GÜZIN ORALKAN

 

Within The Sediment Of The Earthquake

 

i must reborn in every pain

just to spite injustice called death

i still sing the song of humanity

just the spite the woes i got covered with and my broken dreams

 

Translated By Baki Yiğit

 

depremin tortusunda

 

her acıda yeniden doğmalıyım

ölüm denen haksızlığa inat

ben hâlâ insanlık türküsünü söylerim

bulandığım dertlere kırılan düşlerime inat

 

The Offended Reflection

 

your insatiable face

                     spontaneously peels

when it

                 embraced by pain

wrapped in offense

 

when your image is reflected

                  in the mirror

 

Translated By Baki Yiğit

          

A Magic

 

My solitude is a slight pain

Which ooze out the burning window-frames

A heart can hear the other one

Happiness came and passed by.

Can an exhausted fire become active

Just like rubbed feelings.

Love is a magic

Let it bring up the universe

Let your love grow up freely…

 

How many springs conceive

Flowers of spring

How many crimson sunsets

Golden yellow new moons left in the cache

Love is a magic

Let it bring up the universe freely

Before mountain flowers smile upon me.

 

Translated By Baki Yiğit

 

Wondering

 

how do we know

what this stagnation

is pregnant with

how and when

our hopes

will be broken

will our clogged ears

and our unseeing eyes open

one day

 

Translated By Baki Yiğit

 

GÜZIN ORALKAN

 

GÜZIN ORALKAN was born in Malatya. She graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy. She is a founding member and President of Aegean Culture Foundation. She is General Secretary of KIBATEK Association. She is a member of the Association of Language, the Association of Litterateurs, and PEN International. She has served as a member of the Organizing Committee for Izmir Short Story Days for many years. She has been participating in the organizing committees of various national and international art events for a long period of time. Her poems have been published both in domestic and foreign literary magazines, shared books, and anthologies, and have been translated into foreign languages. Some lyrics that she wrote have been composed by famous composers and taken place in TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) repertoire. TRT's archive series "Music Bundle" CD Volume 1 includes her work. Her poetry collection The Offended Reflection has been published by Yasakmeyve Publisher. Her two poetry books are ready for publishing.

 

Translated By Baki Yiğit