Today Is Sunday

Today is Sunday.
Today, for the first time.
                        they took me out into the sun
                       and for the first time in my life
I looked at the sky
                        amazed that it was so far
                        and so blue
                        and so wide.
I stood without moving
and then respectfully sat on the black earth,
pressed my back against the wall.
Now, not even a thought of dying,
not a thought of freedom, of my wife.
The earth, the sun and me . . .
                                         I am happy.


Tr. from the Turkish by Taner Baybars