INVITATION II

One of these days they themselves would surely know

That branches are branches and roots are roots

With our enlightened power to be happy forever

We shall bestow the earth its true identity

All creatures big or small will have their share

People of the seas with their oceans

People of the forests with their birds

People from all corners of the world – the mountains

And all that we've created with deftness by our hands

All shall rise to come on foot or mounted

All are welcome to this big spread of humanity

Let all the creatures descend gushing like waterfalls

Let all tongues utter the words of kinship and humanity

Oğuz Tansel
Translated by Translated by Nilüfer Mizanoğlu Reddy