Çolak
Çolak Kore gazisi
Gizli kalmış mazisi
Kara bahtına gülmüş
Köyün kahin elçisi
İki dakik sakala
İki dakik saçlara
Keser biçer berberdir
Makas tarak ustura
Cefa nedir hiç sorma
Tüm o zahmet tek kolda
Kısmet neyse o alet
Bağrı yanık fırtına
Sorsan hele bir lahza
Geç kaldım der namaza
Düşünür hep cenneti
Tatmin tahmin niyaza
Kime gönül gözünden
Kime tatlı sözünden
Söyler eğri doğruyu
Adam tanır yüzünden
- İngilizce / English -
ONE ARMED WONDER
The one-armed wonder
Our town's beloved barber
He was a Korean veteran
But kept his warrior past well hidden
Lost an arm in that war gone amok
Yet, still laughed at his bad luck
Being also our town oracle and its ambassador
That poor roebuck, firmly refused to palaver
Took two minutes for a beard close shaven
Took two minutes for a haircut in Stonehaven
He was a chirotonsor, who cut and mowed hair
Yeah, with a scissor, a comb and a sharp razor
Could not ask him about his lost arm, or who did the harm
His entire livelihood depended on just one good arm
Whatever luck is, darn-darn-darn!
Nonetheless, it was in his one skillful hand, an art form
Although sometimes sorrowful, he was often a real burning storm!
He stood at six foot five, tall as a willow reaching to the skies
A face like Frankenstein's, but a fair man with sky blue eyes
If you asked him to stop for a chat, even just for a moment
He'd say, 'I'm late for prayers and bestowment'
He always thought about his heavenly mission
His guess was that satisfaction is found in holy supplication
He replied to some from the eye of his great heart
But with everyone else, he used sweet words as a start
He'd tell about what is right and what is not right
He'd tell about a man by just looking at his face on a first sight!
In his seventies one summer night, he laid down to sleep, and died!
© 2014 - Tacettin Fidan