Melih Cevdet Anday (1915 - )
His poems in English
Yasami ve Eserleri (``Modern Turk Siiri'')
Yeni eklenen siirler:
DÖNECEGIM
," Dagitir saçlarini ve yalvarip uzaktan/ Mavi bir iklim gibi çagirir beni sesin,"
Siirleri:
ANI
," Bir cift guvercin havalansa / Yanik yanik koksa karanfil"
OLSUN DA GOR
," O gun gelsin nesemiz tazelensin de gor / Dunyayi hele sen bir baris olsun da gor"
RAHATI KACAN AGAC
," Tanidigim bir agac var / Etlik baglarina yakin / Saadetin adini bile duymamis"
TELGRAFHANE
," Uyuyamiyacaksin/ Memleketinin hali/ Seni seslerle uyandiracak"
His poems in English
ARE WE GOING TO LIVE WITHOUT AGING?
," At dawn, a throng came out / Of the skies: Convex shields, glittering / Tattoos, a rose, a daggered "
BAREFOOT
," The top part of this piece of writing / Couldn't be read; no one knows who wrote it either."
GYPSIES
," "Do you recall the sea, the deep sea / "Which drives the birds crazy in November?"
I BECAME A TREE
," I was going under a tree / It happened in a flash / I fell apart from myself"
OUR TABLE
," On the way back from the funeral cocks were crowing / Upon the April soil of an empty afternoon."
THE BATTLE OF KADESH
," On one of the banks of River Orontes / Mutawallis stood among his soldiers / And stared without stirring."
THE FUTURE
VERTIGO
," From a sea in bloom everything will burst / One day and be a forest."
Turkish Poetry Page
Last updated Aug 1, 1997