IMARET REVISED

No one watches;

Quickly now – slip across!

Look for a ruined imaret

Glittering with blue tiles;

If it suddenly rears up

Whole as once it was

The lands debatable

Are at your back.

Find a new face;

Assume an old name .

AN AESRED POEM

At places the borders are unguarded
So if you watch your moment
You can slip across. A ruined imaret
Glittering with blue tiles, is the sign
Keep your eyes on it;.when it suddenly
Stands firm and whole as it stood
Four hundred years ago, you may know
You have passed the debatable lands
And must learn to wear again

The name you had before you were born.