Metin Sahin - Occupation

when the dawn enlightens by the horns of my oxen
I plow the soil with my pride in my patient struggle
under my bare feet i feel the soil humid and warm
with brilliant lights in my arm muscles
I forge the iron till noon
the darkness turns to crimson
in the warmth of the afternoon
with the most greennes on their leaves
I gather the newly ripened olives
all my body and my eyes in lights
I have always have visitors in my house in every evening
my door ajar..wide open to every kind of songs
at night i go into the water knee high
and I pull the nets from the sea
full of fish mixed with the shining stars
now i am responsible from the world
they ask me
about the human.the soil, the darkness and the daylight
I think you understand me
I am fully occupied and busy
and you my rose
do you understand me too
I am fully occupied staying in love with you
you just stay there without moving
in the illumination
let the shining sun always stay on your green gown
my wound again has opened suddenly
the blood is fiercely flowing thorough me
in my full occupied body
BURSA 1948

Nazim HIKMET
Translation Metin SAHIN

Metin Sahin

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