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Narrator: Neden sonra kapı aralandı.
Sometime later the door opened a crack.
Emine: Sen misin Hakkı?
Is that you, Hakkı?
Hakkı: Benim..

Daha uyumadın mı?
It’s me.

Aren’t you asleep yet? (Lit., Haven’t you gone to sleep yet?)
Emine: Uyuyamadım..

Bir türlü uyku girmiyor gözüme.

Sen nerede kaldın?
I couldn’t get to sleep.

I just can’t get to sleep. (Lit., Sleep just isn’t entering my eye.)

Where have you been? (Lit., Where have you stayed?)
Hakkı: Nerede olacak..

Kahvede arkadaşlarla kağıt oynadık.
Where do you think? (Lit., Where would it be?)

I was at the coffee house playing cards with the boys. (Lit., we played cards with friends)
Narrator: Kocası soyunup yatağa uzandı.
Her husband got undressed and stretched out on the bed.
Emine: O meseleyi düşündüm Hakkı.
I’ve thought about the matter, Hakkı.
Hakkı: Ee?
Well?
Emine: Gitmen belki bizim için hayırlı olur.
Maybe it would be a good thing for us if you went. (Lit., maybe your going will be good)
Hakkı: Ha şunu bileydin.
Well fine, you should have known that.













ALMANYADAN GELECEK MEKTUP     "A LETTER THAT WILL COME FROM GERMANY"
A picture novel (resimli roman) by Faruk Geç © , Translation and notes by Ralph Jaeckel © 2009