Nature
Bahçe
From Piyale (1926). Original Turkish text.
NatureTime & Brevity
Bir Acem bahçesi, bir seccade
Dolduran havzı ateşten bade.
Ne kadar gamlı bu akşam vakti
Bakışın benzemiyor mutade.
Gök yeşil, yer sarı, mercan dallar
Dalmış üstündeki kuşlar yâda.
Bize bir zevk-i tahattur kaldı
Bu sönen, gölgelenen dünyada.
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Codex Note
The title means 'The Garden'. A Persian garden at evening, its pool filled as if with fiery wine; in a world fading into shadow, only the pleasure of remembering is left.
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Haşim, Ahmet. “Bahçe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ahmet-hasim/9/.
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Haşim, Ahmet. “Bahçe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ahmet-hasim/9/.
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