Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Five Lines

Five Lines

To overcome lies in the heart, in the streets, in the books
from the lullabies of the mothers
to the news report that the speaker reads,
understanding, my love, what a great joy it is,
to understand what is gone and what is on the way.

Nâzım Hikmet
English translation by Fatih Akgül

Achilles and Ajax (?) playing a board game, detail. Etruscan mirror (after Körte 1897, pl. 109). Credit: Ulrich Schädler.

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