BETWEEN CUBA AND FATSA (English- Spanish- Turkish)

BETWEEN CUBA AND FATSA

a poem by

SERKAN ENGIN
in
(English- Spanish- Turkish)

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Between Cuba and Fatsa

“I did everything for and with my people”

Fikri Sonmez*

My heart belongs to Cuba, my comrades,

I am the same age as

The children whose dreams

Have been kissed by Fidel and Ernesto.

My homeland is Fatsa in the year 1979,

Time period of Fikri Sonmez,

The best tailor of socialism.

Because of these, my comrades,

My sparrow life is

A daisy rain,

Between Cuba and Fatsa.

Serkan Engin

Translated from Turkish by Serkan Engin

* Fikri Sonmez (Fikri the Tailor):

Fikri Sonmez was a tailor and socialist politician who served as the mayor of Fatsa district of Ordu Province in Turkey between 1979 and 1980. He had a political view parallel to Fidel Castro and Cuban Revoution in 1959. After his election as the mayor, he splitted Fatsa into eleven regions and created people's committees. He made campaigns against the violence against women, the poor infrastructure in Fatsa, gambling, diseases because of the bad conditions in the town. Because of his success he got support from different political movements in the town. On 11 July 1980, Turkish military conducted an operation against Fatsa. Fikri Sönmez was arrested and put into prison. He died of a heart attack in Amasya penitantiary on 4 May 1985.

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Entre Cuba y Fatsa

" Hice todo para y con mi pueblo "

Fikri Sonmez*

Mi corazón pertenece a Cuba, compañeros,

Tengo la misma edad de

Los niños cuyos sueños

Han sido besados por Fidel y Ernesto.

Mi patria es Fatsa en el año 1979,

Período de Fikri Sonmez,

El mejor sastre del socialismo.

A causa de esto, mis camaradas,

Mi vida de gorrión es

Una lluvia de margaritas,

Entre Cuba y Fatsa

Serkan Engin

Traducido al castellano por Marcela Villar M.

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Küba Fatsa arası

"Ben ne yaptıysam halkım için,

halkımla birlikte yaptım"

Fikri Sönmez

Kalbim Kübalıdır "abiler",

Fidel ile Ernesto'nun

düşlerinden öptüğü çocuklarla yaşıt.

Memleketim, 79'daki Fatsa'dır,

bu şafaklarda Sönmez

Fikri'nin zamanında,

sosyalizmin en güzel terzisi.

"İşte bu yüzden dostlar

bu yüzden",

Küba ile Fatsa arasında,

bir papatya sağanağıdır,

şu benim serçe ömrüm.

Serkan Engin

* Photograph designed by Ali Ziya Camur