Turk sair Didem Madak’in dogum yildonumu (8 Nisan 1970)
Hergun uzak ulke kirpintilari dokulur
gunesin ceplerinden. Yoksul aile babasi
cebi gibi biraz kasvetli ve susam kokulu.
Sanki Greta Garbo artisti olur gibi
gün batana dek karabasanlar dolaştırır
sokaklarda hirdavatcilar, gecenin her
kosesinde sarhoslar gunduzu kusarlar.
Gunes vergi iade zarflarinda saklanir.
Ucuz elbise askilarinda tiril tiril
amortiden bir deniz sallanir.
Sabaha karsi nemli bir islik, bir
kosede siftinip duran sokak
kedilerinin tuylerini tarazlar.
Yampiri bir yagmuru seyreder
dizilip rengarenk, pis kediler.
Boyozcular, elleri yagli, gozleri
yagli, gonulleri yagli pis adamlar.
Guvenoyu alamamis martilar
Kemeralti carsisina alisverise
cikarlar. Otuziki yerinden
bicaklanmis asklar damlar
gozlerinden. Kulenin altinda
bekler her oglen Mr.Parkinson.
Bu sehirde adamin biri
her oglen bir deprem bekler.
Each and every day tidbits from distant nations fall
From the pockets of the sun
Like those from the pockets of a hard-pressed papa
Melancholy and smelling of sesame seed.
Maybe a star like gretagarbo's died
Till evening falls ironmongers walk their black nightmares
Throughout all the city's thoroughfares
At each corner after nightfall the drunks now puke out their mundane day
With the sun now safely packed - with receipts for tax
Racks of cheap clothing now display a ruffled, ruffled sea
of bargains as a consolation prize.
In the damp drizzle toward sunrise then
There are only forlorn feline strays collected in the corners
Rubbing and preening their coats.
They contemplate the slanting rain
These filthy cats of every hue.
Peddlers selling
Crisp rings of fried dough, their hands greasy
Their eyes, their hearts greasy-filthy merchants!
Seagulls lacking any vote of confidence
Begin to haunt the crowded markets of Kemeralti
With tears from some thirty-three slashes of love's dagger dribbling slowly
from their eyes.
Waiting beneath the tower each day at noon there's Mr. Parkinson.
As a resident of this city
He's awaiting an earthquake.
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