Orhan Veli Kanik Poems

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1.
Fine Days

These fine days have been my ruin.
On this kind of day I resigned
My job in 'Pious Foundations'
On this kind of day I started to smoke
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2.
I Listen To Istanbul

I listen to Istanbul, my eyes closed:
First, a light wind blowing
A soft wind swaying
The leaves in the trees,
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3.
All Of A Sudden

Everything happened all of a sudden.
All of a sudden daylight beat down on the earth;
There was the sky all of a sudden;
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4.
Poem Of Loneliness

Ones who don't live alone don't know
How much silence scares one;
How one talks to himself;
How one runs to mirrors,
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5.
Did I Fall In Love?

I didn't believe I would have thoughts like this,
I would be sleepless at nights,
I would be so silent.
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6.
I Am Not Far

I am not far from you
Your eyes shall know to look, I am in your looks
Perhaps closer to you than yourself
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7.
To Leave This City

This is the city to walk around in the rain
Staring at the barges in the harbor
And to hum songs through the night.
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8.
The Galata Bridge

Hanging around on the Bridge,
Gleefully I watch all of you...
Out there, some of you row backward
Or pick mussels off the buoys;
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9.
How Beautiful

How pleasant is the color of tea,
In the morning,
In open weather!
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10.
For Istanbul

April

It's impossible
To write poems
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