Thursday, December 1, 2022

EMEL KOŞAR

 


All Around Me

 

at the back of the horse with flower mane

there are tears of hyacinth time

the growing wrath of darkness crinkling on my skin

wind: collapsing inwards

water: pursing of time

earth: the mysterious way in which God reveals his existence to us

the power of shadows

who has the scales of fire?

 

Translated by Yaprak Damla Yıldırım

 

Atlas

 

how come i loved

that voice of yours to which i couldn’t give birth

your eyes are a cluster of stars

your shoulders taking on firmaments

are cold breaths of tablets

your fire hasn’t cooled yet

your silence that writes on water

your wrath tied to a thunder

is the unbearable burden of the world

Atlas the last castle of defeat

 

Translated by Yaprak Damla Yıldırım

 

Waltz

 

the sorrow leaking from our history

threatens the throne of loneliness

it’s an art to resist

the doubt that gnaws our laughs

console me with your purity

decked with mosaics your voice

envelops sand grains

do not drag the wrecked past of ours

into the damnation dark

let the wings of death embrace us

 

Translated by Yaprak Damla Yıldırım

 

EMEL KOŞAR

 

Dr. EMEL KOŞAR was born in Eskişehir. In 2003, she graduated from Turkish Language and Literature Department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. She is currently a faculty member at Turkish Language and Literature Department of Faculty of the Arts and Sciences of Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. She has published her poetry and essays on Turkish literature in various literary magazines. She published her research and review books, scientific and literary works she edited, and 7 poetry collections.

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