FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA Seçme Siirler * Selected Poems

Translated by Talat Sait Halman

Akdeniz Þiirleri Sen Deniz Gök, Bir an dursanýz uykuda Büyür bir yosun geceye karþý. Tedirgin olur ölüler Bir an yaslansanýz karanlýða, Sen Deniz Gök. --------------------- Dalarým engine Ki yaþadýðým Anýladýðýmdýr. Roma'yla Kartaca'nýn arasýnda Yüzer, sevgi sevgi Ýstanbul. Böler bir kuþ düþüncemi ikiye Maviden Yarýda kalýr içki. --------------------- Dersin ki Ellerimize deðecek Yýldýzlar Büyüyecek büyüyecek de. Dersin ki Bir aydýnlýðý var Sevgililer için, Karanlýk sessiz de. Dersin ki Uyuyamýyorum Yalnýzýz Gece, mavi de. --------------------- Sessizdi yeryüzü Yeryüzünde bircik Akdeniz vardý Akdenizde Yalnýz ikimiz. Beni seviyor musun dedim, Yumdu gozlerini uzaklýða, Tam sorulacak an, diye gülümsedi, Tam sorulacak yer. --------------------- Bir kocaman yeþil bir kocaman boz Yellerde Çarpar birbirine çarpar enginlere dek. Dalgalarýn ucunda yýldýzlarýn ucu Her köpük bir fýrtýna Her köpük bir evren. Þu deniz þu gök gizlenebilir Seni sevdiðim Gizlenemez. --------------------- Havaya da yalýma da aðaca da benzer ama En çok suya benzer Sevgimiz. Morluðun acýsý var sonu yok Karýþýr yaþamýmýza Kendiliðinden. Herkes ölünce toprak olurmuþ Hayýr hayýr Bizim su olacaðýmýz besbelli. --------------------- Akdeniz enginlerde kararmaktadýr Ama Ben Öyle maviyim ki. Akdeniz bir gitmiþlikle eski, uzak, Ama Ben Sahibi gibiyim yýldýzlarýn. Akdeniz seni bir daha yaratamaz Ama Ben Seni bir daha sevebilirim. --------------------- Deli gibi bir gürültu, ansýzýn, Yýrtýlýrcasýna yarýlýr sessizlik, Düþünür Akdeniz. Ýþte uçaklar geçer havalarýndan Kalýr mavilik üstünde apak izleri, Akdeniz anlar ve sever. --------------------- Denizdir, Her akþam üstü Bütün düþüncelerde Gelip gider. 7nin le Acýsý Uzunluðu Aksi. Ve gece yarýsýdýr bu masmavi þey, Senin Uzaklarda Unuttuðun sessizlik. --------------------- Duymuþtun Bu türküyü Çok eskiden de. Bu türküyle anýlarsýn yelden Yeþilden Kadýrgalarýn dibindeki sessiz yosunlarý. Bu Akdeniz dalgalarýnda bu türküde sen Varsýn ýþýl ýþýl Ve yoksun biraz. --------------------- Ýyice düþün bu bütün yaþamamýzdýr.

Poems of the Mediterranean You, sea-sky, If you stop a moment in sleep, Seaweeds grow against the night. Dead men become restless If you lean a moment on the dark, You, sea-sky. --------------------- I plunge into the horizon, For what I live Is what I can recall. Between Rome and Carthage Floats, love by love, Istanbul. A bird splits my thoughts From the blue. My drink remains unfinished. --------------------- You say Stars Will touch our hands In an endless growth. You say Darkness Is bright for lovers Because it keeps quiet. You say I can't go to sleep. We are alone, And the night is blue. --------------------- The globe was calm With only the Mediterranean on it. On the Mediterranean, Just the two of us. I said, "Do you love me?" She closed her eyes to the horizons. "Just the moment to ask," she smiled, "Just the place to ask." --------------------- A mass of green, a mass of gray Over the winds, They collide, and both crash into the horizon. A rim of the stars on the crest of the waves -- Each foam is a tempest, Each tempest, a world. The sea and the sky may be concealed. My love for you Cannot be hidden. --------------------- It's like air and flame and tree But most of all like water, This love of ours. Purple has anguish but no end. It blends into our life By itself. They say man turns to dust at death. No, not us... Clearly we shall turn to water. --------------------- The Mediterranean grows dark on the horizons, But I am Blue all over. The Mediterranean is bygone and far as you go, But I am The owner of the stars. The Mediterranean cannot create you anew, But I Can love you again. --------------------- A frantic clamor erupts, And silence is suddenly shattered. The Mediterranean deepens in thought. Airplanes cruise the sky. Their white traces cling to the blue. The Mediterranean understands and loves. --------------------- It is the sea. Each evening In all thoughts It comes and goes. Seven to none -- Its agony, Its duration, Its echo. This deep blue thing is midnight, The silence You forgot Far away. --------------------- You had heard This song In the old days too. The song evokes in the wind From green The quiet weeds on the bottom of galleons. In the Mediterranean's waves and in this song You are alive, sparkling, And somehow you don't exist. --------------------- Think hard; this is all of our living.