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a nice poem on one night stands

November 29, 2008

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Once one of my friends sent a link of a poem, then there was more of him on the website, and the first one I clicked was this awesome poem, there must be sth that made me click that link.

It is cool because it  defines one night stands in a nice way:

Half an hour

I never had you, nor will I ever have you
I suppose. A few words, an approach
as in the bar yesterday, and nothing more.
It is, undeniably, a pity. But we who serve Art
sometimes with intensity of mind, and of course only
for a short while, we create pleasure
which almost seems real.
So in the bar the day before yesterday — the merciful alcohol
was also helping much –
I had a perfectly erotic half-hour.
And it seems to me that you understood,
and stayed somewhat longer on purpose.
This was very necessary. Because
for all the imagination and the wizard alcohol,
I needed to see your lips as well,
I needed to have your body close.

Constantine P. Cavafy (1917)

taken from : http://users.hol.gr/~barbanis/cavafy/halfhour.html

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Biyerlerden elime güzel bir şiir linki ulaşmıştı.  Sonra sitede şairin daha fazla şiiri olduğunu görüp tıklamıştım ve oldukça orjinal bir şiire rastladım. (pek okumadığım için bana öyle gelmiş de olabilir :) )

Ben de blogda yayımlayayım dedim, ancak şiir olduğu için türkçeye çevirmek oldukça anlamsız olacaktır :) .

(gerçi orjinali yunanca, zaten sitede yayınlayan adam ingilizceye çevirmiş, ancak itiraf ben üşeniyorum :) )

Half an hour

I never had you, nor will I ever have you
I suppose. A few words, an approach
as in the bar yesterday, and nothing more.
It is, undeniably, a pity. But we who serve Art
sometimes with intensity of mind, and of course only
for a short while, we create pleasure
which almost seems real.
So in the bar the day before yesterday — the merciful alcohol
was also helping much –
I had a perfectly erotic half-hour.
And it seems to me that you understood,
and stayed somewhat longer on purpose.
This was very necessary. Because
for all the imagination and the wizard alcohol,
I needed to see your lips as well,
I needed to have your body close.

Constantine P. Cavafy (1917)

kaynak : http://users.hol.gr/~barbanis/cavafy/halfhour.html [/lang_tr]

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