FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA Seçme Siirler * Selected Poems

Translated by Talat Sait Halman

Daha Us Taþ atar aylara günlere gezegenlerden o, Avuçlarýnda en baðnaz inanýþ, soyunuk. Ver sen bir ölçek, bir ölçek daha, bin yýl ötesinden, Aç gömüleri Dara'nýn soyunuk. Emmez ki bebe, dolmaz ki bebenin annesi, Nice emse emdirse, anlam soyunuk. Bir kurt ulumaz, ama kýllarý delice büyür, Bakýmsýz ormanlara, maðaralara, soyunuk. Yetmiyor, yetmiyor bana bu yeryüzü yalnýzlýðý, Burda bütün sevdiklerim soyunuk.

More Wisdom He hurls rocks at months and days from the planets. In his palms the blindest faith -- starknaked. Hand down a scale and another from the millenium. The starving treasures of Darius are starknaked. Neither do babes suck, nor mothers give milk. No matter if the baby sucks. Meaning is starknaked. A wolf does not howl, but his hair grows delirious. Into the slovenly jungles and caves -- starknaked. Earth's solitude is not enough. It cannot satisfy me. Down here everything I love is starknaked.