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  • Certainly

    by Candan Ercetin – lyrics of a Turkish song If the sun sets every evening and then rises again every morningIf the flowers fade and then blossom againIf the deepest wounds healAnd the greatest pains are forgottenTell me why I shall fear lifeTell me why I shall remain the sameCertainly, at times I will blossom…

  • Free

    by Orhan Veli Kanik We live freeAir is free, clouds are freeValleys and hills are freeRain and mud are freeThe outside of carsThe entrances of cinemasAnd the shop windows are freeBread and cheese cost money, butStale water is freeFreedom can cost your headBut prison is freeWe live free.

  • Transience

    SEVGILERDE Sevgileri yarınlara bıraktınız Çekingen, tutuk, saygılı. Bütün yakınlarınız Sizi yanlış tanıdı. Bitmeyen işler yüzünden (Siz böyle olsun istemezdiniz) Bir bakış bile yeterken anlatmaya her şeyi Kalbinizi dolduran duygular Kalbinizde kaldı. AT LOVES You postponed love to tomorrows Shy, timid, respectful. None of your close ones knew you well. Because of never ending work (and you…

  • Her and Me

    by Sait Faik Abasiyanik Sait Faik is a nationally well-known Turkish writer and poet, who is primarily praised for his beautiful short stories. He has written only a few poems, among which the one below. Just like the other poems he wrote, it is very simple and it touches my heart. My grandma proudly used…

  • Life Is Not A Laughing Matter

    by Nazim Hikmet Ran Nazim Hikmet is one my most favorite Turkish poets (the other is Orhan Veli). I can write so much about him. But I don’t want to. I want his poem to fill in all the space. So few lines with so much content. Life is not a laughing matteryou must live…