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| At dusk a man came to a village and said he was a prophet. But the farmers did not believe him. "Prove it!" they demanded. The man pointed to the fortress wall opposite and asked, "If this wall speaks and confirms that I am a prophet, will you believe me?" "By God, then we believe you," they shouted. The man turned to the wall, stretched out his hand and commanded, "Speak, O wall!" Then the wall began to speak: "This man is not a prophet. He is deceiving you. He is not a prophet."* |
Zülfü Livaneli * 20 June 1946
Just for interest translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version). Does any native speaker find any mistake(s)?
What a man of the Arts! A very impressive Wiki on him. Joan Baez covered one of his songs apparently.
ReplyDeleteAh, Mark, I am glad you followed the link to his wiki-entry. Yes, today's birthday child is a great man not "only" of the Arts.
DeleteFortunatley, I don't have to – but in case I had to decide: I do like him even more than Orhan Pamuk.