Thursday, July 13, 2006

Few contemporary Turkish poems I enjoyed...

Fazil Husnu Daglarca
IS
To love
Is
To double the world
TAKEN BUT NOT GIVEN
Hills and rocks
left you to me
I shall not have anyone have you
Not even God
IT COMES AND GOES
It comes and goes
Till nights turn into down
My sleeplessness
To your beauty
INSIDE AND OUT
Why are we separated
By houses
And come together
In streets
Melih Cevdet Anday
ONE MOMENT
The road is lovely
As if there is no death
Necati Cumali
A FEAR AMONG FEARS
For three days I looked forward to Sunday
Till Sunday you had said
Believe me for three days
I longed for nothing but Sunday
Could neither sleep nor work well
Till Sunday I said and waited
Sunday morning
A fear among fears
Played havoc with my joy
What if you are not the one I love
What if you are not the one I crave