November 20, 2020 by in Reflections
A Promise of Spring in Every Autumn
Autumn. Sonbahar in Turkish. Son means last. Bahar means spring. Bahar, a Persian loanword بهار, means also blossom, blossoming. And so, sonbahar, autumn, is literally the last blossoming. Turkish, one of the most elegantly structured languages I know, has its opposite counterpart— ilkbahar, which means spring. İlk means “first.” İlkbahar and sonbahar, spring and autumn. The first blossoms and the last.
So in every autumnal leaf lies a promise of another spring.
Photography by Bois de Jasmin
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