Nâzım Hikmet: Likeness

Nâzım Hikmet was Turkish poet. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

Nâzım Hikmet: 38 quotes11 likes

“You're my bondage and my freedom,
my flesh burning like a naked summer night,
you're my country.
Hazel eyes marbled green,
you're awesome, beautiful, and brave,
you're my desire always just out of reach.”

From You're

“Because of you, each day is a melon slice
smelling sweetly of earth
Because of you, all fruits reach out to me
as if I were the sun.
Thanks to you, I live on the honey of hope.
You are the reason my heart beats.
Because of you, even my loneliest nights
smile like an Anatolian kilim on your wall.
Should my journey end before I reach my city,
I've rested in a rose garden thanks to you.
Because of you I don't let death enter,
clothed in the softest garments,
and knocking on my door with songs
calling me to the greatest place.”

From Because of You (29 August 1960)

“At eighteen the heart shoots like a pebble from a slingshot
and the head doesn't sit on the shoulder.”

From Human Landscapes from My Country, Book Two, Section VII

“Loneliness feels like prison.”

From New Year's Eve (23 March 1956)