Edebî Kahve

Nightfall II Your imperial palace of musty corridors, your second self, Inch by inch the movement of your eyes Dies before you die… A fountain decked with peacock feathers, flowing with transparent envy Rather than water for your thirsty brother who Dies before you die… The chamber you put fire to, is decorated with gilded mirrors Their gold brighter than the fire, they extinguish yours, the last smile Dies before you die. Death on his familiar torso projects like the tower of Babel Over you, over him; brothers, same blood makes awkward enemies Who die before you die… The sizzling meat of your body, from either joy or agony. Live like a rooster among yellow off-spring, be a single eye on a peafowl’s tail and die before the nightfall . Meva A. 2006 SYR

Dönemeç / Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Bir gündü, hava ılık Ve cadde kalabalık... Bir kadın sapıverdi önümden dönemece; Yalnız bir endam gördüm, arkasından, ipince. Ve görmeden sevdiğim, işte bu kadın dedim, Çarpıldım sendeledim. Bir gündü mevsim bayat Ve esnemekte hayat.... Dönemeçten bir tabut çıktı ve üç beş adam; Yalnız bir âhenk sezdim, çerçevede bir endam. Ve tabutta, incecik, o kadın var, anladım; Bir köşede ağladım Curve It was a day, a warm day and the street swarmed. A woman took a turn right before me I only saw her slender figure from the back And without coming eye to eye I fell for her, This is the woman I love I said I twisted to the side and staggered. It was a day, flat season and a sucking life… From the corner came a coffin and three to five men I recognized an accord in it, a familiar figure laid in that mounting So they had my woman in the casket I twisted to the side and cried. translated by Meva Ayse 2006

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