/5-million-syrian-children-in-need-due-to-war/a-52751655#:~:text=From%202014%20through%20the%20end,Syria%209%20March%202020%20report.

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Berkem Vural

I have spoken, and saved my soul. Engineer, literate, chatterer, life long learner. Frankly, sometimes I listen, always I talk and honestly, this is my fault.