Stay in Istanbul

All kinds of versions are circulating

about my stay in Istanbul:

One:

There was a question about a suspicious trip of a political nature.

Two:

It was concerned with a sentimental adventure.

In a third version:

There was even talk of a drug transaction.

That I never set foot in Istanbul, –

of course, interests no one.

Izet Sarajlić, Bosnia – Herzegovina (1930-2002)

Translation Frans Vyncke
Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley Barkan

from “Collected Works