Preface to the 2006 Expanded Edition

Acknowledgments

Poet's Preface

A Note on the Pronunciation and Transcription of Turkish

Ottoman Lyrics: Introductory Essay

The Gathering of Desire

Nesimi

1. Oh my idol

Ahmed-I Dai

2. The torture of the beloved

Sheyhi

3. Your sun-face

4. It's the season of spring

Ahmet Pasha

5. Ask about my wailing

The Mejlis: Gathering of Desire

6. Is there any heart

Nejati

7. Those glances rain down arrows

8. The heart is pleased

9. Those tulip-cheeked ones

10. Spiraling, the sparks

Iskender/Alexander, Hizir, and the Fountain of Eternal Life

Mihri Hatun

11. I opened my eyes

12. At times, my longing

13. My heart burns

Zeynep Hatun

14. Remove your veil

Revani

15. What do you say

Lamii

16. Yesterday I saw

Zati

17. Oh heavens, why do you cry

The Pleasantries of Zati

Hayreti

18. We are not the slaves of Suleyman

Figani

19. My sad heart is burnt black

The Cosmos and the Earth

20. Your kiss does not satisfy

Fevri

21. The arrow of your glance

Hayali

22. They do not know how to search

23. We are among those

24. When dawn hennas her hands

The Story of Leyla and Mejnun

Fuzuli

25. Oh God, don't let anyone

26. If my heart were a wild bird

27. For long years

28. The pointed reproach of the enemy

Husrev, Shirin, and Ferhad

Nisayi

29. We are the Mejnun

Fabulous Birds

Nevi

30. We don't need the cup of pleasure

31. Help me, oh sapling

Baki

32. That tyrant

33. Oh beloved, since the origin

34. The fountain of my spirit

35. If only the bud would open

36. Sparks from my heart

37. Your rebellious glance

Yahya Bey

38. Come wander through the city

39. Poetry holds the written veil

Ruhi

40. Curse the thorns of fate

Sheyhulislam Yahya

41. Saki, offer the cup

42. Let the hypocrites

43. Is there no heart

The Down on Your Cheek

Nefi

44. That black drunken eye

45. Those who painted my portrait

46. The heart is both the cup and the wine

Sheyhulislam Bahayi

47. Oh cry, what are you doing

Nabi

48. When we watch the spinning of the sky

49. In the garden of time and destiny

50. At the gathering of joy

Rumi's Mirror

Naili

51. We are the snake

52. My tears became desire

53. Since the thunderbolt of disaster

54. What witch are you

Poetic Parallels

Neshati

55. We are desire

56. You're gone - I'm alone

57. The sky's face has turned dark

Nedim

58. At the gathering of desire

[...] the east wind

60. As the morning wind blows

61. Take yourself to the rose-garden

62. Delicacy was drawn out

Koja Ragib Pasha

63. Dark thought is revealed

Rasih Bey

64. Don't lower your languid eyes

Fitnat Hanim

65. In a heart

Esrar Dede

66. In the ruins

67. You left, but don't forget

The Indian Style

Sheyh Galib

68. You are my effendi

69.I won't abandon you

70. To me, love is the flame

Sunbulzade Vehbi

71. Oh east wind, come

Enderunlu Vasif

72. The gazelles have bound their hearts

Izzet Molla

73. Everyone knows

74. I am a nightingale

Yenishehirli Avni

75. Don't think we came to ask

Notes

The Poets

Ottoman Turkish Texts

Ottoman Script Texts