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We Died Once, We Were Revived a Thousand Times

Ahmet Yılmaz

Bir Öldük Bin Dirildik

Biz vatan çiçeğini
Kanımızla sulardık.
Tomurcuklar açtıkça
Halay çeker oynardık.
Horon teper oynardık.

Prangaya vurulduk.
Hücrelere konulduk.
Bunlar yetmezmiş gibi
Cellatlara sunulduk.
Sehpalara sunulduk.
İhanetin bağrına
Hançer olup saplandık.
En sonunda mükâfat
Yiğitlikle suçlandık.
Faşistlikle suçlandık.

Çarmıhlara gerildik.
Ceryanlara verildik.
Bizi "öldü" sanmayın!
Bir öldük,
Bin dirildik...

We Died Once, We Were Revived a Thousand Times

We watered the homeland flower
With our blood.
As the buds bloomed
We danced the halay.
We danced the horon.

We were hit with shackles.
Put into cells.
As if this wasn't enough
We were offered to the executioners.
Presented to the guillotines.
Into the heart of betrayal
We were stabbed like a dagger.
In the end, as a reward
We were accused of bravery.
Accused of fascism.

We were stretched on the crosses.
Given to the currents.
Don't think we are 'dead'!
We died once,
We were revived a thousand times...

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