“Αδελφέ μου Ναζίμ“ Λένια Σοφοκλέους

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“Αδελφέ μου Ναζίμ“

Λένια Σοφοκλέους

“Nazim my Brother“

Lenia Sophocleous

“Kardeşim Nazim“

Lenia Sofokleus

“Αδελφέ μου Ναζίμ”

Ποίημα από τη συλλογή

‘Το κουτί της Πανδώρας’

Λένια Σοφοκλέους 2016

“Nazim my brother“

Poem from the poetry collection

‘Pandora’s Box’

Lenia Sophocleous

“Kardeşim Nazim“

Lenia Sofokleus

Artwork and images

Andreas Makariou - Artist

email: Email: makarioua@gmail.com

Yunancadan çeviri: Sevki Kiralp Translation to Turkish: Sevki Kiralp Email: sevkikiralp@gmail.com

Translation to English: Ditte Brass

Email:dittacts@cytanet.com.cy

Cover and Pages editing coordination

Takis Constantinou & Vangelis Gaitatzis

Copyright © Lenia Sophocleous, 2016

All rights reserved

Email: leniapaphos@gmail.com

Paphos - Cyprus, December 2016

ISBN: 978-9963-2046-4-9

“ Without wars,

all of you will now live

happily ever after”

‘Peace’, Aristophanes, 421BC

ΑΔΕΛΦΕ  ΜΟΥ  ΝΑΖΙΜ

Νομίζω όμως, αδελφέ μου Ναζίμ

ότι ακόμα κι αν καώ εγώ ή αν καείς εσύ ακόμα κι αν καούμε όλοι οι ποιητές μαζί τούτος ο κόσμος θα παραμείνει

-δεν θα πω για πάντα- για καιρό πολύ ένας αλκοολικός με κύρωση του ύπατος που πιά δεν ξέρει αν θα σωθεί.

Γιαυτό αδελφέ μου Ναζίμ

-οραματιστή, μεγάλε ποιητή- λέω να βρούμε άλλον τρόπο, για να σπρώξουμε τον κόσμο σε μιά καινούργια αρχή.

Χωρίς φωτιές, χωρίς καμένους.

Μ’ ανθρώπους απλά ευτυχισμένους που θα μοιράζονται τη γη.

Λένια Σοφοκλέους

*Ναζίμ Χικμέτ: ο γνωστός Τούρκος ποιητής

Kardeşim Nazım

Sanıyorum ki, kardeşim Nazım Ben de yansam, sen de yansan Bütün şairler hep birlikte de yansak Bu dünya böyle kalacak

Sonsuza kadar değil belki, ama uzun bir süre.

Daha fazla yaşayacak mı bilmeyen, Siroza yakalanmış alkol bağımlısı misali.

Bundan dolayı kardeşim Nazım, Geleceği gören büyük üstadım, Derim ki, yeni bir yol bulalım Dünyayı yeni bir geleceğe taşıyalım.

Ateşin ve yananların olmadığı, İnsanların sadece mutlulukla yaşadığı, Dünyayı da mutlulukla paylaştığı.

Lenia Sofokleus

*Yunancadan çeviri: Şevki Kıralp

Nazim Hikmet, Türk Şair.

Nazim My Brother

Yet I believe, Nazim my brother, if I burn or you burn

even all poets together - if we all burn this world will still remain

– I’m not saying for ever – but a very long time an alcoholic with liver cirrhosis

who knows no more, will he be saved?

Therefore my brother Nazim

- you dreamer, great poet - let’s find another way

to push the world towards a new beginning.

Without fires, without bodies burnt to death.

With human beings happy to live who simply share the earth.

Lenia Sophocleous

*Nazim: Well-known Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet

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ΝΟΤΕ

The inspiration for the poem “My brother Nazim” came from the work of one of my favorite poets,the well-known Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963). His poem”Like Kerem”(1930) was among those that had a great influence on me as a teenager. In those days revolution and extreme self-sacrifice seemed the best way to have a better life:

“If I don’t burn
if you don’t burn if we don’t burnHow will the light conquer the darkness?” *

As I have matured and the world we live in has changed, l now believe the best way to a better life is Peace.

Lenia Sophocleous

* Verse from the poem “Like Kerem” of Nazim Hikmet.

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Thank you

I wish to thank:

My very dear Andreas Makariou, a great artist and an excellent person, for his friendship and for providing me with his artwork, for this little poetry edition.

Mr. Sevki Kiralp, the translator for the Turkish language who made this proj- ect a reality, responding to my call with kindness and responsibility.

Miss Ditte Brass, the english language translator, for the punctual work and valuable involment.

Misses Evtyhia Charalambous, Jill and Martin Bailey, for their help.

L.S.

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Biographies

Lenia Sophocleous  studied  at  the  faculty  of  journalism  at Saint   Petersburg   state   university   (Russia)   and   worked   for many years as a journalist. She has published  three poetic col- lections,  the  novel  “ The  blue  bench”,  short  stories  as “Nick- ie”, “ 2074”, “ leventis” and others, as well as   theatrical scripts. She currently works and lives in Paphos, in Cyprus island.

Sevki Kiralp was born in 1986 in Famagusta Cyprus. He is teach- ing  political  sciences  at the Near East University. He has also translated many books from Turkish to Greek and vice versa.

Ditte Brass studied English and French at the University of Ap- plied Sciences  of Cologne. She loves Cyprus  its culture and its people.

Andreas  Makariou was   born   in   Paphos.He   is   considered one  of  the  most  importand   Cypriot  painter  of  his  genera- tion (1980-90) and he has win several awards in art exibitions and  biennales  all  over  the  world:  Italy,  USA,  Spain,UK,  etc. His work is influenced by the varius aspects of the modern art.

Τυπογραφείο:   Τάκης Κωνσταντίνου

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ISBN: 978-9963-2046-4-9