böyle sevilmez
i loved
o mu
could not have
seven mahvetmez
thema durch war ich für ihn am ende
but also a few undefined times before
in klaren verhåltnissen zu leben
arzusuna geçti uzun senelerinkinin yerine
gene hiç uyarmadan sakince birdenbire
aber du unverbesserlicher ignorant
keep refusing against your will still
dich aus deiner herzenstiefe zu befreien
bu kadar da aşka muhtaç olur mu bir can
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
© hülya n. yılmaz, 4.12.2016
Once upon a Time in Turkey. Autobiographical Fiction. Inner Child Press International (November 15, 2022)
Letter-Poems from a Beloved. Prose poetry in English. Inner Child Press International (May 5, 2020)
Canlarım, My Lifeblood. Poetry in Turkish and English. Inner Child Press International, Private Edition (December 2019)
this and that, a Hodgepodge of hülya’s . . . Poetry. Inner Child Press International (January 2, 2019)
Aflame. Memoirs in Verse. Inner Child Press International (August 2, 2017)
An Aegean Breeze of Peace. A book of poetry, co-authored with Demetrios Trifiatis. Inner Child Press International (October 12, 2015)
Trance. A trilingual poetry book with own translations between English, German and Turkish. Inner Child Press International (December 12, 2013)
Inner Child Press “Our Authors” Page
For An Aegean Breeze of Peace, see also:
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Though I detected 4 lines, as in …
i loved,
could not have
but also a few undefined times before
keep refusing against your will still…
Though I’ve German and Turkish friends, their language are well beyond me, and alas I must struggle on with but the two I have, French and English.
However the 4 lines tempt me to compose an alternate, but honesty prevails, and I will let imagination suffer silently with the abstract picture it may eventually choose to produce.
Apologies from a dictionary lazy poet…!
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You are a rare gentle man, dear poet friend, always generous with your words of interest, support, encouragement and your engaged and engaging responses to my often unrestrained poetic outbursts. I am addicted to your sharing of your insight into my writings with me. My intent with this piece was (and still is) to enable the fragments their independent meaning within the three different languages. I know I must work on it. In the meantime, I will indulge in the gift you have given me with your after-thought. For the legible 4 lines of your mention having tempted you “to compose an alternate” but then leave it all to your imagination is the best interpretation of my unconventional attempt here. Apologies are in order but from me to you …
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I only understood two lines that were in English. I tried. 🙂 Happy Sunday.
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Thank you for “trying” to decode my poorly formulated enigma, dear Paulette. Even as a draft, it puts the reader in an unfair disadvantage. But you see, that effect was what I had intended. So, please do come back! I promise I will stay away -as much as I can 🙂 from experiments like this one. Have a wonderful week whatever is left of it. ❤
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