While drinking water I saw my hand
Softly fuzzed with pink holes
I said hi there, hi there hand of mine
Pick up a wineglass pick up a fork pick up a pencil
Softly fuzzed with pink holes
I said hi there, hi there hand of mine
Pick up a wineglass pick up a fork pick up a pencil
And when the time comes avoid
Picking up a sword picking up a gun
My brave young lad my lion my lovely one
Picking up a sword picking up a gun
My brave young lad my lion my lovely one
While drinking water I saw my hand
Without a sound without a voice humanly bare
As if it were this guy’s or that guy’s hand
Hi there I said hi there
Hi there hardworking hands
I said the electricity flows because of you
Because of you the trains run
It’s because of you that mountains are overturned
To become dams that bring water
Endowing the world from end to end
I said the fields are green because of you
People are raised up because of you
Without a sound without a voice humanly bare
As if it were this guy’s or that guy’s hand
Hi there I said hi there
Hi there hardworking hands
I said the electricity flows because of you
Because of you the trains run
It’s because of you that mountains are overturned
To become dams that bring water
Endowing the world from end to end
I said the fields are green because of you
People are raised up because of you
While drinking water I saw my hand
Eyeless earless alive in its own way
Such thin blue veins
The thumb merrily big
The index finger comfortably curved
The ring finger in an indescribable state
The little finger in its own world
Eyeless earless alive in its own way
Such thin blue veins
The thumb merrily big
The index finger comfortably curved
The ring finger in an indescribable state
The little finger in its own world
Oktay Rifat [Horozcu] (1914 - 1944) Turkey
Translated by Dan Slobin
Source: Poetry Translations A Personal Anthology, Dan Slobin, 2020
Translated by Dan Slobin
Source: Poetry Translations A Personal Anthology, Dan Slobin, 2020
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