OUR INVITATION

OUR INVITATION

*“Galloping from Far Asia and jutting out
into the Mediterranean like a mare’s head
this country is ours.”

Nazim Hikmet

What can be said against the right word, my dude Nazim

What can be said against the right word

We

Didn’t come here by neighing horses

Didn’t walk around on the homeland of anybody

Didn’t dig up the vegetable garden of anybody

we were already here.

HELIMISI XASANI (Laz Poet)

1907-1976

(Translated from Turkish by Serkan Engin)

*Added by the translator

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ÇHANDA ÇKUNİ

İsa nenaz mu itkven Nazimi çkimi

İsa nenaz miz mu utkun

Çkun;

Xirxineri ntsxenepete var moptit

Mitiş dobadona var goptit

Mitti mitiş getasule var bzonit

hak borthit.

HELİMİŞİ XASANİ

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DAVETİMİZ

Doğru söze ne denir Nazım'ım  

Doğru söze ne denir

Biz

Kişneyen atlarla gelmedik

Kimsenin vatanında gezmedik

Kimsenin bostanını eşmedik

biz buradaydık.

HASAN HELİMİŞİ