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\textbf{GRAVITATIONAL CARNATION}\\
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Do you know little by little you are living inside me\\
But with you there is a transfiguration\footnote{Literally
				\emph{growing beautiful}.}\\
For instance we drink wine,\footnote{Literally \emph{rak\i}.} as if a
carnation is falling inside us\\  
A tree is working tick tock beside us\\
My stomach was, my mind was---this little bit remains.\footnote{That is,
\emph{This little bit of my stomach and mind has remained.}}

You lean towards the carnation, I take and pass it to you \emph{voil\`a}\\
And you pass it more beautiful to another\\
The other passes it along \emph{n'est-ce pas}\\
So goes the carnation from hand to hand.

You see then, you and I are growing a passion,\\
I'm touching on you, I'm warming up to you, this is not that\\
Look how, seven colors become as one\\
We are silently uniting.

\hfill\emph{English interpretation\footnote{For Annabelle and Ken,
    June, 2004.} by Ay\c se and David from:}
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    \textbf{YER\c CEK\.IML\.I KARANF\.IL}\\
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      Biliyor musun az az ya\c s\i yorsun i\c cimde\\
Oysaki seninle g\"uzel olmak var\\
\"Orne\u gin rak\i\ i\c ciyoruz, i\c cimize bir karanf{}il d\"u\c s\"uyor gibi\\
Bir a\u ga\c c i\c sliyor t\i k\i r t\i k\i r yan\i m\i zda\\
Midemdi akl\i md\i\ \c su kadarc\i k kal\i yor.

Sen o karanf{}ile e\u gilimlisin, al\i p sana veriyorum i\c ste\\
Sen de bir ba\c skas\i na ver\i yorsun daha g\"uzel\\
O ba\c skas\i\ yok mu bir yan\i ndakine veriyor\\
Derken karanf{}il elden ele.

G\"or\"uyorsun ya bir sevday\i\ b\"uy\"ut\"uyoruz seninle\\
Sana de\u giniyorum, sana \i s\i n\i yorum, bu o de\u gil\\
Bak nas\i l, beyaza keser gibisine yedi renk\\
Birle\c siyoruz sessizce.

\hfill\emph{Edip Cansever, 1957}
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