| Author: | Hikmet, Nâzım Ran | Place: |
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| Publisher: | Year: | 1955(6) |
Hikmet, Nâzım Ran. Kız Çocuğu . , , 1955(6).
Title meaning: The Girl Child The poem conveys a plea for peace from a seven-year-old girl, ten years after she has perished in the atomic bomb attack at Hiroshima. It has achieved popularity as an anti-war message and has been performed as a song by a number of singers and musicians both in Turkey and worldwide; it is also known in English by various other titles, including I come and Stand at Every Door, I Unseen and Hiroshima Girl. The Japanese translation as「死んだ女の子」was performed as a song in 2006 by a singer from Amami Oshima Chitose Hajime.