to taste life
Drawn to unknowns,
grim prospects,
doubts,
loss of hopes,
ills.
Black and white.
Grief leaves.
Grey appears
amid a mottled bouquet
donned in scents galore
in the arms of human laughter.
Joy overcomes sorrow.
© hülya yılmaz, May 31, 2013
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bursting balloons wrapped in rainbow
carry the darkness up and away
splashes of refreshed, vivid colors
force the thunder clouds astray
arms wide extended, prancing to and from
myriads of rejoined, bracing town squares
shadows packed, locked, sent missing
more destruction, the storm no longer dares
frolicking wills move in instead
afar, nearby, nearing, or there
honed by the warmest, keenest of hearts
to soar over you, with utmost care.
Your new lives will not be bare.
© hülya yılmaz, June 1, 2013
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I had recently composed this poem in German. My translation method here is somewhat liberal. I hope you will enjoy my work with the words in their English transformation.
immediate
enforced
no final contact
warning failed
despaired devastation,
destroying humiliation
inevitable
self-respect, departed
massive grief, incapable of solace
too late to await
to expect at last
that what was evidenced
many years ago…
now
a mere I without a name
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the skies may now appear as night
not much is left erect in sight
sorrow and destruction abound
whenever you look around
while despair may rise its ugly head
many cycles of sunshines still await
as in the hearts of those who here pen
these lines of care and encouragement
you don’t know us, and we, not you
through our minds, though, we unite
with these words, we do embrace
all together what you have to face
you will, thus, begin a promising phase
inside a new home, as you will soon call your place.
© hülya yılmaz, May 28, 2013
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we mourn those who are killed
whether by nature or human hands
form groups for support
join in the pain in any way we can
honor, reminisce, collaborate
beyond a swift case of heartache
yet,
we forget
in the face of the ease
amid traffic on cyberspace
who gave us the chance to compensate
for the immense loss of those violently killed
the reporting souls who often tend to get
the thunder, the fire, the flood, the twister effect
from us;
we frequently resend
their tongue, their style, what they account –
they are the ones whom we neglect
now that there was a deadly whirling wind
by which twenty-four human beings were killed
none will remain a mere number –
mourners, there are a plenty
including young school children
one of whom was amazed to see
the celebration of the dead and the living;
like the three hundred and seventy-five people injured –
in welcoming hope, their lives we get to embrace
schools, destroyed;
12,000 homes, damaged or vanished;
some owners, already named –
numerous volunteers, fast ready to help
we, too, are thus, enabled to step in
locals, non-locals, other continents’ residents –
in body, in spirit or by spreading the word out loud
by writing, speaking, or simply wishing
strength in heart to those young and old,
who mourn loved ones for their lives’ ceasing
for, we have learned of your sorrow
thanks to the efforts in reporting
by those who live any- and everywhere
but also there
where you again will call home
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This Sunday’s reflections with a universal plea appear here thanks to a post published at Mix&MatchMeme – one I would not have known about, had it not been to its reblogging (thank you, dear Paulette) at The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap
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abrupter schluss
erzwungenes ende
kein sich-aussprechen
ohne weiteres
verzweifelt, verwüstet, vernichtet
erniedrigung unvermeidbar
selbstrespekt verstorben
gewaltige trauer ohne trost
zu spåt
endlich das zu erwarten und zu verlangen
was vor jahren unter uns einst erwiesen war…
nun
nur ein ich ohne namen
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Uğruna fedakarlık yapmadığın sevgiyi,
yüreğinde taşıyıp da kendine yük etme!
[Poem Source: Can Yücel]
Don’t burden yourself by carrying in your heart
the love for which you made no sacrifice!
[Translation Source: Self]
Anladım!
Yar’la bir olmayınca
yer’le bir oluyormuş insan…
[Poem Source: Can Yücel]
I got it!
You get destroyed…
when not with the beloved
[Translation Source: Self]
Once you live of what the same poet speaks in two separate poems through seemingly contradicting emotions, you know the feeling of being torn is an integral part of the suffering.
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Ben sana hep üşüyordum,
Çünkü kıştım..
Nakıştım, bakıştım..Inkar
etmiyorum da bunu..
Seni sevmek gibi büyük işlere
Kalkıştım..
Ve lütfen inkar etme;
Sana en çok ben yakıştım…
[Poetry Source: Özdemir Asaf]
I was always cold for your warmth,
for I was winter…
an image, a glance..And
I don’t deny that..
I dared to undertake big affairs,
such as loving you…
Please don’t resist;
I was the best match to you…
[Translation Source: Self]
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Hani derler ya,
Ben sensiz yaşayamam, diye.
Ben onlardan değilim.
Ben sensiz de yaşarım;
Ama,
Seninle bir başka yaşarım…
[Poetry and Image Source: Nazım Hikmet]
You know what they say:
“I can’t live without you.”
I am not one of them.
I’ll live also without you;
but
with you,
my life would surely be something else…
[Translation Source: Self]
May it be through Turkish, English or any other world language – how do you define “living”? How about “life”?
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