“Come she said
Stay she said
Smile she said
Die she said
I came
I stayed
I smiled
I died
- Vera”
― Poems of Nazım Hikmet
Stay she said
Smile she said
Die she said
I came
I stayed
I smiled
I died
- Vera”
― Poems of Nazım Hikmet
“I can't promise to be
calm, dignified,
and indifferent,
like a rock by the sea...
If my heart's going to break,
let it break from anger,
grief,
or joy.
- To Lydia Ivanna”
― Poems of Nazım Hikmet
calm, dignified,
and indifferent,
like a rock by the sea...
If my heart's going to break,
let it break from anger,
grief,
or joy.
- To Lydia Ivanna”
― 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”
― Poems of Nazım Hikmet
Is the courage to live
Knowing that we will die,
Knowing nothing more true.
- In the Snowy Night Woods”
― Poems of Nazım Hikmet
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