Bugun Pazar
Bugun beni ilk defa gunese cikardilar.
Ve ben omrumde ilk defa gokyuzunun
bu kadar benden uzak
bu kadar mavi
bu kadar genis olduguna sasarak
kimildamadan durdum.
Sonra saygiyla topraga oturdum,
dayadim sirtimi duvara.
Bu anda ne dusmek dalgalara,
bu anda ne kavga, ne hurriyet, ne karim.
Toprak, gunes ve ben...
Bahtiyarim...

-Nazim Hikmet

Today is Sunday
Today for the first time, they took me out into the sun.
And for the first time in my life, aghast
I stood there wondering
how the sky could be so far from me
so blue
and so vast.
Then with respect, I sat on the ground,
leaned my back against the wall.
Not a care about diving into the waves
Or about strife or freedom or my wife.
The soil, the sun and me...
I feel blissful.