Hikmet was persecuted by the defenders of the monarchy and, therefore, sentenced to fifteen years in prison. This made him take refuge in the USSR. This fact of his life related to the text displayed in the question can be interpreted that Hikmet believed that we should live without the concern of the results of our actions, but these actions should be taken seriously. To be thinking about the consequences of everything, we will not live fully, because life is not perfect and will not be. So we should only worry about living, because bad things will happen anyway, so we should only think about having a purpose for life and living it in pursuit of that purpose, following our goals, seizing the opportunities and continuing to live when some adversity appears.