Posted in Art, Biographies, Culture, History, Ottomans, Poetry, tagged Anatolia, Bursa, Germiyan, God, Love, Turkey, World on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
The Torture of the Beloved
The torture of the beloved is no punishment
at all
Thank God for the faithfulness of your cruelty
There are many beloveds with cypress-bodies,
witch-eyes, and trouble-making brows
But not one of them has been so enticing
as you!
If those thirst for the wine of you rubied lips
gave one thousand lives
One thousand lives for just the dregs-
it [...]
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Posted in Biographies, Culture, History, Music, Ottomans, Poetry, Religion, tagged Murad, Murat, Sultan on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Uyan ey gözlerim gafletten uyan
Awake, mine eyes, from heedlessness!
Uyan uykusu çok gözlerim uyan
From your drowsiness, awake!
Azrail’in kasdı canadır inan…
Know that the Angel of Death seeks your soul…
Seherde uyanırlar cumle kuslar
At sunrise the birds waken with a tumult
Dillü dillerince tesbihe başlar
Touching the heart with their tongues, they begin to pray
Tevhid eyler dağlar taşlar ağaçlar
Mountains, stones, trees—all [...]
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Posted in Life, Poetry, Religion, Thoughts, tagged , Art, Writing on December 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was looking through some of my journal pages today and I came across one of my better poems. Although, I really don’t consider it “poetry”, merely an attempt at poetry. It was written in January of 2003, during a very troublesome period in my life. Reading it brought back so many memories, memories of [...]
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