Izmir Urla dogumlu, 20. yuzyilin onemli Yunan sairlerinden, 1963 yilinda Nobel Edebiyat Odulu'nu kazanan Yorgos Seferis'in dogum yildonumu (13 Mart 1900)
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Uc yil boyunca
hic durmadan haberciyi bekledik
gozlerimizi dikip
camlara, kiyiya ve yildizlara.
Bir olup sabanin demiriyle, omurgasiyla geminin,
Ilk tohumu ariyorduk
eski oyun yeniden baslasin diye.
Yaralarla donduk yurdumuza,
elimiz kolumuz tutmuyordu, agzimiz
toz pas icinde.
Kuzeye dogru yol aldik uyandigimizda,
lekesiz kanatlariyla bizi sislere salan
kugularin yaraladigi yabancilardik.
Uluyan gundogusu cildirtti bizi kis gecelerinde,
yazlari, olmeyen gunun acisinda yitirdik kendimizi.
Birlikte getirdik donuste
Bu oyma kabartmalarini saygili bir sanatin.
The angel —
three years we waited for him, attention riveted,
closely scanning
the pines the shore the stars.
One with the blade of the plough or the ship’s keel
we were searching to find once more the first seed
so that the age-old drama could begin again.
We returned to our homes broken,
limbs incapable, mouths cracked
by the tastes of rust and brine.
when we woke we traveled towards the north, strangers
plunged into mist by the immaculate wings of swans that wounded us.
On winter nights the strong wind from the east maddened us,
in the summers we were lost in the agony of days that couldn’t die.
We brought back
these carved reliefs of a humble art.


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