The Horseman's Song - Nazim Hikmet

The Horseman's Song by Nazim Hikmet


THE HORSEMAN'S SONG

Galloping from farthest Asia,
jutting into the Mediterranean like the head of a mare,
                                               this country is ours.
Wrists in blood, teeth clenched, feet bare
and the soil beneath like a silk carpet,
                                                this hell, this heaven is ours.
Close the gates of dependance, never to be reopened,
eliminate man's servitude to man,
                                                 this invitation is ours.
To live single and free like a tree
and in brotherhood like a forest,
                                                 this longing is ours.


Last updated 24 July 1995 by A. Galip Ulsoy (ulsoy@umich.edu).