Turkish Literature
Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres, and Sacred Traditions
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TURKISH LITERATURE
SPECIAL INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
TURKISH FABLES
The Gardener and His Wife
The Fly
The Widow and Her Friend
The Two Young Men and the Cook
The Buffaloes and the Log
The Old Man and His Son
The Bird-catcher and the Blackbird
The Hens and the Eagles
The Pigeon and the Painting
The Lion and the Man
The Compliment to the Vezir
The Ass and the Frogs
The Tortoise and the King of Animals
The Fox and the Lion
The Farmer and His Hounds
The Bear and His Mate
The Eel and the Serpent
The Sailors in Distress
The Father and Son
The Poet and the Clown
The Shark
The Wolf, the Nurse, and the Child
The Candle
The Clown Turned First Soldier, Then Merchant
The Two Kings at War
The River and Its Source
The Hunter and His Hounds
The Fool Who Sells Wisdom
The Dicer
The Lamb and the Wolf
The Insects, the Bee, and the Ant
The Two Cocks
The Assembly of the Birds
The Fox and the Crab
The Goats and the Wolves
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
The Wolf and the Ass
The Fox and the Partridge
The Fox and the Sparrow
The Syrian Priest and the Young Man
The Converted Cat
The Fox and the Wolf
The Horse and His Rider
The Rose and the Butterfly
The Archer and the Trumpeter
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Shepherd’s Dog
THE MAGISTRATES
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
THE MAGISTRATES
ACT FIRST
ACT SECOND
ACT THIRD
OTTOMAN POEMS
FROM THE ‘ĀSHIQ PASHA DĪWĀNI
FROM THE ISKENDER-NĀMA
FROM THE ISKENDER-NĀMA
FROM KHUSREV AND SHĪRĪN
YAZIJI-OGLU The Creation of Paradise
RUBĀ’Ī
GAZEL
FRAGMENT OF GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
FRAGMENT OF GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
FROM THE WINTER QASĪDA
FROM THE SPRING QASĪDA
FROM THE QASĪDA ON THE ACCESSION OF SULTAN BĀYEZĪD II
GAZEL
RUBĀ’ĪS
FROM THE SPRING QASĪDA
MUREBBA’
FRAGMENT
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ON AUTUMN
ON SPRING
ROSE TIME
FROM AN ELEGY ON SULTAN SELĪM I
FROM AN ELEGY ON ISKENDER CHELEBI
FRAGMENT
GAZEL
ON THE PROPHET MUHAMMED
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
MUSEDDES
MUKHAMMES
FROM LEYLĪ AND MEJNŪN
MEJNŪN ADDRESSES NEVFIL
MEJNŪN’S GAZEL
ZEYD’S VISION
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
FROM THE “KING AND BEGGAR”
GAZEL
QAĪSDA
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ON AUTUMN
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ELEGY ON SULTAN SULEYMĀN I
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
MUSEDDES
GAZEL
TO SULTAN MURĀD IV
IN REPLY TO THE PRECEDING
LUGAZ
SACHLI ZEMĀN (FORTUNE THE LONG-HAIRED)
JIHĀN BĀNŪ (LADY WORLD)
LĀ‘L-PARA (RUBY-CHIP)
ĀQ-‘ĀLEM (WHITE UNIVERSE)
MUSEDDES
GAZEL
MUNĀJĀT
MUKHAMMES
GAZEL
MUNĀJĀT
GAZEL
FAREWELL POEM
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ON A DANCING-GIRL
GAZEL
FRAGMENT
GAZEL
THE SONG OF LOVE’S NURSE
LOVE’S SONG
GAZEL
MUSEDDES
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
DESCRIPTION OF CIRCASSIAN WOMEN
DESCRIPTION OF GREEK WOMEN
ON THE DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH IN EGYPT BY THE QAPUDAN HUSEYN PACHA
SHARQĪ
SHARQĪ
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ON THE DEATH OF ‘ANDELĪB KHĀNIM
TAKHMĪS
SHARQĪ
GAZEL
ON A BEYT OF MAHMŪD NEDĪM PACHA
THE COUNSELS OF NABI EFENDI TO HIS SON ABOUL KHAIR
INTRODUCTION
THE COUNSELS OF NABI EFENDI
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II Details of the Father’s Station in Life
CHAPTER III Of the Motives which Decided the Author to Write the Book of Counsels
CHAPTER IV Of the Ranks of Islam
CHAPTER V Of the First Duty of True Religion
CHAPTER VI Of the Excellence of Prayer
CHAPTER VII On the Excellence of Fasting
CHAPTER VIII Of Pilgrimage, of Sacred Journeys, and of Mount Arafat
CHAPTER IX Of the Excellence of Alms-Giving
CHAPTER X The Desirability of Knowledge
CHAPTER XI Of the Knowledge of God
CHAPTER XII Eulogy of Constantinople
CHAPTER XIII On Flight from Avidity and Avarice
CHAPTER XIV On the Bad Effects of Pleasantry and Jocularity
CHAPTER XV Of the Nobility of Generosity
CHAPTER XVI Eulogy of Good-nature
CHAPTER XVII Of Lying and of Hypocrisy
CHAPTER XVIII Forbidding the Practice of Astrology and Chiromancy
CHAPTER XIX Of the Defilement of Drunkenness
CHAPTER XX Of the Vanity of Adornment
THE ASCENSION OF MAHOMET
INTRODUCTION
THE ASCENSION OF MAHOMET
THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE (Gül and Bülbül)
I
II The Praise of God, the Wonders of God, and His Marvellous Works
III An Address to God’s Munificence, Holiness and Purity
IV Hymn of Praise to the Lord of Lords, to the Glory of His Creatures, and to the Prophets
V How He, the Master of Both Worlds, on the Night of His Celestial Journey Rose From the Bosom of the Earthly Multitude to the Summit of the Divine Unity
VI A Blessing on the Prophets, the Mediators of the People, with a Prayer of Intercession and a Greeting to His Companions
VII What Was the Occasion of This Poem and the Arrangement of the Narrative
VIII Praise of the Pearl of Lordship, the Heaven-great Prince, Whose Pity and Whose Purpose Extend From Heaven to Earth
IX The Beginning of the Fascinating Narrative and of the Heart-ravishing Fable
X Description of the Rose’s Beauty in Every Member
XI The Shah Provides a Teacher for His Daughter Rose
XII Morning and Evening in the Rose Garden
XIII The Attendants of the Pure Rose, and a Description of Her Noble Court Service
XIV How in the Morning the Mirror-holder of the Tender-cheeked Rose Holds the Mirror, and How the Rose is Proud of Her Beauty
XV The East Wind Finds the Nightingale, and They Discuss the Beauty of the Rose
XVI The Witty East Wind Counsels the Wandering Nightingale
XVII How the Lamenting Nightingale Comes to the Garden of the Rose
XVIII How the Nightingale Entered the Rose Garden Through the Kindly Offices of the Cypress
XIX How the Wandering Nightingale Alone in the Night Abides With His Sighs and Weeping Till Morning
XX The Sleepless Nightingale is Tormented in the Dark Night, and Mourns Aloud
XXI The Nightingale in His Amorous Pain Anxiously Addresses the Radiant Moon
XXII The Lovesick Nightingale Accosts the Risen Morning in a Clear and Fitting Manner
XXIII The Desponding Nightingale Addresses the World-adorning Sun, While His Inmost Heart Glows With Ardent Desire
XXIV The Nightingale, in His Distress, Turns From Sun and Moon and Addresses a Prayer to God
XXV The Beauteous Rose Hears the Voice of the Nightingale, and While She Feels an Inward Delight in it, She Puts on an Air of Reserve and Disdain
XXVI The Prudent Narcissus Remonstrates With the Garrulous Nightingale
XXVII The East Wind Meets the Wandering Nightingale and Brings Him Tidings From the Tender Rose
XXVIII The Soul-nurturing East Wind Takes Knowledge of the Nightingale and Sees Traces of Pity in the Beauteous Rose
XXIX Description of the Morning and of the Colloquy of the Lovely Rose With Her Nobles and Chief Men
XXX The Far-wandering Nightingale Finds No Healing for His Pain, and at Last Writes a Letter to Make Known His Plight
XXXI The Nightingale Despatches Through the Jasmine the Letter Written Out of the Fullness of His Heart
XXXII The Dainty Rose Sends Through the Tall Jasmine Sandbach an Answer to the Letter of the Distracted Nightingale
XXXIII Description of the Night and of the Reproof Which the Treacherous Hyacinth Gave in Answer to the Poor Nightingale
XXXIV The Insidious Hyacinth, Her Mind Darkened With Envy, Contrives That the Nightingale is Expelled From the Rose Garden
XXXV The Ruthless Thorn Gives Advice To the Soft-cheeked Rose
XXXVI The Hard-hearted Thorn Slanders the Lovesick Nightingale Before the Monarch of the Spring
XXXVII The Wounded Nightingale Sees the Violets, His Companions in Adversity; They Approach Each Other, and the Nightingale is Shut Up in a Cage
XXXVIII King August Appears in the East and Devastates the Earth
XXXIX King August Sends the Hot Wind With Fire to the Rose Garden
XL Samum Arrives at the Town of Rose Garden and Gives to the Monarch of Spring the Message of Fierce King August
XLI King August Sends His Son as Field Marshal to the City of Rose Garden, and the King of Spring, Unable To Oppose Him, Retires to the Heights
XLII The Monarch Spring Flees Also From the Peak of the Mountain and Disappears, and the Monarch August, in His Fury, Burns Up the City of Rose Garden
XLIII Autumn Comes From the North With the Intention of Administering the City of Rose Garden
XLV King Winter Appears in the East and Blows His Cold Blasts Over the Earth
XLVI King Winter Devastates the Rose Garden in a Snowstorm
XLVII The Monarch Spring Retires to the South to the King of the Equinox, From Whom He Asks Help, and Who Immediately Assures It to Him, and He Returns Therewith to the City of Rose Garden
XLVIII The Harbinger of Spring Gains Possession of the City of Rose Garden, Vanquishes King Winter, and Makes the Monarch of the Spring Triumphant
XLIX The Monarch Spring Mounts Upon His Throne and Makes His Residence in the City of the Rose Garden
L The Fair Rose Sends the East Wind to Cheer the Mourning Nightingale
LI The Pining Nightingale Lies in Affliction in the Cage and Turns Himself to God. The Kindly East Wind Arrives and Gives Him Information as to the Condition of Affairs
LII The Captive Nightingale Answers the Kind-hearted East Wind, Who Brings to the Pining Lover Greeting From the Radiant Rose
LIII While the Nightingale Lies a Prisoner Suffering in His Cage, the Rose Comes to Pay Him a Sick Visit, and to Learn of His Health
LIV The Lovely Rose Sends the Cheerful East Wind to the Monarch of Spring Asking Him to Free the Nightingale
LV The Gracious East Wind Brings News to the Rose Of the Nightingale’s Release
LVI Description of the Morning Feast Given by the Lovely Rose, to Which She Asks the Nightingale, and Enjoys Herself With Him in Ardent Passion And Kindness and Pure Love
LVII The Description of the Night and the Night-long Revel Amid the Sound of Trumpets and Castanets
LVIII The Happiness of the Rose and Nightingale Does Not Continue
LIX
LX
HISTORY OF THE FORTY VEZIRS
INTRODUCTION
Trial of the Three Sons
Stratagem Greater Than Strength
The Wiles of Woman
The Search for Khizr
The Vezir and Khizr
The Sherbet-seller and the Moor
The Tailor and the Woman
Story of the Adopted Son
The King and the Vezir
The Sparrow and His Mate
The Crafty Vezir
The Three Princes and the Cadi
The Caliph and the Slave Girl
The Foolish Princes
Story of the Egyptian Prince
The Merchant’s Bequest
The King and the Vezir’s Son
The King and the Weaver
The Vicissitudes of Life
The King and the Sheykh
The King’s Remorse
Luqmān’s Device
The King and the Dervish
Mahmūd and Hasan
Story of Sultan Mahmūd
Story of the Merchant’s Son
Hasan of Basra
The Gardener and His Son
The Dervish’s Advice
The Turkman Children
A Queen’s Deceit
The Abdal and the King
The Sultan and His Traitorous Son
Conclusion
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