THE LIGHT OF CONSCIENCE

Full with love are their hearts,
My precious children of the world;
From the dough of essence of light,
Its leaven is brotherhood,
Let us make the everlasting bread of love;
To serve the tables of the world.
This conscience
Turns the bare mountain to a vineyard,
Becomes a sun in working hands.
That fear of war and holocaust
May never darken our sun again.
Freedom, peace, fraternity
These are the fundamental, indestructible laws.

Oğuz Tansel
Translated by Aysit Tansel
World of Tales, Elips Kitap, 2012