A Glittering Poem by Orhan Veli Kanik

zdunno03's avatarLeonard Durso

I woke up one morning;
The sun came up to me;
I turned into birds and leaves;
They glittered in the spring breeze;
I turned into birds and leaves;
My arms and legs were rotting;
I turned into birds and leaves,
Birds
And leaves.

translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat

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2 thoughts on “A Glittering Poem by Orhan Veli Kanik

  1. Hmmmm…I love good translations. In my opinion, this one doesn’t measure up to the standards of the many others you have posted here. 😦

    Ron

    • He’s the translator of many of the poems I’ve posted of Kanik’s work. Perhaps rather than the translation you don’t like this particular poem as much as others.

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