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Published: 2008-04-26 06:56:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 1718; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 82
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...Living is no laughing matter:
you must live with great seriousness
like a squirrel, for example-
I mean without looking for something beyond and above living,
I mean living must be your whole occupation.
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Yasamak sakaya gelmez,
buyuk bir ciddiyetle yasayacaksin
bir sincap gibi mesela,
yani, yasamanin disinda ve otesinde hicbir sey beklemeden,
yani butun isin gucun yasamak olacak.
Nazim Hikmet
Balat Istanbul April 2008
The sokak where the wool women [link] were working.
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Comments: 36
Wow! Thanks very much! It's a fabulous collection of great images.
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Hmm...there's a lot of color in this picture. Color is good. I like this. *applauds*
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What a fantastic shot! All the life it shows, the colors and the angle all so very well done
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You did such a great job with this one, well all of them. You are most welcome
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Living is no laughing matter :
you must take it seriously,
so much so and to such a degree
that, for example, your hands tied behind your back,
your back to the wall,
or else in a laboratory
in your white coat and safety glasses,
you can die for people -
even for people whose faces you have never seen,
even though you know living
is the most real, the most beautiful thing.
I mean, you must take living so seriously
that even at seventy, for example, you'll plant olive trees -
and not for your children, either
but because although you fear death you don't believe it,
because living, I mean, weighs heavier...
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Diyelim ki, dövüşülmeye değer bir şeyler için,
diyelim ki, cephedeyiz.
Daha orda ilk hücumda, daha o gün
yüzükoyun kapaklanı
Tuhaf bir hınçla bileceğiz bunu,
fakat yine de çıldırasıya merak edeceğiz
belki yıllarca sürecek olan savaşın sonunu.
Diyelim ki, hapisteyiz,
yaşımız da elliye yakın,
daha da on sekiz sene olsun açılmasına demir kapının.
Yine de dışarıyla beraber yaşayacağız,
insanları, hayvanları, kavgası ve rüzgârıyla
yani, duvarın arkasındaki dışarıyla.
Yani, nasıl ve nerde olursak olalım
hiç ölünmeyecekmiş gibi yaşanacak...
THE BLUE-EYED GIANT (Nazım Hikmet)
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Thank you so much! I did a google search of Turkish poets and fell in love with this man. Thank you for adding the rest of it. I'm actually teary eyed now because of your wonderful comment.
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You are surprising me with your talent of learning language...How did you fşnd him. He is the great poet and has very dear memory on every modern man at our country...
Wonderfull image my dear friend...the texture on the green wall and the colours are amazing...General atmsophere is stunning!...I can not find a word to say...just
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Thank you so much! I found him on a google search. I went through about 12 poets and found a few I reallllly liked. Him and another. I liked this poem in particular. I'm so happy you like it too. But of course a man with such good taste as you could not help but like it.
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Nazım Hikmet is the number 1....He is not only a good poet but also an advanturer!. He follows his idea till the end...Thanks for sharing...Teh next one is also very very important and wellknown one but not famous as Nazım Hikmet....He has a international reputation...
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I love the poems of both of them...plus some others that I found which I may use on some other pix.
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I will be pleased to see them...Maybe I will link you some popular songs too..
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That would be interesting...thank you
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Oh! Fabulous work on this!
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Thanks so much! I was very lucky.
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Why thank you very much! I'm so pleased you like.
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oh yeah! you've really encouraged me to visit! I might even go sometime this year!
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Cool! I would look forward to seeing the results of that trip. Your photos of your journies have always facinated me (and made me a bit jealous)
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haha thank you very much! your always welcome to come visit if you ever feel like it!
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Thanks so much. If I'm even near your neck of the world I'd be thrilled to meet you.
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note me if you ever plan to do! I work in the hospitality business, i can make sure you don't get swindled
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