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Nazim Hikmet - Our EyesNazim Hikmet - Our Eyes
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Our eyes         are limpid                    drops of water. In each drop exists         a tiny sign                         of our genius which has given life to cold iron. Our eyes         are limpid                    drops of water merged absolutely in the Ocean that you could hardly recognize           the drop in a block of ice                 in a boiling pan. The masterpiece of these eyes   the fulfillment of their genius                    the living iron. In these eyes     filled with limpid                      pure tears had failed to emerge     from the infinite Ocean if the strength                 had dispersed, we could never have mated     the dynamo with the turbine, never have moved   those steel mountains in water easily        as if made of hollow wood. The masterpiece of these eyes   the fulfillment of their genius       of our unified labour            the living iron. Translated by Taner Baybars
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