There is a universal power, supreme and limitless <br />Holy and sublime, with all my heart, so <br />do I believe <br />The earth is my homeland, my nation all humankind; <br />A person becomes human only by knowing this, so <br />do I believe <br />We are Satan, and jinn, there's no devil, no angels <br />Human beings will turn this world into paradise, so <br />do I believe <br />The perfect is immanent in creation; in that perfection <br />By way of the Torah, of the Gospels, of the Koran <br />do I believe <br />The children of humanity are each other's siblings... a dream? <br /> <br />Then so be it, for in that dream, with all my heart and soul, <br />do I believe <br />No one eats human flesh; deep-down, in this solace <br />-Forgetting my ancient ancestors for a moment- <br />do I believe <br />Blood nourishes violence and violence blood; this enmity <br />Is a flame in the blood that blood never quenches, so <br />do I believe <br />Surely this graveyard-existence will be followed <br />By refulgent resurrection, with utter certainty, so <br />do I believe <br />Before the miracle of that great sorcerer, reason, <br />Superstition will sink frustrated, into the earth, so <br />do I believe<br /><br />Tevfik Fikret<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/haluk-s-credo/
