Nightingales & Pleasure Gardens

by Halman, Talat S.

• ISBN13: 9780815608356
• ISBN10: 0815608357
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

The earliest Turkish verses, dating from the sixth century A.D., were love lyrics. Since then, love has dominated the Turks' poetic modes and moods--"pre-Islamic, Ottoman classical, folk, modern. In style, form and sensibility, this collection offers a broad spectrum: virtually all types and varieties are represented here. The English versions are loyal to the originals and strive to be authentic poems in English. Here are lyrics from pre-Islamic Central Asia, passages from epics, mystical ecstasies of such eminent thirteenth-century figures as Rumi and Yunus Emre, classical poems of the Ottoman Empire (including SC

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Note on Turkish Spelling	xv
PART ONE Premodern Love Poems
DAWN OF LOVE: Earliest Turkish Love Poems
My darling, best of all
APRIN ÇOR TIGIN	5	(1)
Say just one word to me, make one promise
ANONYMOUS	6	(3)
LEGENDS OF LOVE: Epics and Tales of Love
Come here, my love, the crown of my home
CHIEFTAIN, from The Book of Dede Korkut	9	(1)
Come to me here
WIFE OF CHIEFTAIN, from The Book of Dede Korkut	9	(4)
WHIRLING ECSTASY: Rumi's Mystical Love
This is such a day: the sun is dazzling twice as before
MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI	13	(1)
Listen to the reed-flute telling its tales
MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI	14	(1)
Come, come, you will never find a friend like me
MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI	15	(1)
At one time when life was real
MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI	16	(1)
So long as I am alive, love enlivens each day
MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI	17	(1)
When I have you, the passions of love make me stay awake
MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI	18	(1)
Love is the water of eternal life, cures every woe
MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI	19	(4)
LOVE'S PARADISE: Yunus Emre's Divine and Human Love
Your love has wrested me away from me
YUNUS EMRE	23	(1)
Hear me out, my dear friends
UNUS EMRE	24	(1)
Dear Friend, let me plunge into the sea of love
YUNUS EMRE	25	(1)
Go and let it be known to all lovers
YUNUS EMRE	26	(1)
Burning, burning, I drift and tread
YUNUS EMRE	27	(1)
Now hear this, lovers, my friends
YUNUS EMRE	28	(1)
Love is minister to us, our flock is the inmost soul
YUNUS EMRE	29	(1)
My Lord granted me such a heart
YUNUS EMRE	30	(1)
I love you beyond the depths of my own soul
YUNUS EMRE	31	(4)
LOVE IS ALL: Classical Lyrics of the Ottoman Empire
At one glance
MIHRI HATUN	35	(1)
I reap no gains but trouble at your place when I come near
FUZULI	36	(1)
Song
NEDIM	37	(1)
My darling with the rosy face
SEYH GALIB	38	(1)
Drink all you want in the rose-garden
LEYLÂ HANIM	39	(1)
Get on with the festivities
LEYLÂ HANIM	40	(1)
Tell Me Again
NIGÂR HANIM	41	(4)
SOVEREIGN LOVE: Sultan Poets
No end to this separation, no limit to this cruel pain
SULTAN SÜLEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT	45	(1)
My very own queen, my everything
SULTAN SÜLEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT	46	(2)
Till the day I die, I shall never leave her beauty's sun
SULTAN SÜLEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT	48	(1)
Coy like a lovebird, she flirts with hundreds
SULTAN SELIM III	49	(4)
MANY-SPLENDORED SONGS: Wandering Folk Poets
With its tender flakes, snow flutters about
KARACAOGLAN	53	(1)
In the plain stands a plum tree
ANONYMOUS	54	(1)
At daybreak I dropped in on a beauty
ANONYMOUS	55	(1)
My soul yearns for you
ANONYMOUS	56	(3)
PART TWO Love Poems from the Turkish Republic
Tryst
YAHYA KEMAL BEYATLI	59	(1)
[untitled]
NAZIM HIKMET	60	(1)
[untitled]
NAZIM HIKMET	61	(1)
Three Storks Restaurant
NAZIM HIKMET	62	(1)
[untitled]
NAZIM HIKMET	63	(1)
I Shut My Eyes Tight
NAZIM HIKMET	64	(1)
My Lady's Eyes Are Hazel
NAZIM HIKMET	65	(1)
Poems of Nine to Ten P.M.
NAZIM HIKMET	66	(2)
Prison to Prison
NAZIM HIKMET	68	(1)
Poems from Prison
NAZIM HIKMET
22 September 1945	69	(1)
23 September 1945	70	(1)
5 October 1945	71
From Letters to Taranta Babu
NAZIM HIKMET	72	(3)
Now's the Time for Love
SALT FAIK	75	(2)
My Little Woman
ASAF HALET ÇELEBI	77	(1)
Maria I
ASAF HALET ÇELEBI	78	(1)
Maria II
ASAF HALET ÇELEBI	79	(1)
Oblivion
AHMET MUHIP DIRANAS	80	(2)
Love Poem
ZIYA OSMAN SABA	82	(1)
Black Mulberries
BEDRI RAHMI EYUBOGLU	83	(1)
You Will Come to Me
CELÂL SILAY	84	(1)
From: Poems of the Mediterranean
FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA	85	(3)
Beauty and Mind
FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA	88	(1)
Beyond
FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA	88	(1)
When I Arrive
FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA	88	(1)
Is
FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA	89	(1)
Shadow
FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA	89	(1)
Day Within a Day
FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAOLARCA	89	(1)
Leaf
FAZIL HÜSNÜ DAGLARCA	90	(1)
People Will Talk
ORHAN VELI KANIK	91	(1)
Did I Fall in Love?
ORHAN VELI KANIK	92	(1)
To My Wife
OKTAY RIFAT	93	(1)
From: Horses Before Troy
MELIH CEVDET ANDAY	94	(1)
Secret Love
BEHÇET NECATIGIL	95	(1)
On Bald Mountain
A. KADIR	96	(1)
Lost Love
CAHIT KULEBI	97	(1)
Once Upon a Time
CAHIT KULEBI	98	(1)
Poem
ILHAN BERK	99	(1)
Love
ILHAN BERK	100	(1)
Never Did I See Such Loves Nor Such Separations
ILHAN BERK	101	(1)
Sonnet
ILHAN BERK	102	(1)
Women
ILHAN BERK	103	(1)
From: The History of a Face
ILHAN BERK	104	(1)
I Woke, This Meant a Love in the World
ILHAN BERK	105	(1)
Love Poem
ABAHATTIN KUDRET AKSAL	106	(1)
Güler's Hours of Love
NECATI CUMALI	107	(1)
Smoke upon Smoke
MEHMET SALIHOGLU	108	(1)
Lavinia
ÖZDEMIR ASAF	109	(1)
The Letter
FERIHA AKTAN	110	(1)
Pia
ATTILÂ ILHAN	111	(1)
Come So Far as You Can Feel
GÜLTEKIN SAMANOGLU	112	(1)
Your Love Never Left
AHMED ARIF	113	(1)
Eyes
EDIP CANSEVER	114	(1)
The Sea, the Memory, and the Woman
SEYFETTIN BASCILLAR	115	(1)
To an Immortal Solitude Where We Now Pitch Our Stately Tent
TAHSIN SARAÇ	116	(1)
Love Tomorrow
TALAT S. HALMAN	117	(1)
Yellow Blight
CEMAL SÜREYA	118	(1)
A Butt Cast in the Sea
CEMAL SÜREYA	119	(1)
Kiss Me, Then Give Birth to Me
CEMAL SÜREYA	120	(1)
The 8:10 Ferry
CEMAL SÜREYA	121	(1)
Rose
CEMAL SÜREYA	122	(1)
Weekly Agenda of Love
M. SAMI ASAR	123	(1)
First
SEZAI KARAKOÇ	124	(1)
The Hobbyhorse
SEZAI KARAKÇ	125	(2)
Not the Fear of Shivering
GULTEN AKIN	127	(1)
now
CENGIZ BEKTAS	128	(1)
For Many Years...
KEMAL ÖZER	129	(1)
windy windows
HILMI YAVUZ	130	(1)
Empty Streets
OZDEMIR INCE	131	(1)
Am I the Only One
AYDIN HATIPOGLU	132	(2)
Tigerish
CAHIT ZARIFOGLU	134	(1)
Like a Stranger
MELISA GÜRPINAR	135	(1)
All Over Again
ATAOL BEHRAMOGLU	136	(2)
Ailing
SENNUR SEZER	138	(1)
Link
MEHMET YARDIMCI	139	(1)
I Love Yo So
AHMET ADA	140	(1)
Love and the Forest
GÜLSELI INAL	141	(1)
Unknown Love
ADNAN ÖZER	142	(5)
Biographical Notes	147	(10)
About the Editors	157	(2)
Acknowledgments	159