Tamirci Çırağı [English translation]

A fire caught in my hearth, it burns, it burns, it burns

Hope is the abundance of my hearth, it hopes, it hopes, it hopes

Her closed white hands, polished fingernails

Where should my palm hide these calluses?

She came to our repair-shop to get her car repaired

I was struck as soon as I saw her and I began loving

A long skirt on her, wavy hair

My boss called me: ''Get the tools, son''

I have read the thing like this in a novel

It was an expensive book with a glossy hard cover

Whatever or however happened, a young girl had fell in love

With an mechanic apprentice in a similar situation

I asked my boss to not wear overall today.

I combed my hair in my hazy mirror

She would come back to take her car today

Maybe to make the dream in that novel true

Time stopped, the earth stopped when she entered the door

I just stood staring without taking my eyes off from her

I opened the door of the car so that she gets on

Her crescent eyebrows were raised and asked "Who's this vagrant?"

She drove away with her car, I was covered in exhaust fumes

Teardrops like buds in my eyes, I stood upright slowly

My boss came, slapped my back, and said "forget the novels"

''You're worker, stay as worker, wear the overall''

• Artist:Ali Altay