Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca

Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914-2008) was a Turkish poet. He is known for socially conspicuous poetry and was winner of Golden Wreath. Daglarca was the poet of the year at Rotterdam International Gathering (1977).

Wisdom & Quotes

• Clearly death is not a loss.

Regardless the brooks,
Will flow.

With faith
Weeds will turn green and roses
will grow
Clearly death is not a loss.
- Sparkle

• I'm hungry, black earth, hungry,

hear me.
With the black ox I'm hungry
tonight.
He thinks, and thinking feeds him,
I think, and thinking makes my
hunger grow.
I'm hungry, black earth,
hungry,
hear me.
One can't hide it when he's
hungry.
- Toprak Ana (Mother Earth)

• Suppose our war is ended here,

my friend,
Say we are discharged and back in
the village again.
How can a man return to his
mother,
His face smeared with a dismal
stain?
That there is no way out changes
nothing.
Thank heaven, we shunned the
lowliness we disdain.
Answer me, did all these heroes
Sacrifice their lives in vain?
- Sehitlerle Oluler (Martyrs and Corpses)

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