ARROGANT DOG

[arrogantdog]

Where does the kite fly free? Where does the lost bird try to flee? Friends are going, far and fast, Is there a world that's built to last Beyond this one, my love, do tell me?

[arrogantdog]

BİTEVİYE

Su akmadığında Ateş yakmadığında nasıl Hissederlerse öyle hissediyorum Demirin pası giderse Demir mi kalır geriye

Ne diye sever insan Söylesen kalp niçin atar Akıl giderse baştan Yosun giderse taştan Ne kalır geriye

Biteviye akıyor düşünceler Karıncalar üşüşüyor beyine Sühai ölmek senin beyine Günler geçti geldin sonuna İnsan giderse ne kalır geriye

[arrogantdog]

Nereye kaçar uçurtma/ Kaybolmuş kuş nereye uçar/ Kaçar kaçar göçüyor dostlar/Dünyadan başka dünya mı var/ Söylesene nazlı yar?

[arrogantdog]

Speak out, and they will understand…

When time is tight, then space is wide, 

When space is ample, time does hide. 

Let's shuffle the dice then, with no delay, 

And throw the cards, come what may. 

The air is filled with dust and haze, 

As far as near, in endless ways. 

As close as distant, hard to grasp, 

To long to touch, but cannot clasp 

Again, no moment to remain, 

My tongue and palate dry with pain. 

The hours always struck the same tune, 

Blood flowed reversed beneath the moon. 

Shadows froze upon the wall, so stark, 

Be silent, someone might hear in the dark. 

[arrogantdog]

YALPA

Düğümleri çöz

Söz duyulur o zaman 

Görür görmeyen göz

Adım attığında yol açılır

Ya kapının önündesin

Ya da ardındasın

Kapanın elindesin

Silkin silinsin pasın

Geceleyin gökyüzünde

Yıldızın parıldasın

Açılsın güller önünde

Gönüller kırılmasın

Essin deli rüzgar  yalpalayarak

Yapraklar kımıldasın

Yağsın usulca yağmur

Islansın ipek ten ve saçların

Dizginleri çek

Yaramaz çocuk uslansın

Bırak içinde tuttuğun nefesi

Aynalar buğulansın

Dalgalansın denizler

Bulutlar kararmasın

[arrogantdog]

AYDINLIK GECE

Gece aydınlık gelir gence

Gündüzler karanlık gibidir

Tomurcuğa yürüyen ılık su

Tükenmez korkusudur gençliğin

Ne göğün en yükseği 

Ne de kuyuların en derin dibi

Gidilmez değildir hiçbiri

Döver gibi demirciler demiri

Çevirir gibi görünmez bir çemberi

Akıp durur gençliğin nehri

Yakıp kavurur zehiri

Çekip sırça bir yayı

Fırlatır gibi eğri bir oku

Aza kattıktan sonra yoku

Çekip aldıktan sonra varlığı çoktan

Ne varsa ne kaldıysa onu

Başlangıçta saklı gençliğin sonu

Ağızda gençliğin paslı tadı

Ne çölde kalmış bir acemi derviş

Ne de yürekte kopan fırtına

-kutup soğuğu-

Hece upuzun cümledir gence

Kelimeleri lavlardan beter

Kav yandı ve kül oldu keder

[arrogantdog]

TO SPEAK / TO SAY

Whose idea was it, all of a sudden,

To say this and that to them,

To say them to this one and that one?

To build a bridge over there,

To build a bridge between,

So that those coming and going might pass,

Whenever they feel like it, now and then.

Every day and every night,

When they want to change their place,

When they want to change their direction.

Like a frisky colt,

Stomping around all by itself.

To apply ointment

Upon a wound that has been stitched and closed,

To expect mercy from the dead,

Like someone suddenly entering a room.

Whose idea would it have been, to speak?

[arrogantdog]

TOWARDS THE DESTINATION

Still, walking is love

Towards a target at a destination

That you know you will never reach

Listen, and you shall hear

The silent groans of the stones

Under the feet of the lover

Growing deep within

The roots of the great trees

Joseph at the bottom of the well

Still unaware of all this

The earth is hosting its guest

Curious clouds have gathered

Birds are applauding all together

Where does the wind drag

The drying leaves

Together with the tears of the lover?

[arrogantdog]

UPHEAVAL

Like illegible lines etched after a death too tender to bear

The well’s bottom vanishes as it fills the flowers fade, their colors shift

Dry floods of people pool on wet streets no telling where the mad wind blew from

A bride in white mounts a jet-black steed its mane ablaze in the night’s gleam

No veil can hide the tattered words yet still—make your vow, whatever comes

O rogue of rote, your body trembles the ground slips from beneath your feet

The great trunk’s center has been torn its proud façade stripped from sight

She swayed with grace, with knowing charm like jasmine cut from a reedbed’s calm

[arrogantdog]

EXTOLLED

A bird flew out from your eye Spread its wings to the sky

Quickly turned from its vow And migrated far somehow

May it not fall into snares Nor be caught in wasted cares

Let it cling to a friendly hand May carpets roll across its land

Let its arms reach out to me Dip its bread into your tea

Drink deep from your flowing stream May its blessings swell and gleam

I cast a stone into the sea Its waves reached the shore gently

Mercy was whispered for the old And the new was dearly extolled

[arrogantdog]

In the Ascent of the Void

You are at the arrow’s tip, edge to edge You spread your wings—you fly You arrive where you already are You fall as you soar You soar as you fall

You count the threes and fives You are awake—you sleep You grow as you shrink You multiply as you fade You cannot count, the more you count

You darken as you collapse into shadow You whiten as the snow begins to fall You draw the bow, the more you pull You know the world, the more you live You are in the ascent of the void—as you die

[arrogantdog]

KNOWN

Suddenly they came — they were “brides” There were those who fled, those who screamed

The sky was pierced, the earth turned to flood Hand in hand, arm in arm, chaos in every direction

Suddenly they came — they tensed Some were known, some were strangers

Some saw the face of day, some did not Some knew night and day were rewards

The divided and the undivided arrived The known and the unknown, all at once

Some gathered, some diminished Those who stayed, those who left — vanished

Suddenly they came — they lost their minds Suddenly they appeared — blood everywhere

The sea warmed, the lake cooled, the flowers faded Perhaps they were known — or perhaps not

[arrogantdog]

BELLİ

Bir anda geldi “gelin”diler Kaçışanlar oldu bağrışanlar

Delindi gökyüzü sel oldu yeryüzü Çığlık çığlığa sağa sola el ele kol kola

Bir anda geldi gerildiler Tanıyanlar tanımayanlar oldu

Gün yüzü görenler görmeyenler Gecelerin gündüzün ödülü olduğunu bilenler

Bölünenler bölünmeyenler geldi Blinenler bilinmeyenler hepsi birden

Toplananlar oldu eksilenler Kalanlar gidenler yok oldu

Bir anda geldi delirdiler Ansızın belirdiler her yer kan oldu

Deniz ısındı göl soğudu soldu çiçekler Belki belli idiler belki de değildiler

[arrogantdog]

Gazel-i Penâh 

Nedir şehd-i kelâm, bilmez dil-i turşî-mezâc,

Göz-i mahcûr ne görsün, mestûr ola âyîn-i sâc.

Topal-ı râh ne bilsin menzil-i maksûd nedir,

Söz-i bî-hâsil kim işitir, kim anlar, kim bilir?

Elem çekmek mukadderdir, bulunmaz çâre-i hâl,

Zengin ü fakîr müsâvîdir bu derd-i bî-misâl.

Vücûd ü adem bir hayâl-i bâd-peresttir,

Penâh-ı hakîkî ancak Zât-ı Bâkî'dir.

Yavaş yürü, tâ iz-i kudsîye erişesin,

Ser-i inkıyâd ile bak semâya, bul feresen.

Ol bir nehîr-i şevk, ak gönül ile, arın,

Nûr ile dol, terk eyle zıllı, yan ki bulasın cân.

[arrogantdog]

He Is the Only Refuge 

What knoweth bitter tongue of honey’s grace?

What seeth closed eye in the light’s embrace?

If foot be lame, what road shall it pursue?

And who shall heed the tale we would construe?

Lo, pain shall press, and press again anon,

Both wealth and want shall pass, yet linger on.

In feast or famine, souls shall seek the fold—

He is the refuge, timeless to behold.

Then walk thou slow, behind His hallowed tread,

Lift up thine eyes where angels fear to head.

Become a stream, with mirth and crystal flow,

Let light shine forth, and cast thy shadow low.

[arrogantdog]

The Quiet of All Things

Act I: Of Flame and Shadows

The candle burneth—our silent witness be, ’Midst half-lit night and waters set to boil. Shadows do frolic upon the wall’s decree, As silence and motion in secret toil.

Act II: Of Sight and Denial

One didst hear, yet feigned deafness bold, Another saw, yet turned away his gaze. A droplet fell into the moonlit fold— The lake did stir, as truth began to blaze.

What all did see, what all did hear, Yet none did speak, nor draweth near.

Act III: Of Sparrows and Gestures

A sparrow perched upon a bough so bare, Then came another, light as breath of air. The child didst stamp his foot upon the ground, As though to shake the silence all around.

The woman, like a letter sealed in grief, Didst fold her words and hide them underneath. The man, with care, a kerchief did enclose, And placed it in his pocket, none to know.

Act IV: Of Flight and Memory

A sparrow took to wing, then one more still, The stone did roll, as fate obeyed its will. The moss upon the tree, a witness green, The mist upon the glass, a veil unseen. A lock upon the brow, like time’s caress— Each bears the mark of silent consciousness.

[arrogantdog]

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