Nazim Hikmet
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Nazim Hikmet Biography
Nâzım Hikmet Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (Turkish pronunciation: [naːˈzɯm hicˈmet] ( listen)) was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements". Described as a "romantic communist"and "romantic revolutionary", he was repea ...
Nazim Hikmet Poems
as a child he never plucked the wings off flies
he didn't tie tin cans to cats' tails
or lock beetles in matchboxes
or stomp anthills
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You waste the attention of your eyes,
the glittering labour of your hands,
and knead the dough enough for dozens of loaves
of which you'll taste not a morsel;
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I carved your name on my watchband
with my fingernail.
Where I am, you know,
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The hair falling on your forehead
suddenly lifted.
Suddenly something stirred on the ground.
The trees are whispering
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it's 1962 March 28th
I'm sitting by the window on the Prague-Berlin train
night is falling
I never knew I liked
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Nazim Hikmet Comments
by Hikmet, in Italian: ''Il più bello dei mari'' Il più bello dei mari è quello che non navigammo. Il più bello dei nostri figli non è ancora cresciuto. I più belli dei nostri giorni non li abbiamo ancora vissuti. E quello che vorrei dirti di più bello non te l'ho ancora detto. - Nazim Hikmet
this really silly people who actually doesnt know about the poet and find the right to comment. Nazim died in russia because he was had a banishment in turkey, he was a acommunist, and if he would stay there he had to live in prison for the rest of his life. his poems always includes the homesickness of turkey.just read memleketim he fought for turkish people and their rights, unfortunate for turkey, the goverment was very idiot and threaten him. yeah he comes from a greek grandfather, but in those times greece was in ottoman's land. so your point is all wrong i please chech before commenting.
Sorry Slyva, but I have to ask what the heck you are talking about. How come was Nazim Hikmet Ran Greek? What kind of a history and greek made-up character are you trying to create? Get your facts straight. Please. Here's a google for this. Good luck!
Sylvia this is a breathtakingly silly statement. As Nazim wrote in Turkish and left behind a huge body of work in the Turkish language the debate over his ancestry (he had partial Polish ancestry by the way) is just plain wrong. Nobody can Turkify a poet who wrote exceptionally well in that language. I really feel you should withdraw that statement as it really is meaningless in the context of late Ottoman, modern Turkish and Greek history. But one question: Can you point out anybody on this planet who does not have what you call mixed blood (the nasty rascist connotations of the phrase should not be overlooked) ....
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10/25/2021 6:27:13 AM # 1.0.0.738
Nazim Hikmet: Had a mixed blood... Was Greek and not Turkish He died in Russia in exile...Turkis they Turkify every one