Well, as you know I am a fan of the best site to learn English
and just today we have a talk about "what means to be happy"
In the blog there are friends from all round the world.
Every one could write on the blog and say what we think about the
theme or about wich ever thing we like to say.
Talking about Happiness, and what it can be to feel ourselves
happy in our life, two friends of ESL podcast translate two poems of one of modern poets from Turkey.
CAN YÜCEL
I like very much his poems, and these friends discover a new poet
for me. Thanks dear friends, let me put here your translations
from Turkish to English, I do think your work has to be here in
gatufo´s blog.
Thanks dear Nermin and Hulya, you are great.
Sorry if you don´t like to be here.....but I can´t pass from your work.
It´s absolutely new for me, and I like to share the new poet with
other friends of this site.
el gatufo.
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Hulya (one of the Blog friends...Turkish I think)
Hapiness is living simple for me and there is a poem which I like very much .
Poem belongs to a very famous Turkish Poet called Can Yücel
I tried to translate it for you and hope I didnt ruin it
Poem belongs to a very famous Turkish Poet called Can Yücel
I tried to translate it for you and hope I didnt ruin it
LIVING SIMPLE
Will live simple
For instance, as simple as drinking water when you are thirsty
It will be four, when you multiply two by two
It will be four, when you multiply two by two
The device in your hand will have only one button;
One button like one sentence;
Like saying “I love you” without beating around the bush.
One button like one sentence;
Like saying “I love you” without beating around the bush.
A simple kiss will do;
A Simple warm kiss
And all your days,all your dreams will be filled with that
You will do the fight of your life for that kiss,
You will get the whip of your life for that kiss.
A Simple warm kiss
And all your days,all your dreams will be filled with that
You will do the fight of your life for that kiss,
You will get the whip of your life for that kiss.
Pumpkin seeds (note:we eat them for fun) will give you what the numbers cant
A crooked letter with hand writing will be your most valuable paper;
That you carry with you all the time,
That you cant discard .
That you carry with you all the time,
That you cant discard .
Will get dressed in two movements,
Will get undressed in two movements.
Wakening and the time between wakening and stepping outside will be short;
the time between hugging warm arms and set out on a journey will be short.
Will get undressed in two movements.
Wakening and the time between wakening and stepping outside will be short;
the time between hugging warm arms and set out on a journey will be short.
Even you will understand what you have written;
Even your looks will tell itself.
Even your looks will tell itself.
Expectations will be simple.
Hapiness will wait in front of Mount Kaf.
You will find the longest friendship novel in a whistle;
Or a drop of tear will make you live the cheapest love novel.
Hapiness will wait in front of Mount Kaf.
You will find the longest friendship novel in a whistle;
Or a drop of tear will make you live the cheapest love novel.
While you close your eyes you will pray for the health of your pancreas.
You will do the sign of victory while you come out of the toilet.
You will do the sign of victory while you come out of the toilet.
It will be a toast with cheese that you are looking for on the table that you dont know where to sit,
Your most valuable fork will be your your fingers.
Again, the same fingers will solve the most difficult equations.
The sword of The Great Alexander will stand next to your lawyer guideline.
Your most valuable fork will be your your fingers.
Again, the same fingers will solve the most difficult equations.
The sword of The Great Alexander will stand next to your lawyer guideline.
A Philharmonic Orchestra wont be able to give you the hapiness of “fa Dieses” that played correctly on a plywood guitar
It will be enough to know until the first “A” of Make Up.
The most expensive parfume of yours will smell cleanliness
The most expensive parfume of yours will smell cleanliness
You will be able to say “I dont know” when you dont know and it will be very normal not to know it.
It wont cause you too much trouble to be able to say “I dont want to”.
It wont cause you too much trouble to be able to say “I dont want to”.
Your watch will show only the time;
You will use your phone only to call.
A small notebook will be your computer
You will live simple, simply.
As if your life will end one day
You will use your phone only to call.
A small notebook will be your computer
You will live simple, simply.
As if your life will end one day
Simple…
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Nermin: (another ESL friend, from where? I don´t really know but
of course a good friend for all us ESL blogers.)
Hello,EslPod listeners.
This poem is for you.It is a translation but I hope you’ll enjoy.It is one of my favourite poems.
This poem is for you.It is a translation but I hope you’ll enjoy.It is one of my favourite poems.
CAN YÜCEL
Don’t become attached
You don’t attach to one thing blindly
You don’t say ‘I cant live without her’
Don’t say it
Because you can.
It is not necessary to use such cliched words
Don’t love too much for example. If she loves you less, your heart will break
And usually, she loves you less than you love her anyway
If you don’t love too much, you won’t get hurt a great deal
If you don’t possess much, you won’t be possessed either..
You don’t possess the building you work in, the table, the telephone, your cards
Don’t even own your hands and your legs
You behave as if they are not yours.
Then if you don’t have anything, you won’t be afraid of losing.
You act as if you could live without them
For example, don’t have much furniture in your home
So you could walk clumsily around.
If you insist on having something
You will have the places where rooftops join the skies
You have the sky
Or the sun, the moon or even the stars
For example the northern star, it will be yours
You should say ‘It is mine’
If you insist on possessing something
Rainbows will be yours for example
If you want to belong to something, belong to the colours
For example to orange or to pink
Or you will belong to paradise
You have to live not possessing much
And not belonging to a great deal
You will live as if life will slip from your palms at anytime
And at the same time, it is yours forever.
You will live attached to life
By its edge
You don’t say ‘I cant live without her’
Don’t say it
Because you can.
It is not necessary to use such cliched words
Don’t love too much for example. If she loves you less, your heart will break
And usually, she loves you less than you love her anyway
If you don’t love too much, you won’t get hurt a great deal
If you don’t possess much, you won’t be possessed either..
You don’t possess the building you work in, the table, the telephone, your cards
Don’t even own your hands and your legs
You behave as if they are not yours.
Then if you don’t have anything, you won’t be afraid of losing.
You act as if you could live without them
For example, don’t have much furniture in your home
So you could walk clumsily around.
If you insist on having something
You will have the places where rooftops join the skies
You have the sky
Or the sun, the moon or even the stars
For example the northern star, it will be yours
You should say ‘It is mine’
If you insist on possessing something
Rainbows will be yours for example
If you want to belong to something, belong to the colours
For example to orange or to pink
Or you will belong to paradise
You have to live not possessing much
And not belonging to a great deal
You will live as if life will slip from your palms at anytime
And at the same time, it is yours forever.
You will live attached to life
By its edge
This is another wise comment from another bloger of ESL Podcast
Now about happiness.I like VERY MUCH TONY ROBBINS article:
THE ONE AND ONLY THING YOU NEED TO BE HAPPY.
I want to share one part of this article with you.....
THE ONE AND ONLY THING YOU NEED TO BE HAPPY.
I want to share one part of this article with you.....
“The Answer
And therein lies the answer. If you aren’t growing, you are dying.
It turns out that happiness that is true and lasting is quite simply this: progress.
Progress = Happiness! If you are growing, and giving, you will be happy.
If you are moving forward in your life, if you are progressing personally,
professionally, emotionally, spiritually—you will be happy. It is only in stagnation
It turns out that happiness that is true and lasting is quite simply this: progress.
Progress = Happiness! If you are growing, and giving, you will be happy.
If you are moving forward in your life, if you are progressing personally,
professionally, emotionally, spiritually—you will be happy. It is only in stagnation
that we wilt like a flower.”
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That´s all for today.
It is not me who writes now, but it is even better for you.
el gatufo
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