FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA
Seçme Siirler * Selected Poems 		< i >
Translated by Talat Sait Halman 

Korkulugun Korkusu

     Sen korkutursun
     Küçücük kuslari
     Bahçelerde sabahtan aksama dek

     Ama gelince kocaman gökler geceleyin
     Üstüne dogru
     Senin korktugunu duyarim.



Scarecrow Scared

     You scare
     The tiny birds away
     In the orchards from sunrise to sunset.

     But at night when the huge skies
     Swoop down on you,
     I feel you are scared.

"Korkulugun Korkusu" is from SELECTED POEMS OF FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA, translated by Talat Sait Halman, © 1969 by University of Pittsburgh Press.
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