I Know Before You Tell

I perceive that you will run away..
I can’t beg, I can’t run
But leave your voice with me

I know you’ll break off
I can’t hold your hair
But leave your smell with me

I understand that you’ll leave
I am already ruined, I can’t collapse
But leave your color with me

I feel that you’ll get lost
That will be my greatest pain
But leave your heat with me

I distinguish that you’ll forget
Pain is a vast grey ocean
But leave your taste with me

You’ll leave anyway
I have no right to stop you
BUT LEAVE YOURSELF WITH ME

Textes poétiques
Aziz Nesin