Ölümden Sonra (Cahir Sıtkı TARANCI)
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ÖLÜMDEN SONRA
Öldük, ölümden bir şeyler umarak.
Bir büyük boşlukta bozuldu büyü.
Nasıl hatırlamazsın o türküyü,
Gök parçası, dal demeti, kuş tüyü,
Alıştığımız bir şeydi yaşamak..
Şimdi o dünyadan hiçbir haber yok;
Yok bize arayan, soran kimsemiz.
Öylesine karanlık ki gecemiz,
Ha olmuş ha olmamış penceremiz;
Akarsuda aksimizden eser yok.
AFTER DEATH
We died, hoping for something after death.
In a great emptiness, the enchantment was broken.
How can you not remember that song,
A piece of sky, a bundle of branches, a bird’s feather,
Living was something we were accustomed to…
Now, there is no news from that world at all;
No one to seek or ask about us.
So dark is our night,
Our window, whether it has happened or not;
In the flowing river, there is no trace of our reflection.
AFTER DEATH
We died, hoping for something from death.
The magic was broken in a big void.
How can you not remember that folk song,
A piece of sky, a bundle of branches, a feather of a bird,
It was something we were used to living..
Now there is no news from that world;
There is no one who is calling us, asking us.
It’s so dark that our night,
Ha, ha, our window has not happened;
There is no sign of us otherwise in the stream.
Critical Reading and Analysis: Çıraklı “A Modest Proposal for Critical Reading”
During Cahit Sıtkı's school years in Paris, the beginning of the Second World War unfolded, and the experiences of that time significantly influenced this poem. The experiences that the poet had throughout that time period have been shown to be quite effective in this poem. In the first unit of the poem, the line "We died, hoping for something from death" provides a concise summary of the way people came to interpret life during this time period. Because death has become so commonplace and vulgar, people have begun to believe that death will bring them something.
This poem explores the concept of the afterlife, depicting a scene that is characterised by a profound sense of emptiness and disruption in the enchantment of life after death. In this realm, the storyworld investigates the speaker's sensation of disconnection and darkness, highlighting the fact that there is no communication with the world that was left behind.
Cumhuriyet Dönemi – Republican Era
Equilibrium (Anticipation) → Disruption (Shattered) → Recognition (Reflection, Memory) → Attempt to repair the damage (Adaptation) → New equilibrium (Isolation, Uncertainty)
Seeking Transcendence - Searching for meaning beyond death - Exploring existential themes related to life and death
-Life – Death (We died, hoping for something after death) - Existence - Non-Existence (In the flowing river, there is no trace of our reflection)
