UNGRATEFUL CAT (poem) - Yalvaç Ural - Turkey

nankör kedi

Kedi kedi gibiydi
Köpek, köpek.
Insan, insan gibi.

Kedi kedi gibiydi
Köpek biraz köpek
Biraz insan.
Insan, insan gibi.

Kedi, kedi gibiydi
Köpek insan
Insan hem insan
Hem köpek gibi.

Kedi tedirgindi.
Köpek umarsiz.
Insan köpekti,
Köpek kimliksiz.

Kedi nankördü.
Çekti gitti.

Ungrateful cat

Cats were like cats,

Dogs like dogs

And man like man.

Cats were like cats

Dogs a bit like dogs

And a bit like man,

And man was like man.

Cats were like cats

Dogs like man

And man was like

Man and like dogs.

The cats were worried

The dogs did not care

People were dogs

And dogs had no identity.

The cat was ungrateful

It left, just like that.