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THE STORY OF ALI RIZA AND AHMED



What a strange story this is,
That of Ali Riza and Ahmed!
One lives in the village,
The other in the city.
Every morning
Ali Riza goes
From the village to the city;
Ahmed 
From the city
To the village.



Orhan Veli Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat, 1989