Grup Yorum - «Haziran'da Ölmek Zor» [com letra em inglês]

Poema de Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil dedicado a Nazim Hikmet (que faleceu em Junho de 1963), numa versão cantada pelo Grup Yorum, da Turquia. Há poucos dias, divulgámos aqui esta canção, gravada ao vivo em Istambul (Junho de 2010) no concerto dos 25 anos da banda. Depois de nos ilustrar sobre o "sentido" do poema, uma amiga turca da ASEH prometeu traduzir a letra da canção, que - avisou-nos entretanto - é bastante mais curta do que o poema. Portanto, a tradução que se segue é da letra e não do poema na íntegra.

IT IS HARD TO DIE IN JUNE
The night smells lilac and sprout / My heart is like an injured falcon / Oh my mother, / It is hard to die in June, / It is hard to die in June. // I worked for fifteen hours / I died off for fifteen hours x2 // I am exhausted, hungry and sleepy… // The boss insulted my mother / Oh gritted my teeth / I told my hopes with whistles x2 // I miss a warm house / A hot meal / Kisses to make me forget in a warm bed / I got out of the waves, got out on road / The tanks are on street / The sound of the horns / With yellow leaves on the arms of the trees / There are skeletons of people // The night smells lilac and sprout / You said years ago there would be a plain tree on me // So after ten years / On morning time / The eyes of a cow / And a gauze //
And the face of Memed / And the straw yellow / And the red of the missing //
So the master left us / And the pain in heart is left x2 //
I carried this burden on my back for years / I left in the cheers of pain / The date of 3 June 1963. x2 // A red rose leaned on / A red rose is now far away. / Caresses the burning forehead / Of Master Nazım x2 // A red rose leaned on / A red rose is now far away. / He lies there now / In an old grave / The master sleeps / The master sleeps // The night smells lilac and sprout // Even when I pass by the shadow of the tanks x2 // A bird sings here inside my heart. x2 // It is hard to die in June.