Lullaby for baby Dursun

Hello, hello, baby Dursun,
Here is water, light and air,
here, Dursun, the world we share.

Sing the common children's rhyme

so baby Dursun sleeps,

quickly grows to boy Dursun

and sees what more there is.

Beyond the cradle, fighting, jail,

here, Dursun, the world we share.

 

The cow in the children's rhyme

tears up the vegetable garden.
Let big, strong boys like you

come from our women, better than lions.

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Dursun Bebeğe Ninni by Melih Cevdet Anday

Translated June 2, 2020

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