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Poems by ​Tuğrul Tanyol


Oğluma
 
oğlumun gülüşünü duyuyorum hâlâ
evimin eskiyen duvarlarında
kokusunu, geçtiğim tüm denizlerde
saçlarına vuran ışığın gürültüsünü
kalbimin alt güvertesinde
 
oğlumun büyüyüşünü izliyorum hâlâ
zihnimin gizli odalarında
her birinin içinde bir başka an,
özenle saklanmış zaman
bana bakıyor oradan
 
rüzgârı durdurmak istediğimiz anlar vardır
inmek, hayatın eski duraklarından birinde
tutunmak, sana uzanan o küçük ele
bakmak özlemle,
dünyayı henüz tanımamış gözlere
 
kalbimin ışığı! geleceğe yaptığım çağrı
son sevgilim, ömrümün baharı
ben gittikten sonra bile
sımsıkı sarıl, anımsa bu aşkı

 
To My Son
 
I still hear the friendly laughter of my son
And sense his smell in the ageing walls
Of my house, in all the seas I’ve crossed
The clamour of light striking his hair
In the lower depths of my heart
 
I still trace the growing-up of my son
in the secret cells of my mind
In everyone there’s another moment.
time hidden with longing
looks at me from there
 
There are moments when we want to stop the wind
To descend, and get off at one of life’s stops
To look with longing at that little hand
Stretching out to you to be held
At the eyes that don’t yet know the world
 
Light of my heart! message I’ve made for the future
My last love, spring of my life
Even after I’ve gone
Hug me close, remember this love.

         
 
         Bach’ı Dinlerken
 
içimi ışıkla dolduran ezgi
“Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”
göklere haykırır gibi
o sesle birlikte yükselen
 
anlamadığım dildeki ilahi
Tanrı’ya yakarış belki
yankılanıp duruyor
o küçücük kilisedeki
 
ses, sese karışıyor
aynı aşkla söylüyor koro
Bach’ın hayalindeki
Tanrı’ya kavuşuyor
 
insan anlıyor birden
hangi dilden, hangi dinden olsa da
o ortak Tanrı sevgisini
ışıldayan gözlerden yansıyor
 
utandırıyor içimdeki dinsizi

 
Listening to Bach
 
music filling my heart with light
“Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”
the voice soaring
like a cry to heaven
 
a hymn in a language I don’t understand
perhaps a plea to God
keeps echoing
in that tiny church
 
voice mingling with voice
a chorus sings with the same passion
and reaches the God
of Bach’s dream
 
and, suddenly we understand
in whatever language, whatever religion is ours
the same love of God is reflected
from shining eyes
 
and shames the infidel in me

          

 
          Crescendo
 
açık pencereden dökülen müzik
avlunun çıplak taşlarına düşüyor
taşları siyah ve beyaz
renklere dönüştürüyor
 
taşların üzerinde oynayan çocuk
seçerek atıyor adımlarını
geriliyor zemin,
zıplayarak bazen
bir mesafe koyuyor
arasına sevincin
 
duvara yapışıp kalan kedi
sıçrıyor şaşkınlıkla
ta ötelere kaçıyor güvercin
 
çocuğun üzerinde koştuğu taşlar
dev bir dalgaya dönüşüyor birden
bir deniz kızı oluyor, bir köpük, bir gölge
kanatlı bir at
açık kalmış pencereden fırlıyor
çarpıyor yüzümüze,
beklenmedik bir öpücük gibi hayat
 
 
 
 
 
crescendo
 
music pouring from the open window
falls on the courtyard's naked stones
it changes the stones colour
into black and white
 
the child at play on the stones
chooses his moves with care
the earth recedes,
sometimes his jumps
make a space
in the midst of joy
 
the cat that stays stuck to the wall
suddenly springs
the pigeon flies far away
 
where the child ran, the stones
change suddenly to a giant wave
it becomes a mermaid, a froth of foam, a shadow
a winged horse
leaps through the open window
and strikes us in the face,
life like an unexpected kiss
 
Translation into English  by Ruth Christie
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Tuğrul Tanyol is born in İstanbul, in 1953. He is a professor at the Yeditepe University -İstanbul. He is considered one of the leading figures of the new poetry of the 80’s. He published ten books of poetry: His second book Ağustos Dehlizleri “The Labyrinths of August” received the prestigious Necatigil Prize 1985. Gelecek Günlerin Şarabı "The Vine of Future Days" (Metin Altıok Prize 2016); and (Attila İlhan Prize 2016). A selection of his poems has been published in Madrid by Verbum in 2003 “Los Laberintos de agosto y otros poemas”. Italian edition of his selected poems, "Il vino dei giorni a venire (poesie 1971-2016)" has been published by Ladolfi in 2016. The first volume of his essays on poetry İyi Şiir Koalisyonu "The Colalition of Good Poetry" has been published in 2015. The second volume published in 2017 as The geneology of Poetry. Tanyol's book in French (Une voix troublant le vent) has been published in 2019 by l'Harmattan, and the Azeri translations (Sen Elimden Tutanda) in Baku in 2019. Tuğrul Tanyol also received the Gold Medal in 2019 during the 4th edition of the LIFFT Eurasian festival.


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      • The Moping Owl : the Epitome of Melancholy by Zinia Mitra
      • Gary Soto’s Vision of Chicano Experiences: The Elements of San Joaquin and Human Nature by Paula Hayes
      • Sri Aurobindo: A Poet By Aju Mukhopadhyay
      • Wordsworthian Romanticism in the Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra: Nature and the Reflective Capabilities of a Poetic Self by Paula Hayes
      • Reflective Journey of T.S. Eliot: From Philosophy to Poetry by Syed Ahmad Raza Abidi
      • North East Indian Poetry: ‘Peace’ in Violence by Ananya .S. Guha
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      • Alchemy’s Drama: Conflict, Resolution and Poiesis in the Poetic Work of Art by Michelle Bitting
      • Amir Khushrau: The Musical Soul of India by Dr. Shamenaz
      • PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME: POETRY'S EROTIC ART by Elena Karina Byrne
      • Celtic and Urban Landscapes in Irish Poetry by Linda Ibbotson
      • Trickster at the African Crossroads and the Bridge to the Blues in America by Michelle Bitting
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      • Erika Burkart: Fragments, Shards, and Visions by Marc Vincenz
      • English Women Poets and Indian politics
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      • Thirteen Thoughts on Poetry in the Digital Age by Mandy kAHN
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      • From Self-Portrait with Dogwood: A Route of Evanescence by Christopher Merrill
      • Impure Poetry by Tony Barnstone
      • On the Poets: Contributors in Context by Donald Gardner
      • Punching above its Weight: Dutch Poetry in English, a Selection, 2013-2017 by Jane Draycott
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