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Cuando mi hijo nació

Los Aguaviva
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DOÐUM

Anasý bir oðlancýk doðurdu bana;‎
kaþsýz, sarý bir oðlan,‎
masmavi kundaðýnda yatan
bir nur topu, üç kilo aðýrlýðýnda.‎

Benim oðlan
dünyaya geldiði zaman,‎
çocuklar doðdu Korede,‎
sarý ay çiçeðine benziyorlardý.‎
Makartýr kesti onlarý,‎
gittiler ana sütüne bile doymadan
Benim oðlan
dünyaya geldiði zaman,‎
çocuklar doðdu Yunan zindanlarýnda,‎
babalarý kurþuna dizilmiþ.‎
Bu dünyada ilk görülecek þey diye
demir parmaklýðý gördüler.‎

Benim oðlan ‎
dünyaya geldiði zaman
çocuklar doðdu Anadoluda,‎
mavi gözlü, kara gözlü, elâ gözlü bebeklerdi.‎
Bitlendiler doðar doðmaz
kim bilir kaçý sað kalýr mucize kabilinden.‎
Benim oðlan
benim yaþýma bastýðý zaman,‎
ben bu dünyada olmýyacaðým,‎
ama harikulâde bir beþik olacak dünya,‎
siyah,‎
beyaz,‎
sarý
bütün çocuklarý
sallýyan
mavi atlas döþekli bir beþik.‎

THE BIRTH

My wife ‎
bore me a little boy: ‎
blond, no eyebrows, ‎
wrapped in a blue blanket, ‎
a ball of light ‎
weighing seven pounds. ‎

When my son came into the world, ‎
children were born in Korea ‎
like yellow sunflowers. ‎
MacArthur cut them down ‎
before they'd had their fill ‎
of their mothers' milk. ‎

When my son came into the world, ‎
children were born in Greek prisons, ‎
their fathers shot by firing squads. ‎
The first thing ‎
they saw in this world
were iron bars. ‎

When my son came into the world, ‎
children were born in Anatolia
blue-eyed, black-eyed, ‎
hazel-eyed babies. ‎
They got lice the minute they were born. ‎
Who knows how many of them
will survive by some miracle? ‎

When my son reaches my age, ‎
I won't be in this world, ‎
but the world will be ‎
a wonderful cradle, ‎
rocking all children
black,
white,
and yellow
on its globe-blue satin cushion


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