TURKISH POEM AND ITS TRANSLATION
HİROŞİMA
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The GirlIt is me who is knocking at your doors
The doors one by one I can’t be seen by you Since dead are unseen It has been nearly ten years Since I died in Hirosima I am a seven year old girl, Dead children do not grow up My hair caught fire first ; My eyesight got dim, I became a handful of ash, My ashes were thrown into the air. I ask for nothing for myself (From you) Can not even eat candy. The child who is burnt like paper I knock at your door Aunt, uncle give me a sign Let the children not be killed And could eat candies, too. Nazım Hikmet Ran |
Poem analysis written by students
This poem is about a girl who died in the Second World War, when a nuclear bomb was thrown through Hiroshima and all the city was destroyed. This little girl speaks about her death; about how the fire caught her and then she became ashes. She also says that she wasn’t able to eat any candy and that she will never be able to eat them. In my opinion this poem wants you to think about how lucky you are and how cruel can be the people to achieve their goal. I don’t like the poem because is too sad. It speaks about cruelty and about how millions of children were killed in the Second World War. This poem takes me back to that time, and that makes me feel bad.
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This turquoise poem created by Nazim Hikmet Ran speaks about the barbaric actions done in Hiroshima. The writer has the objective of making known the sensations that and girl affected by the nuclear bomb felt. The sensations that the girl had are unjustice and heartache mostly. The girl after the atomic bomb felt the same sensations in her body, and he knows perfectly that she is going to die. Finally, this poem is well structured and gives the situation that anyone that had to live this tragic situation could have. In addition, this poem has a clear anti-war message.
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This poem is about a girl who died in Hirosima because of the atomic bomb that was thrown by American army and describes her feelings after and before the bomb.This poem makes me feel so sad, because it reminds me about the great number of innocent people that died at Hirosima, children, men, women, old people, workers... only because a big country wanted to show its power. To sum up, I would like to emphasize the difficulty that entails nowadays writing a poem like this.
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“The girl” by Nazim Hikmet Ran is a very sad poem which is about a girl who died because of the explosion of Hirosima. The writer is a very famous writer in Turkey. We can see that the rhymes must be very good and paragraphs are well-balanced.
I think that it is very important that the poem is written in first person, because like this the poem makes us feel more sorry
than if it is written in third person. In my opinion the mode which the writer uses to describe her death is very striking.
I also have to say that the poem reminds us of all the people who died in Hirosima, and I think that it is a good way not to forget
them.
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This poem is about a girl who was killed in Hiroshima when she was seven years old at the end of the Second World War. She was a young innocent girl that would like to be like a child who is alive and does things children of her age like doing, like
eating candies. She had a terrible painful death and she hasn’t had time to enjoy herself. She died ten years ago but her soul is still among us hoping to be an ordinary girl. She wants children not be killed and that every children could do things which she could have done if she has not been killed.
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This turquoise poem created by Nazim Hikmet Ran speaks about the barbaric actions done in Hiroshima. The writer has the objective of making known the sensations that and girl affected by the nuclear bomb felt. The sensations that the girl had are unjustice and heartache mostly. The girl after the atomic bomb felt the same sensations in her body, and he knows perfectly that she is going to die. Finally, this poem is well structured and gives the situation that anyone that had to live this tragic situation could have. In addition, this poem has a clear anti-war message.
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This poem is about a girl who died in Hirosima because of the atomic bomb that was thrown by American army and describes her feelings after and before the bomb.This poem makes me feel so sad, because it reminds me about the great number of innocent people that died at Hirosima, children, men, women, old people, workers... only because a big country wanted to show its power. To sum up, I would like to emphasize the difficulty that entails nowadays writing a poem like this.
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“The girl” by Nazim Hikmet Ran is a very sad poem which is about a girl who died because of the explosion of Hirosima. The writer is a very famous writer in Turkey. We can see that the rhymes must be very good and paragraphs are well-balanced.
I think that it is very important that the poem is written in first person, because like this the poem makes us feel more sorry
than if it is written in third person. In my opinion the mode which the writer uses to describe her death is very striking.
I also have to say that the poem reminds us of all the people who died in Hirosima, and I think that it is a good way not to forget
them.
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This poem is about a girl who was killed in Hiroshima when she was seven years old at the end of the Second World War. She was a young innocent girl that would like to be like a child who is alive and does things children of her age like doing, like
eating candies. She had a terrible painful death and she hasn’t had time to enjoy herself. She died ten years ago but her soul is still among us hoping to be an ordinary girl. She wants children not be killed and that every children could do things which she could have done if she has not been killed.
BASQUE POEM AND ITS TRANSLATION
Nire aitaren etxeaNire aitaren etxea
defendituko dut. Otsoen kontra, sikatearen kontra, lukurreriaren kontra, justiziaren kontra, defenditueginen dut nire aitaren etxea. Galduko ditut aziendak, soloak, pinudiak; galduko ditut korrituak, errentak, interesak, baina nire aitaren etxea defendituko dut. Harmak kenduko dizkidate, eta eskuarekin defendituko dut nire aitaren etxea; eskuak ebakiko dizkidate, eta besoarekin defendituko dut nire aitaren etxea; besorik gabe, sorbaldik gabe, bularrik gabe utziko naute, eta arimarekin defendituko dut nire aitaren etxea. Ni hilen naiz, nire arima galduko da, nire askazia galduko da, baina nire aitaren etxeak iraunen du zutik. Gabriel Aresti, 1963 |
My Father's HouseI shall defend
The house of my father. Against wolves, Against drought, Against usury, Against the Justice, I shall defend The house of my father. I shall lose cattle, orchards, and pinewoods; I shall lose Interests, Income, And dividends, But I shall defend the house of my father. They will take away my weapons And with my hands I shall defend The house of my father; They will cut off my hands And with my arms I shall defend The house of my father; They will leave me Without arms, Without shoulders, And without breasts, And with my soul I shalldefend The house of my father. I shall die, My soul will be lost, My descendence will be lost, But the house of my father Will remain Standing. Gabriel Aresti, 1963 |
Poem analysis written by students
This poem is a very nice poem. It expresses struggle against the people who want to attack his/her father’s house. That father’s house is really the Basque Country, and the people who want to attack the house is the Spanish army. Reading this poem, we can see that it’s a very interesting poem. We can also see that there is something unfair happening, and that the person who writes the poem loves his country, the Basque country.
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That poem is about a person who says that he will defend his father’s house against the wolves, the justice and the droughts. If they remove his weapons he will continue defending the house with his hands. They will cut his hands and he will defend the house with the arms. They will remove his arms and his shoulders and he will defend the house of his father with his soul. He will die and his soul will disappear, so, he won’t be able to defend his fathers house, but the house will be still standing. He wants to defend his father's house because it is the place where his family has lived for a lot of years and it has a very big importance for him.
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It is one of the most famous poems, by one of the most important writers and poets in Basque language in the 20th century, Gabriel Aresti Segurola. That poem was been written in 1963, inBasque language, at that time, the Basque was censored and for that and some other reasons the poem had repercussion.
About the meaning of it we can say that, the poem is a defence of our home, the biggest belonging for every body, which no body can snatch. Specially to Basque people the farmhouse has been a very representative place, the place of safety.
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That poem is about a person who says that he will defend his father’s house against the wolves, the justice and the droughts. If they remove his weapons he will continue defending the house with his hands. They will cut his hands and he will defend the house with the arms. They will remove his arms and his shoulders and he will defend the house of his father with his soul. He will die and his soul will disappear, so, he won’t be able to defend his fathers house, but the house will be still standing. He wants to defend his father's house because it is the place where his family has lived for a lot of years and it has a very big importance for him.
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It is one of the most famous poems, by one of the most important writers and poets in Basque language in the 20th century, Gabriel Aresti Segurola. That poem was been written in 1963, inBasque language, at that time, the Basque was censored and for that and some other reasons the poem had repercussion.
About the meaning of it we can say that, the poem is a defence of our home, the biggest belonging for every body, which no body can snatch. Specially to Basque people the farmhouse has been a very representative place, the place of safety.
ESTONIAN POEM AND ITS TRANSLATION
Ma arvasinMa arvasin nõnda, et meri
on alati sinine ja varjatud kullateri täis on viimne kui inime. Et merel sõites tuleb julgelt tuuli trotsida ja väsimust võites tuleb ilmast imesid otsida. Ma sõudsin, südames õhin, ümber lained sumasid, taevarannad ja merepõhi mulle vastu kumasid. Sain teada, et meri harva, õige harva on sinine ning et tühi ja halli karva on sageli inime. Nägin maid ma, mis järvetud, jõetud, tolm ja põrm, muud ei olegi, inimlapsi, kes mullast on võetud, kus kulda polegi. Kuid ma arvan, et siiski tasub olla, eksida, ihata, teada tahta, kus tera asub, armastada ja vihata Ning näha, et hallimast hallim meri vahel on sinine, ja tunda: on kallimast kallim kullateraga inime. Ellen Niit |
I ThoughtI thought that the sea
would always be blue and that there is a piece of gold hidden in every single person. I thought that when on the sea one should bravely stand up against the winds and that one should keep looking for miracles by defeating tiredness. I was rowing, my heart full of excitement, roaring waves all around me, the shores of the sky and the bottom of the sea glowing into my eyes. And I found out that the sea is very seldom blue, that there are actually many hollow and dull people. I saw places without rivers and lakes, just dust and ashes, nothing more; children taken from the earth that hides no pieces of gold. And I still think that one should live, make mistakes, desire, love and hate, and be curious about the pieces of gold. And find out that the greyest of seas can sometimes be blue and feel that the dearest of all people is the one with a piece of gold. Ellen Niit |
Poem analysis written by students
This famous Estonian poem named as “I thought” was written by Ellen Niit, a very important Estonian writer of the XX century. This poem that compares the life and the shore might be one of the best poems of this poet. Ellen Niit tries to explain that in the life all the things are not like we see. That means that when we think or see something could not be like we think and like we see.
The comparison is done between the sea and the life. Shee thinks that all people are a piece of gold, but finally she considers and she feels that not always are things like we think.
Why this photograph: Because when you see the chestnut on the outside it is completely different from the inside thing. That is is the same situation that in the poem.
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This poem is a meditation about life which is quite optimistic. At first, Ellen thought that life was so beautiful and that there weren’t bad people. But then, she discovered that life wasn’t as she thought, and that there were also bad people.Finally, she tells that there can be good and bad days, as well as bad and good people.I like the poem because it is optimistic. It makes you realize that life isn’t always easy, but that it can be so good.
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This Estonian poem is called “I thought”and it was written by Ellen Nilt, I think it is a sentimental, passionate and encouraging poem, of an imaginative person. The writer talks about her way to see life, her thoughts, his ambitions, miracles … a world full of life, but finally she says the real world she finds, the sad world, places without rivers or seas, where love is but also hate, for finally discover that the dearest of all people are the ones with a piece of gold.I think it is a sad, melancholic and introspective poem, but at the same time a poem full of desire, that makes you think, which makes us see that like Ellen says the greyest of seas can sometimes be blue.
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From the outside the sea seems to be blue and all people have a good part inside them. But if you look at things closer you will find that life isn’t always as nice as it seems. The sea can be very nice but it has got also a lot of dangers, and it is very rarely blue. As well as the sea people not always have got a hidden piece of gold. A lot of them are rude and not very nice. But as the writer says, everybody should live, make mistakes, desire, love and hate because it is part of our life and always there is a good reason to be alive, and there is always a hope to find a good person and a piece of blue sea.
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This poem, in my opinion, is a beautiful poem. It tells us about different places and things of the world, but generally, it tells us about nature. It speaks about love, but always using nature; often the sea. It mixes love with nature. I think that this poem is a very nice poem because it gives nature a poetic touch. This awesome poem expresses a lot of feelings.
The comparison is done between the sea and the life. Shee thinks that all people are a piece of gold, but finally she considers and she feels that not always are things like we think.
Why this photograph: Because when you see the chestnut on the outside it is completely different from the inside thing. That is is the same situation that in the poem.
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This poem is a meditation about life which is quite optimistic. At first, Ellen thought that life was so beautiful and that there weren’t bad people. But then, she discovered that life wasn’t as she thought, and that there were also bad people.Finally, she tells that there can be good and bad days, as well as bad and good people.I like the poem because it is optimistic. It makes you realize that life isn’t always easy, but that it can be so good.
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This Estonian poem is called “I thought”and it was written by Ellen Nilt, I think it is a sentimental, passionate and encouraging poem, of an imaginative person. The writer talks about her way to see life, her thoughts, his ambitions, miracles … a world full of life, but finally she says the real world she finds, the sad world, places without rivers or seas, where love is but also hate, for finally discover that the dearest of all people are the ones with a piece of gold.I think it is a sad, melancholic and introspective poem, but at the same time a poem full of desire, that makes you think, which makes us see that like Ellen says the greyest of seas can sometimes be blue.
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From the outside the sea seems to be blue and all people have a good part inside them. But if you look at things closer you will find that life isn’t always as nice as it seems. The sea can be very nice but it has got also a lot of dangers, and it is very rarely blue. As well as the sea people not always have got a hidden piece of gold. A lot of them are rude and not very nice. But as the writer says, everybody should live, make mistakes, desire, love and hate because it is part of our life and always there is a good reason to be alive, and there is always a hope to find a good person and a piece of blue sea.
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This poem, in my opinion, is a beautiful poem. It tells us about different places and things of the world, but generally, it tells us about nature. It speaks about love, but always using nature; often the sea. It mixes love with nature. I think that this poem is a very nice poem because it gives nature a poetic touch. This awesome poem expresses a lot of feelings.