LOVE IN EVERY LANGUAGE

LOVE IN EVERY LANGUAGE

A POEM BY SERKAN ENGIN

IN ENGLISH- JAPANESE- SPANISH- KURDISH -LAZURI-TURKISH

Love in Every Language

Love me in every language of the world

But

Let’s make love in Lazuri,

Let the waves of our tongue dance The Horon

At the northern Rockies of your body.

Love me in every language of the world

But

Let’s view one another in Kurdish.

Let the hawks’ East wings fly from our eyes

To the purple mountains of love.

Love me in every language of the world

But

Write my heart in Turkish.

Translated from Turkish into English

by Serkan Engin with James Pickersgill

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すべての言葉での愛

私を愛するなら世界中のどんなことばでもいい

だけど

愛し合うならラズニで

私たちの波のようにふるえる舌にホロンダンスを踊らせましょう

北に横たわるロッキー山脈のようなあなたの体の上で

私を愛するなら世界中のどんな言葉でもいい

だけど

お互いを見つめあうならクルド語で

東方の羽を持つ鷹を私たちの眼差しから

愛のあの紫の山々に飛ばせましょう

私を愛するならどんな言葉でもいい

だけど

私の心はトルコ語で書いて

Translated into Japanese by Prof. Masao Sugiyama

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Amor en Todos los Idiomas

Ámame en todos los idiomas del mundo

Pero

Hagamos el amor en Lazuri,

Que las ondas de nuestra lengua dance El Horón

En las Rocosas al norte de tu cuerpo.

Ámame en cada idioma del mundo

Pero

Mirémonos el uno al otro en kurdo.

Que las alas Orientales del halcón vuelen de nuestros ojos

A las montañas violetas del amor.

Ámame en cada idioma del mundo

Pero

Escribe en mi corazón en turco.

Translated into Spanish by Marcela Villar-Murri

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Bi Her Zimanî Evîn

Bi hemû zimanên dinê hez bike ji min

Lê

Em bi Lazkî bi hev şa bibin

Bila pêlên zimanê min rabin horonê

Li bakur zinarên di bedenê min de

Bi hemû zimanên dinê hez bike ji min

Lê

Em bi Kurdî li hev binêrin

Bila teyrebazên baskeşerq bifirin

Ji çavên ber bi çiyayên mor ên evînî

Bi hemû zimanên dine hez bike ji min

Lê

Bi Tirkî binivsîne dile min

Translated into Kurdish by Mehmet Caymaz

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Mteli Nenapete Oropa

Çainat’işi mteli nenapete mioropi ma

Mara

Lazuri bistvat

Xoroni cixoronas nena şk’imişi 3’ari şxaşxala

Şozişi kvalopinape xura şk’imi

Çainat’işi mteli nenapete mioropi ma

Mara

Kyurduli ok’ob3’edat

Yulvaşi msvalepe muşite atmacape putxas

Tolepe şk’unişen oropaşi uça isinapeşa

Çainat’işi mteli nenapte mioropi ma

Mara

Turkuli minç’ari guri şk’imi

Translated into Lazuri by Selma Kociva

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Her Dilde Aşk

Dünyanın bütün dillerinde sev beni

Ama

Lazca sevişelim

Horon tepsin dilimin dalgaları

Kuzey kayalıklarında gövdemin

Dünyanın bütün dillerinde sev beni

Ama

Kürtçe bakışalım

Doğu kanatlı şahinler uçsun

Aşkın mor dağlarına gözlerimizden

Dünyanın bütün dillerinde sev beni

Ama

Türkçe yaz kalbimi

Serkan Engin

Turkish original form of the poem