Biricik
Bela gücümdür
Gücüm de belam
Muhatabını arayan
Biricik bir izdiham
Singular
Trouble is my strength
And strength is my trouble
A singular confluence
Looking for its double
One and Only
Trouble is my strength
And strength is my trouble
Looking for its interlocutor
A one and only confluence
Never in the ten-year history of PTC workshops have we translated a poem so quickly. And it rhymes! As you’ll see if you compare our final version with Canan’s literal, we changed her title and reversed the order of the last two lines. And that was it. Enjoy!
Sarah Maguire, Workshop Facilitator