Anneciğim

Ak saçlı başını alıp eline,
Kara hülyalara dal anneciğim!
O titrek kalbini bahtın yeline,
Bir ince tüy gibi sal anneciğim!

Sanma bir gün geçer bu karanlıklar,
Gecenin ardında yine gece var;
Çocuklar hıçkırır, anneler ağlar,
Yaşlı gözlerinle kal anneciğim!

Gözlerinde aksi bir derin hiçin,
Kanadın yayılmış, çırpınmak için;
Bu kış yolculuk var, diyorsa için,
Beni de beraber al anneciğim!...

(1926)


MUM

Hold your white haired head
Imagine black dreams
Leave your thrilling heart to
The breeze of fate like a thin feather

don't suppose all the darkness passes by
there is night beyond night
children hiccup,mums cry
stay with ur wet eyes mum

the reflection of a great nullity in your eyes
your wings spread and flutter
if your heart says there is a trip this winter
take me too mummy

translated by ramayan and edit by boop...

Awwww - Bless you

Dua

bıçak soksan gölgeme
sıcacık kanım damlar
girde bir bak ülkeme
başsız başsız adamlar

ağlayın su yükselsin
belki kurtulur gemi
anne seccaden gelsin
bize dua et emi

Necip Fazıl Kısakürek


Pray

You thrust a dagger into my shadow
My warm blood spreads all over
Come and see my country
Come and see my headless people

Shed tears to bring in the tide
Maybe the ship out will be salvaged
Mother bring out the prayer rug
And pray pray for us





(Translated by Mevlut Ceylan, 101Poems by 101Poets An Anthology of Turkish Poetry)

Wow! Thanks Ramayan. To be sincere I am not an expert in Turkish poetry, but I guess I will know it better than Russian and Roumanian following such wonderful and nice posts. It refers to all of You my poetry lovers- thank You!!!(I hope to come with my contribution soon).

Thank you Ramayan!
Great job!
This is for you.Hope you like it.


PERDELER

Perdeler, hep perdeler...

Her yerde, her yerdeler.

Pencerede, kapıda,

Geçitte, kemerdeler...

Perdeler, hep perdeler...


Ya benim sevdiklerim,

Şimdi nerde, nerdeler?

Onu bomboş perdenin;

İçerde, içerdeler!

Perdeler, hep perdeler...


Gönülde asıl perde;

Onu hangi göz deler?

Surat maske altında,

Sis altında beldeler.

Perdeler, hep perdeler...


Perdeye doğru akın;

Atlılar, piyadeler.

Yollar, yönler dolaşık;

Değişik ifadeler.

Perdeler, hep perdeler..


Bir tohumda bin gömlek.

Giyim giyim fideler.

Kalbler dilini yutmuş;

Bangır bangır mideler.

Perdeler, hep perdeler...


Son noktada son perde;

Çevrilmiş seccadeler.

Orada işte işte,

Olumden azadeler!

Perdeler, hep perdeler...



CURTAINS
Curtains, curtains all they are...
Here and everywhere they are.
In the windows, at the door,
In passages and vaults they are...
Curtains, curtains all they are...

And what about the things I love,
Now where are they, now where are they?
Before the curtain it's so empty;
All inside, inside are they!
Curtains, curtains all they are...

The original curtain's in the heart;
Pierced through only by which gaze?
Beneath the mask of outward form,
Cities lie beneath the haze.
Curtains, curtains all they are...

Toward the curtain onward rushing;
Horsed they are, on foot they are.
Roads, directions aimless wander;
Expressions elsewise put they are.
Curtains, curtains all they are...

A seed it wears a thousand shirts.
Seedlings all dressed up they are.
Hearts amazed are stricken dumb;
Bellies crying out they are.
Curtains, curtains all they are...

The final point, the final curtain;
Ringed with rugs for prayer they are.
Over there you see, you see,
Free, set free from death they are!
Curtains, curtains all they are...

Translated by Walter G. Andrews

BEKLENEN

ne hasta bekler sabahı
ne taze ölüyü mezar
ne de şeytan bir günahı
seni beklediğim kadar

geçti istemem gelmeni
yokluğunda buldum seni
bırak vehmimde gölgeni
gelme artık neye yarar



the waited

neither the sick waits for the morning
nor the grave waits the fresh corpse
and no devil for a sin
as much as i wait for you

now i don't want you to come
i found you in your absence
leave your shadow in my mind
don't come yet in vain

editor boop ..translated by ramayan

Tebrikler, Ramayan but you forgot to mention the name of translator