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  • 81 years since the bombing of Hiroshima

    Hey, I know that this forum should not be politicized in any way, and I don't want to do it, but these days it has been 81 years since the bombing of Hiroshima, where thousands of children died. On this occasion, I will allow myself to publish a poem by the wonderful Turkish poet Nazm Hikmet, created 10 years after the catastrophe. I will publish both the original and the translation, made with the kind help of AI (although the translation is not as strong as the original "grabs by the throat").

    I know that I will most likely be banned for this, but I think it is worth it.​


    06.08.1945
    Аз съм момиченце. Идвам отрано.
    Аз спирам и чукам на всяка врата.
    Ала не мога пред вас да застана, че мъртвите нямат лице за света.
    Чуйте!
    В град Хирошима загинах. И десет години след моята смърт,
    аз си оставам на седем години, че мъртвите деца не растат.
    Миг.
    И очите ми останаха слепи,
    косата ми пламна и гръм връхлетя.
    И станах на пепел, на шепичка пепел, и вятър отвя надалеч пепелта...
    Чакам ви.
    Чакам да чуете вие-
    Не искам за себе си нищичко аз.
    Изгорях като листче хартия-
    не мога да взема дори бонбонче от вас.
    Леличко, чичко!
    Стоя пред вратите и чукам за подпис.
    Ще чакам до край.
    Чукам да няма дечица убити,
    децата да казват:
    "Бонбонче ми дай"
    1955​



    06.08.1945
    I’m just a child who walks alone,
    I knock on doors of wood and stone.
    But I can’t stand before your sight—
    the dead have lost their face to light
    Listen…
    in Hiroshima I fell.
    Ten years have passed since my farewell.
    Yet still I’m seven — frozen tight;
    for children lost don’t grow in light.
    A single flash erased my sight,
    my hair caught fire, the world turned white.
    I crumbled down to ash so fine—
    a handful left of what was mine.
    And then the wind, without regret,
    scattered me far where shadows set.
    I’m waiting still for you to hear,
    I ask for nothing, hold no fear.
    I burned away like paper thin—
    not even candy could I win.
    Auntie… Uncle… I stand at your door.
    I knock for a promise, and quietly wait.
    I’ll wait forever if that’s the way,
    I knock so children never pay.
    So kids can laugh and simply say:
    “Please give me candy for my day.”
    1955​
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