Gonca Özmen
MEMET
Take these ratta-tats Memet
Take them to the ratta-tatta man
Take this me Memet
Take this me to the meadows
Do I know what to do with me?
To me, I’m always a seabattle Memet
Take this me to the birds
Drop this me to the poor suburbs
Battling’s a backpack anyway Memet
Besides can a wound get old
Just keep me waiting again on a pillow-bed
Even the apple awaits its time
Just … me in a big old urn...
Deeper even deeper Memet
Just watch what a carnival, the human race
Does the ratta-tatta man
Ever ratta-tat the ratta-tats Memet?
Best if you dump me in with the poor Memet
Take this me, throw this me off the minaret
MEMET
Neem deze retteketet mee Memet
Breng deze retteketet naar de retteketetter
Neem deze ik mee Memet
Breng deze ik naar de velden
Ik weet niet wat ik aan moet met die ik
Voor mij is ik altijd een zeeslag Memet
Breng deze ik naar de grutto's
Deze ik naar de getto's
Oorlog is sowieso een rugzak Memet
Kan een wond trouwens oud worden
Laat mij maar weer wachten op een kussen
Zelfs de appel verbeidt zijn tijd
Stop mij maar in een oud vat
Dieper Memet nog dieper
Kijk eens wat een theater de mens
Retteketet de retteketetter
Retteketet hij Memet?
Je kunt mij het beste bij de armen dumpen
Neem deze ik mee Memet werp deze ik van een minaret
Publisher: 2022, Voor het eerst gepubliceerd op PoetryInternational.com,
MEMET
Al bu taka tukaları Memet
Al bu taka tukaları taka tukacıya götür
Bu beni al Memet
Al bu beni çayırlara götür
Ben bana ne etsem bilmem ki
Ben bana hep bir deniz savaşı Memet
Sen bu beni kuşlara
Al bu beni varoşlara
Savaş nasılsa bir sırt çantası Memet
Hem eskisi olur mu yaranın
Sen yine beni bir yastıkta beklet
Elma bile zamanını bekler
Sen beni eski bir küpün içine
Derine Memet daha derine
İnsan nasıl bir şenlik seyret
Taka tukacı taka tukaları
Taka tukalar mı Memet?
Sen beni en iyisi yoksullara kat
Al bu beni Memet al bu beni minareden at
MEMET
Take these ratta-tats Memet
Take them to the ratta-tatta man
Take this me Memet
Take this me to the meadows
Do I know what to do with me?
To me, I’m always a seabattle Memet
Take this me to the birds
Drop this me to the poor suburbs
Battling’s a backpack anyway Memet
Besides can a wound get old
Just keep me waiting again on a pillow-bed
Even the apple awaits its time
Just … me in a big old urn...
Deeper even deeper Memet
Just watch what a carnival, the human race
Does the ratta-tatta man
Ever ratta-tat the ratta-tats Memet?
Best if you dump me in with the poor Memet
Take this me, throw this me off the minaret
MEMET
Take these ratta-tats Memet
Take them to the ratta-tatta man
Take this me Memet
Take this me to the meadows
Do I know what to do with me?
To me, I’m always a seabattle Memet
Take this me to the birds
Drop this me to the poor suburbs
Battling’s a backpack anyway Memet
Besides can a wound get old
Just keep me waiting again on a pillow-bed
Even the apple awaits its time
Just … me in a big old urn...
Deeper even deeper Memet
Just watch what a carnival, the human race
Does the ratta-tatta man
Ever ratta-tat the ratta-tats Memet?
Best if you dump me in with the poor Memet
Take this me, throw this me off the minaret