{"id":198,"date":"2020-09-09T12:56:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T12:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2020-09-09T12:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T12:56:18","slug":"may-rain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/literary-personality\/selected-poems\/may-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"May Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Golden chariot with silver wheels<br>Horses are in foam<br>Sky\u2019s conjoining with soil<br>Drizzling so fine<br>Goes about round the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden chariot with silver wheels<br>You ought to see the children\u2019s joy<br>With love Sun nourishes the desire to live<br>Even if the World goes topsy-turvy<br>The nature is upright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden chariot with silver wheels<br>Shining branches are hand in hand<br>Air belongs to everyone<br>Sky is over every home with its stars<br>Friendships grow like branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden chariot with silver wheels<br>Earth-essence fragrant beloved<br>Won\u2019t choose mountains over plains<br>To provide for all living<br>Sets example of equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden chariot with silver wheels<br>Fire burns every hand<br>May five fingers not be the same<br>But, five fingers are in every hand<br>Rain heralds joyful tidings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden chariot with silver wheels<br>Desires leaf out<br>Cleansed of evil-doing<br>After rain on a May morning<br>Our world turns new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oguz Tansel<\/strong><br><em>Translated by Ays\u0131t Tansel<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden chariot with silver wheelsHorses are in foamSky\u2019s conjoining with soilDrizzling so fineGoes about round the Earth. Golden chariot with silver wheelsYou ought to see the children\u2019s joyWith love Sun nourishes the desire to liveEven if the World goes topsy-turvyThe nature is upright. Golden chariot with silver wheelsShining branches are [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/literary-personality\/selected-poems\/may-rain\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198\/revisions\/199"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}