“They were eyes, that while gazing on the world
Rendered it brilliant with meaning”

— Ataol Behramoğlu

"They Were Eyes", as translated at Kritya : A Journal of Poetry http://www.kritya.in/0703/en/editors_choice.html
Context: They were eyes, that while gazing on the world
Rendered it brilliant with meaning They were eyes, that embraced me with glances
They were eyes, for which I now hopelessly long

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