Nature
Orman
From Piyale (1926). Original Turkish text.
Nature
Su değil, mevsimin havası akan,
Duyduğun yaprağın, dalın sesidir;
Suda yıldızların parıltısıdır,
Bu karanlıkta bazı bazı çakan...
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Codex Note
The title means 'The Forest'. A quatrain of the forest at night: what flows is not water but the season's air, and what flashes in the dark is the gleam of stars on the water.
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MLA
Haşim, Ahmet. “Orman.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ahmet-hasim/12/.
Chicago
Haşim, Ahmet. “Orman.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ahmet-hasim/12/.
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