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Emperyal Oteli, Attila Ilhan
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10.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 22 Oct 2007 Mon 11:58 pm

Roswitha, you are welcome.
Because you are well-educated, cultured and intellectual lady, I know.

11.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts
 23 Oct 2007 Tue 12:57 pm

I will have a go...

Imperial Hotel

I have never seen anything like this before
You shot me, entered my blood, I protest
I was going to say a really warm "hello"
According to custom I was going to put my head on your knee
I was going to be thirsty for four days and four nights
The rain was going to put it out and then it was to burn again
sameland was to return from its travels
the clock on the wall was to stop
my heart, too, was going to stop of its own accord
I have never seen anything like this before
You shot me, entered my blood, I protest

In this autumn at the Imperial Hotel
these panes of glass are points of sadness, one by one
This is our pointlessness
a point where the line ends
This terrible wednesday
the pessimistic leaves commit suicide
a calendar of coughing and sneezing
I have never seen anything like this before
You shot me, entered my blood, I protest

The voices are lost in the mists of the harbour
the ships are tired and sleepy
it is half past five in the morning
you are in my arms
you are not like them, you are different
there is nothing in this world like your eyes
they enter a man's dreams
like a black ferry in his mind
on its travels knowing no pity

you were going to stand at the hotel's window
you were going to see the darkness of the city
you were going to see the rain in the darkness
your hair was going to get very wet
long, as long as a winter's night
without shedding even one tear
maria dolores was going to cry
istanbul was going to be overtaken by rain
I was going to look for work the whole day
I was going to bring you a song
our ears were going to burn

I took a photograph of the Imperial Hotel
Evening was dripping from its eaves
I told you to wait at its door
Your face looked like lilies
People were strolling in the Republican Garden
cumhuriyet bahçesi'nde insanlar geziyordu
The little Jews in Tepebaş
The Greek violinist at Asmalımescit
Our staying without wind
This is the pain we suffered
They were strolling along hand in hand
The newspapers wrote about a murder
A handful of blood shed on the Golden Horn

We stayed three nights at the Imperial Hotel
We didn't have the money for more
Your eyes never left my eyes
We were out on the streets the fourth night
The darkness didn't seem to end
We spent the night at Sirkeci Station
Those who knew us, and those who didn't, judged us
But we didn't ask their opinion
None of them looked us in the face
None of them took us by the hand
I have never seen anything like this before
You shot me, entered my blood, I accept.

12.       Delidolu
344 posts
 23 Oct 2007 Tue 01:07 pm

Quoting MarioninTurkey:

I will have a go...

Imperial Hotel

I have never seen anything like this before
You shot me, entered my blood, I protest
I was going to say a really warm "hello"
According to custom I was going to put my head on your knee
I was going to be thirsty for four days and four nights
The rain was going to put it out and then it was to burn again
sameland was to return from its travels
the clock on the wall was to stop
my heart, too, was going to stop of its own accord
I have never seen anything like this before
You shot me, entered my blood, I protest

In this autumn at the Imperial Hotel
these panes of glass are points of sadness, one by one
This is our pointlessness
a point where the line ends
This terrible wednesday
the pessimistic leaves commit suicide
a calendar of coughing and sneezing
I have never seen anything like this before
You shot me, entered my blood, I protest

The voices are lost in the mists of the harbour
the ships are tired and sleepy
it is half past five in the morning
you are in my arms
you are not like them, you are different
there is nothing in this world like your eyes
they enter a man's dreams
like a black ferry in his mind
on its travels knowing no pity

you were going to stand at the hotel's window
you were going to see the darkness of the city
you were going to see the rain in the darkness
your hair was going to get very wet
long, as long as a winter's night
without shedding even one tear
maria dolores was going to cry
istanbul was going to be overtaken by rain
I was going to look for work the whole day
I was going to bring you a song
our ears were going to burn

I took a photograph of the Imperial Hotel
Evening was dripping from its eaves
I told you to wait at its door
Your face looked like lilies
People were strolling in the Republican Garden
cumhuriyet bahçesi'nde insanlar geziyordu
The little Jews in Tepebaş
The Greek violinist at Asmalımescit
Our staying without wind
This is the pain we suffered
They were strolling along hand in hand
The newspapers wrote about a murder
A handful of blood shed on the Golden Horn

We stayed three nights at the Imperial Hotel
We didn't have the money for more
Your eyes never left my eyes
We were out on the streets the fourth night
The darkness didn't seem to end
We spent the night at Sirkeci Station
Those who knew us, and those who didn't, judged us
But we didn't ask their opinion
None of them looked us in the face
None of them took us by the hand
I have never seen anything like this before
You shot me, entered my blood, I accept.


vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, Marion you are the best!!!I wanna be a translator of litterature and a writer that's why I always pay attentiion to translated poems and texts and I daresay your try was a nice one(usually i am such a snob for the people who translate poetry coz it is soooo tough!)wow I hope I'll be able to translate like you one day =) Aferin!

13.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts
 23 Oct 2007 Tue 02:28 pm

Thansk for your kind comments. No offense meant to those who write "I love you" to their dudus, but it is a pleasure to have some beautiful poetry from an expert to get my teeth into. Any beauty in the English comes from the original poet, not me!

14.       AEnigma III
0 posts
 23 Oct 2007 Tue 02:51 pm

Quoting MarioninTurkey:

Any beauty in the English comes from the original poet, not me!



A wonderful translation Marion Your comment is modest but not true! You have to have something of a poet in you and a love of literature to be able to translate poetry. A strictly literal translation never works well.

I hope it can be added to the other works of Attila Ilhan in the Turkish Poetry translation part the Turkish Language Section. I am not sure how you get them added there though

15.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 23 Oct 2007 Tue 03:23 pm

Yes, it is very nice translation.Great!

16.       mayradereli
25 posts
 23 Oct 2007 Tue 07:20 pm

Marion I thank you so much! I never thought this poem tells such a nice story with such a beautiful litarary language. Now I know what it means. Thank you again

"vurdun kanıma girdin kabulümsün"

Everyday I understand more and more why Attila Ilhan is so admired.

17.       SuiGeneris
3922 posts
 24 Oct 2007 Wed 02:27 am

Hey Marion,

i love Attila Ilhan and i was gonna translate this poem... but saw you were faster...

thanks for your effort its amazing...

18.       CANLI
5084 posts
 24 Oct 2007 Wed 11:17 am

İ love it
Thanks Marion for translating it

19.       portokal
2516 posts
 24 Oct 2007 Wed 11:45 am

Quoting MarioninTurkey:

No offense meant to those who write 'I love you' to their dudus, but it is a pleasure to have some beautiful poetry from an expert to get my teeth into.


lol lol lol

20.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 01 Mar 2008 Sat 05:13 pm

A belated most deserved Thank You to you, dear Marion!


http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Middle_East/Turkey/photo791787.htm

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