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“The most beautiful sea
hasn't been crossed yet.
The most beautiful child
hasn't grown up yet.
Our most beautiful days
we haven't seen yet.
And the most beautiful words I wanted to tell you
I haven't said yet...”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

“It's this way:
being captured is beside the point
the point is not to surrender.

- It's This Way”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

“من خائن به وطن هستم، من خائن به میهن هستم
اگر وطن، مزارع شما باشد
اگر وطن آن چیزی باشد که در گاوصندوق‌ها و دسته چک‌های شماست
اگر وطن مردن از گرسنگی در کنار جاده باشد
اگر وطن در زمستان مثل سگ لرزیدن و در تابستان از تب به خود پیچیدن باشد
اگر وطن مکیدن خون سرخ ما در کارخانه‌هایتان باشد
اگر وطن حکومت چماق و باتون پلیس باشد
اگر وطن سرمایه‌گذاری‌ها و حقوق‌هایتان باشد
اگر وطن، نجات نیافتن ازظلمت گندیده‌ی شما باشد
آری، من خائن به وطن هستم”
― Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

“Sabahın sahibi vardır.
Gün daima bulutta kalmaz.
Herhal ilerdedir
yaşanacak günlerin
en güzelleri...”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

“Haven't you ever thought of living
unconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth,
close to pears and the mossy dark,
far from human voices and fire?

- On İbrahim Balaban's Painting "Spring"”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

“The strangest of our powers
Is the courage to live
Knowing that we will die,
Knowing nothing more true.

- In the Snowy Night Woods”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

“I like the sound of rain more than my voice.

- Windows”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

“The worst
is when people - knowingly or not -
carry prison inside themselves.

- 9-10 P.M. Poems”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet