Nazim Hikmet (1902, Salonica - June 3, 1963, Moscow)

GÖZLERİMİZ Gözlerimiz           seffaf               temiz                  damlalardir. Her damlada        demire can veren dehamizin                             bir küçücük                                      zerresi vardir.. Seffaf     temiz damlalariyla gözlerimiz bir umman içinde o kadar birlesti ki, kayniyan suda buzu              nasil eritirsiniz, iste biz de        birbirimizde          öyle kaybolduk. Yükseldi gözlerimizin saheseri                  demire can veren dehayi bulduk. Seffaf     temiz        damlalariyla gözlerimiz, bir umman içinde birlesmeseydi eger, her zerre      dagilsaydi baska bir yere, dinamolarla türbinleri çiftlestirerek, çelik daglari suda kof bir kelek gibi döndüremezdik.. Ve gözlerimizi yakan                  gecenin atesini                    samasiz kibrit gibi söndüremezdik.. Nazim Hikmet, 1922

OUR EYES Our eyes          are limpid                     drops of water. In each drop exists          a tiny sign                          of our genius which has given life to cold iron. Our eyes          are limpid                     drops of water merged absolutely in the Ocean that you could hardly recognize            the drop in a block of ice                  in a boiling pan. The masterpiece of these eyes    the fulfillment of their genius                     the living iron. In these eyes      filled with limpid                       pure tears had failed to emerge      from the infinite Ocean if the strength                  had dispersed, we could never have mated      the dynamo with the turbine, never have moved    those steel mountains in water easily         as if made of hollow wood. The masterpiece of these eyes    the fulfillment of their genius        of our unified labour             the living iron.                          Nazim Hikmet - 1922