Yunan sair Kostas Karyotakis’in olum yildonumu (20 Temmuz 1928)
Askere aldilar Mihaliyos' u bir gun.
Guzeldi, yigitti, calimla gitti,
Maris ve Panayotis' le birlikte.
‘Hizaya gel’ i bile ogrenemedi.
Mirildanip durdu hep: ‘Onbasim’,
‘koyume doneyim ne olur birakin beni...’
Ertesi yil, bir hastanede,
konusmadan goge bakiyordu...
Dikmisti sulanan gozlerini yukari,
sila ozlemiyle, sessizce,
yalvariyor gibi soyluyordu:
‘Evime doneyim ne olur birakin beni...’
Mihaliyos oldu bir gun.
Askerler soydular onu,
bir cukura koydular
Maris ve Panayotis'le birlikte.
Toprak attilar ustune,
ama ayaklarini disarda biraktilar:
Boyu pek uzundu fukaranin!
Mihalios was drafted in the army
and he set off happy and proud
together with Maris and Panayotes,
but he could not learn "Shoulder arms!"
and always murmured, "Corporal, sir,
let me go back home, to my village."
The next year, in the hospital
he stared silently at the sky.
He fixed on some distant point
his longing and his quiet eyes
as if to say, as if to plead,
"Let me go back home, to my village."
Mihalios departed from the world a soldier,
four privates escorted him on his way,
and among them were Mads and Panayi6tes.
On top of him they piled the grave,
but one foot was sticking out;
he was a bit too long, poor guy.
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