Dönsem

Dönsem, toprağı kül, dallan kan, insanı taş . . .
Yer kaynayı, kaynayı . . .
Dönsem, iğneyi kuyu. Dıp çamur, su kara . . .
El açıp, dolap, dolap . . .
Dönsem, toprağı kan, taşı kan, insan, insanı kan . . . 
Yel savrulu, savrulu . . .

Submitted by Malcolm Wren

Authorship

• by Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907 - 1991), "Dönsem" [ author's text not verified ]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907 - 1991), "Dönsem", subtitle: "From 'İnsan Üzerine Deyişler' (Poems on Man)", op. 60 no. 3 (1977) [voice and orchestra], confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]

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