Ahmet Karaman
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“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!”
― If: A Father's Advice to His Son
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!”
― If: A Father's Advice to His Son
“Üşüt, yırtsın öpüşlerimi paslı tenekeler, soyunup org çalayım ceketimle örteyim gecenin bütün itliğini
tanrım, Pekos Bil'im uçur beni.”
― Geceleyin Bir Koşu
tanrım, Pekos Bil'im uçur beni.”
― Geceleyin Bir Koşu
“though my voice is eager to tune to marches,
toady to wine and city...”
― Erbain: Kırk Yılın Şiirleri
toady to wine and city...”
― Erbain: Kırk Yılın Şiirleri
“İnsanların doğru bildikleri yolda sıkıntıya katlanıyor olmaları, rizikoyu göz almaları benim için önemli ve değerli bir şeydi (halen öyledir). Bir de buna yasakların cazibesini eklemek gerekir sanırım. Engeli aşmama yardımcı olan ikinci unsur, ruhumda yer etmiş bulunan kadirşinas itaatsizliğim ve tevarüs edilmemiş asaletimdi. İçinde yaşadığım topluma borcumu ödemenin yolu, bu toplumun önyargılarına itaatten geçmediğini peşinen kabul etmiştim zaten. Şair, ressam veya müzisyen de olsam toplumun hazır kalıplarıyla zıtlaşmayı göze alarak işe başlayacağımı biliyordum. Şimdi bir de toplumun siyasi, sosyal ve iktisadi yapısıyla zıtlaşmayı, uyumsuzluğu gerektiren bir durum söz konusuydu. Bir macera tadı getiriyordu bütün bunlar. Öte yandan asaletim de kışkırtıyordu beni. İşin aslını anlayan azınlığa mensub olmak! Anladıklarının bekçisi olmayı şeref bilmek! Başını ''benim başımı yakarlar'' korkusundan uzak tutmak! Dik tutabilmek! Toplum önyargıları hangi engelleri koymuş olursa olsun, okumuşlar katından gelen (hiç şüphesiz devletin bir kanadınca sağlamlığı teminata bağlanmış) meşruiyyet duygusunun payı büyüktü.”
― Waldo Sen Neden Burada Değilsin
― Waldo Sen Neden Burada Değilsin
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