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“Fate’s Smile" That line from an old Turkish song is still ringing my ears… A song they used to play on the radio in my teenage years on hot and boring summer days… The song had melancholy tunes, recoded with basic technology… The singer repeated in a hesitant and defeated voice: Bize de bir gün kader güler, güler inşallah… [The fate will one day smile at us, too. One day it will smile, Inshallah…] [Original poem published in Arabic on August 12, 2023 at ahewar.org]” — Louis Yako
Fate’s Smile"
That line from an old Turkish song
is still ringing my ears…
A song they used to play on the radio
in my teenage years
on hot and boring summer days…
The song had melancholy tunes,
recoded with basic technology…
The singer repeated in a hesitant and defeated voice:
Bize de bir gün kader güler, güler inşallah…
[The fate will one day smile at us, too. One day it will smile, Inshallah…]
[Original poem published in Arabic on August 12, 2023 at ahewar.org]