A NOVEL HERO

Among the reefs of Saros winds did blow,
And rain, dripping, within my tent did flow,
And I, a hero,
On my straw bed
[Under that leaking roof,
During the war]
Tried to relive a story
Which started
Who knows when
Who knows where.




Orhan Veli
Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat, 1989