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Informationen zum Autor Walter G. Andrews holds a research professorship in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Washington. Najaat Black is a poet and fiction writer. Mehmet Kalpakli is assistant professor of Ottoman culture and literature at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. Klappentext Like a treasure-filled storehouse to which we have lost the key, Ottoman lyric poetry is almost unknown today, particularly among Western readers. Yet, during the centuries in which the Ottoman Empire was one of the world's great powers, poetry was its central medium of cultural expression. From love to the most profound search for spiritual truth to impassioned pleas for employment or largesse, everything that touched people deeply was expressed in poetry. This anthology, the first major English translation of Ottoman poetry in nearly a century, unlocks the storehouse. The authors offer free verse translations of 75 lyric poems (whose original Ottoman Turkish texts are also included), spanning a period from the fourteenth through the early twentieth centuries. In addition to the poems, the authors provide concise background information on Ottoman history and literature, informative notes to the poems, and brief biographies of the poets. These materials give students and general readers sufficient context to understand the poems, without burdening the reading experience. Zusammenfassung Offers free verse translations of 75 lyric poems from the mid-fourteenth to the early twentieth centuries! along with the Ottoman Turkish texts and photographs of many of the original manuscripts. This volume also includes biographies of the poets! and background information on Ottoman history and literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 r...
