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Atesi ve ihaneti gördük.
Dayandik,
dayandik her yanda,
dayandik Izmir'de, Aydin'da,
Adana'da dayandik,
dayandik, Urfa'da, Maras'ta, Antep'te.
Antepliler silâhsör olur,
uçan turnayi gözünden
kaçan tavsani ard ayagindan vururlar
ve arap kisraginin üstünde
taze yesil selvi gibi ince uzun dururlar.
Antep sicak,
Antep çetin yerdir.
Antepliler silâhsor olur.
Antepliler yigit kisilerdir.
Karayilan
Karayilan olmazdan önce
Antep köylüklerinde irgatti.
Belki rahatsizdi, belki rahatti,
bunu düsünmege vakit birakmiyordular,
yasiyordu bir tarla siçani gibi
ve korkakti bir tarla siçani kadar.
Yigitlik atla, silâhla, toprakla olur,
onun ati, silâhi, topragi yoktu.
Boynu yine böyle çöp gibi ince
ve böyle kocaman kafaliydi
Karayilan
Karayilan olmazdan önce.
Düsman Antep'e girince
Antepliler onu
korkusunu saklayan
bir fistik agacindan
alip indirdiler.
Altina bir at çekip
eline bir mavzer
verdiler.
Antep çetin yerdir.
Kirmizi kayalarda
yesil kertenkeleler.
Sicak bulutlar dolasir havada
ileri geri...
Düsman tutmustu tepeleri,
düsmanin topu vardi.
Antepliler düz ovada
sikismislardi.
Düsman sarapnel döküyordu,
topragi kökünden söküyordu.
Düsman tutmustu tepeleri.
Akan : Antep'in kaniydi.
Düz ovada bir gül fidaniydi
Karayilan'in
Karayilan olmazdan önceki siperi.
Bu fidan öyle küçük,
korkusu ve kafasi öyle büyüktü ki onun,
namliya tek fisek sürmeden
yatiyordu yüzükoyun.
Antep sicak,
Antep çetin yerdir.
Antepliler silâhsor olur.
Antepliler yigit kisilerdir.
Fakat düsmanin topu vardi.
Ve ne çare, kader,
düz ovayi Antepliler
düsmana birakacaklardi.
«Karayilan» olmazdan önce
umurunda degildi Karayilan'in
kiyamete dek düsmana verseler Antep'i.
Çünkü onu düsünmege alistirmadilar.
Yasadi toprakta bir tarla siçani gibi,
korkakti da bir tarla siçani kadar.
Siperi bir gül fidaniydi onun,
gül fidani dibinde yatiyordu ki yüzükoyun
ak bir tasin ardindan
kara bir yilan
çikardi kafasini.
Derisi isil isil,
gözleri atesten al,
dili çataldi.
Birden bir kursun gelip
kafasini aldi.
Hayvan devrildi kaldi.
Karayilan
Karayilan olmazdan önce
kara yilanin encâmini görünce
haykirdi avaz avaz
ömrünün ilk düsüncesini .
«Ibret al, deli gönlüm,
demir sandikta saklansan bulur seni,
ak tas ardinda kara yilani bulan ölüm.»
Ve bir tarla siçani gibi yasayip
bir tarla siçani kadar korkak olan,
firlayip atlayinca ileri
bir dehset aldi Anteplileri,
segirttiler pesince.
Düsmani tepelerde yediler.
Ve bir tarla siçani gibi yasayip
bir tarla siçani kadar korkak olana :
KARAYILAN dediler.
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Fable of blacksnake**
We have seen the fire and the treachery
We have resisted.
We have holed in everywhere;
holed in Izmir*, in Aydin*,
in Adana*
We have holed in Urfa*, Maras*, Antep*.
Men from Antep make good shot.
They can shoot a flying crane from its eye,
a running rabbit from its back foot
and they look like thin, tall cypress trees
on Arabian mares.
Antep is hot.
Antep is a hard place.
Men from Antep make good shot.
Men from Antep are brave people.
Blacksnake,
Before he became blacksnake,
was a farm labourer in villages.
He was content maybe or may be not
He was not allowed to think about that
He was living like a field rat
And he was a coward like a field rat
being brave comes with horses, rifles and land
he did not have a horse or a rifle or land
he had a thin neck
and a huge head
Blacksnake,
before he became blacksnake.
When the enemy entered Antep
They took him down
from a tree,
which was sheltering his cowardice.
They gave him a horse
and a rifle.
Antep is a hard place
Sometimes,
hot air comes and goes up in the sky,
And green lizards on red rocks.
Enemy is holding the hills.
Enemy has cannons.
People of Antep got stuck on a flat land
Enemy was pouring shrapnel.
uprooting the soil.
Enemy is holding the hills
What was flowing was the blood of Antep.
The shelter of blacksnake,
Before he became blacksnake,
was a rose bush on the plain.
The bush was so tiny and
his cowardice was so great,
He was laying there on his front,
without pushing even a single bullet into his rifle.
Antep is hot
Antep is a hard place
Men from Antep make good shot
Men from Antep are brave people
But the enemy had cannons
Inevitable, faith,
They were going to leave the plain
to the enemy.
Before he became blacksnake,
Blacksnake did not care if
They gave Antep to the enemy forever.
Because, he was not allowed to think.
He lived like a field rat.
and he was a coward like a field rat.
His shelter was a rose bush
He was laying there on his front.
A black snake appeared
Behind a white rock
Its skin was shining
Had red eyes redder than fire
Its tongue was forked.
And suddenly
A bullet came from nowhere
And took its head off
And the animal fell over dead.
Blacksnake,
Before he became blacksnake,
when he saw the end of the snake,
he started to yell the first idea of his life loudly:
“take the lesson my heart
the dead, which found the black snake behind a white rock,
will find you, even if you hide in an iron boxâ€
And when he, who lived like a field rat,
Who was a coward like a field rat,
Jumped and dashed ahead
People of Antep were struck with horror and amazement.
They followed him.
They finished the enemy on the hills
And they named him,
who lived like a field rat,
Who was a coward like a field rat,
As BLACKSNAKE.
*. Name of some cities in Turkey
**.Blacksnake: karayilan.
This is a small part from ‘kuvayi milliye destani-fable of independence war- (Nazim Hikmet)’
It is again my attempt.
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