17 April 2001

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge across the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul (Turkey)



I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed; 
Then suddenly birds fly by,
Flocks of birds, high up, in a hue and cry
While nets are drawn in the fishing grounds
And a woman's feet begin to dabble in the water.
I am listening to Istanbul, intent, my eyes closed.


Orhan Veli