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ORHAN VELI
(1914-1953)
A great poet in Turkish Literature 
His Life-He tells his story like this;"I was born in 1914 in Istanbul.I was afraid of a frog in my first age.I started to be interested in reading in nine,and writing in my ten.When I was thirteen, I met with Oktay Rifat and sixteen Melih Cevdet.I went to a bar in my seventeen.I started drinking raki in my eighteen.After nineteen my good-for-nothing life starts.I have learnt to gain money and suffer from poorness after twenty.I've had a car accident in my twentyfive.I have loved a lot but not married at all.."

This is his life with his words.He likes to drink a lot and dress up well.He died in his 36,in such an ironic way;by falling into a hole,digged by municipality,when he was drunk.

He has four books of  poems;"Garip","Vazgecemedigim","Destan Gibi","Yenisi"

SOME OF HIS POEMS;(They are mostly in Turkish because it is the only way to feel them,I think)

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ANLATAMIYORUM                                                    I  CAN'T  TELL

Aglasam sesimi duyar misiniz,                                        Can you hear my voice if I cry,
Misralarimda;                                                                Can you touch 
Dokunabilir misiniz                                                        My tears with your hands
Gozyaslarima, ellerinizle?                                               In my lines

Bilmezdim sarkilarin bu kadar guzel,                                I haven't known how good the songs
Kelimelerinse kifayetsiz oldugunu                                    And how inadequate the words are,
Bu derde dusmeden once.                                              Until I am taken up with this matter

Bir yer var,biliyorum;                                                      There is somewhere,I know;
Herseyi soylemek mumkun;                                             It is possible to say everything;
Epeyce yaklasmisim,duyuyorum;                                      I hear,I am quite near;
Anlatamiyorum.                                                               I can not tell..

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VAZGECEMEDIGIM

Deli eder insani bu dunya;
Bu gece,bu yildizlar,bu koku
Bu tepeden tirnaga cicek acmis agac.
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SAKAL

Hanginiz bilir,benim kadar,
Karpuzdan fener yapmasini;
Sedefli hancerle ustune,
Gulcemal resmi cizmesini;
Beyit duzmesini;
Mektup yazmasini,
Yatmasini;,
Kalkmasini;
Bunca yilin Halimesi'ni
Hanginiz bilir benim kadar,
Memnun etmesini?
Degirmende agartmadik biz bu sakali!
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DEGIL

Bilmem ki nasil anlatsam;
Nasil,nasil size derdimi!
Bir dert ki yurekler acisi;,
Bir dert ki dusman basina..
Gonul yarasi desem...
Degil!
Ekmek parasi desem...
Degil!
Bir dert ki...
Dayanilir sey degil.
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ESKILER ALIYORUM

Eskiler aliyorum
Alip yildiz yapiyorum
Musiki ruhun gidasidir
Musikiye bayiliyorum

Siir yaziyorum
Siir yazip eskiler aliyorum
Eskiler verip musikiler aliyorum

Bir de raki sisisinde balik olsam!
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