The Galata Bridge (Galata Köprüsü) by Orhan Veli Kanık

Galata Köprüsü	The Galata Bridge
Dikilir köprü üzerine, Keyifle seyrederim hepinizi. Kiminiz kürek çeker, suya suya ; Kiminiz midye çıkarır dubalardan; Kiminiz dümen tutar mavnalarda; Kiminiz cimacıdır halat basında; Kiminiz kustur, uçar, şairane; Kiminiz balıktır, pırıl pırıl; Kiminiz vapur, kiminiz şamandıra; Kiminiz bulut, havalarda; Kiminiz çatanadır, kırdığı gibi bacayı, Şıp diye geçer Köprünün altından; Kiminiz düdüktür, öter; Kiminiz dumandır, tüter; Ama hepiniz, hepiniz... Hepiniz geçim derdinde. Bir ben miyim keyif ehli içinizde? Bakmayın, gün olur, ben de Bir şiir söylerim belki sizlere dair; Elime üç beş kuruş geçer; Karnim doyar benim de.	Hanging around on the Bridge, Gleefully I watch all of you... Out there, some of you row backward Or pick mussels off the buoys; Some clutch the rudders of barges Or catch the ropes on the dock, And the birds in flight, like poems, And the glittering fish; Then the ferryboats and floats, Clouds drifting in the air, Tugboats with funnels lowered Glide quickly under the Bridge; Over there, the whistles blow, I watch the smoke curl up and go. But all of you, all of you... Struggle to make ends meet. Am I the only one who has fun? Never mind, maybe some day I'll write a poem about all of you, Make a couple of bucks And get something to eat.

Galata Köprüsü

The Galata Bridge

Dikilir köprü üzerine,
Keyifle seyrederim hepinizi.
Kiminiz kürek çeker, suya suya ;
Kiminiz midye çıkarır dubalardan;
Kiminiz dümen tutar mavnalarda;
Kiminiz cimacıdır halat basında;
Kiminiz kustur, uçar, şairane;
Kiminiz balıktır, pırıl pırıl;
Kiminiz vapur, kiminiz şamandıra;
Kiminiz bulut, havalarda;
Kiminiz çatanadır, kırdığı gibi bacayı,
Şıp diye geçer Köprünün altından;
Kiminiz düdüktür, öter;
Kiminiz dumandır, tüter;
Ama hepiniz, hepiniz...
Hepiniz geçim derdinde.
Bir ben miyim keyif ehli içinizde?
Bakmayın, gün olur, ben de
Bir şiir söylerim belki sizlere dair;
Elime üç beş kuruş geçer;
Karnim doyar benim de.

Hanging around on the Bridge,
Gleefully I watch all of you...
Out there, some of you row backward
Or pick mussels off the buoys;
Some clutch the rudders of barges
Or catch the ropes on the dock,
And the birds in flight, like poems,
And the glittering fish;
Then the ferryboats and floats,
Clouds drifting in the air,
Tugboats with funnels lowered
Glide quickly under the Bridge;
Over there, the whistles blow,
I watch the smoke curl up and go.
But all of you, all of you...
Struggle to make ends meet.
Am I the only one who has fun?
Never mind, maybe some day
I'll write a poem about all of you,
Make a couple of bucks
And get something to eat.

Orhan Veli Kanık
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