rain in İstanbul
today 16th October 2009
before noon
a weird bird
was flying
towards north
when others heading south
chattering
and said “it’s not that i don’t like to
obey the
i paint the sky in dreams
into scarlet
i fly with the cotton clouds/
with the morning star
my horse rear up
to my sea’s coast
pours foams like waves
by ajaring sleeping doors…
Günsel
i call and he says/
my love i am on my way
door bell rings
and he comes
before entering the
white washed room
he gently knocks
quickly i run
and open the door
he stands tall/tired
and
i have collected all the notes/
from my piano/
and sew them on my coat/
from collar to heel/
so that i could play the ballad/
your mum used to sing/
but the fools on the street nicked
i sat/a small dot
dignified woman
in a crowded East Dulwich coffee shop
open books/empty cups/laptops on the
wooden tables
an hour or less
i street gazed
my darling’s image hangs
inside
...the rest i pass/peace and quiet i yearn
i have heard a man full of hatred say
“all the poets are always drunk
how sick of them to fiddle with
pen and paper.”
one sentence i would rather not
in the middle of the sea
gliding in emptiness
i stopped and looked from remoteness
your eyes inside their green/
the waves were in a terrible mess
foams twinkled
and turned into one white
man of high birth fell in love/
with an ordinary woman/
he promised her faithfully/
that he will love her eternally
sacred agreement/between/attraction
what are rules?/to live our lives by?
no
hear my ballad
spring in thy eyes
loving heart
in dreams...
you have taken an oath
to abandon that city
come to me...
let’s make love
spring is here
dream with me...
that city is
my mother’s hand/soft as a cotton wool caresses my foolish head/five fingers!
couldn’t hold hopes/crazy waves
Mediterranean hey!
Five Fingers caresses/with the hard of her hand
can’t speak/blonde
tongue is dumb/until the loving heart
speaks
the heart is dumb
until it beats
you have the iron eyes/of the guitar
play the music/i am addressing you
rusty old lyrics/rolling in the
i...do remember clear as water
what you first said
when you first said
“...”
from an opening of a little window
words floated
without ending
eyes full of desire
kept calling
so many times
translating agonia.eu’s
Turkish interface
for Radu
i am not even
at a loose end
was invited for
barbecue at 3pm ish
didn\'t realise
how pekish i was
ended up having
lunch at 4.00pm
and
tarifi yoktur sancının
paylaşılamaz...
duyabilir mi sesini
acı/çığlıkları yükselirken
semaya
yaşamak yazılmıştır
Athenanın kuşuyum
gökyüzünde
rengarenk bir kuşak
gözleri dolu bulutum
kar beyazı/yüzlerdeki hüznü silen
yeni doğmuş ay\'ım
buradayım belirsiz
stop!
and think for a moment
how could i walk away from you?
now that we are apart
distance is to blame
even though it’s only temporary
my eyes are shedding
thousand tears
my heart is
take a look at that child
so little and fragile
looks very delicate
in spite of her scared posture
frozen eyes
head held high
looks as if ready to break
those green eyes
trying to camouflage
you are green,
you are amber
never red?
some days
I am
alerted for your
green glow...
then you turn into
alluring amber
indicating
to proceed with caution
like sodium lights
my
however,
suggesting for junkies
silly I rang
you said you were busy
and to ring your mobile
you are a bit sly though
recorded voice of yours said:
“your call cannot be taken right
...
Presumably you know/
I presume/? said to me
however,
I didn’t think we should
be ashamed of our
multiculturalism
I feel so bad about that
I think brains are shrinking
I don’t think you
I want to step in the
right direction
my head is so heavy
thoughts are confused
look into my eyes
if you could hold
your gaze forever
I would never be afraid.
Gunsel Djemal 6/7/2009 Bromley
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