Şeyhi:

“Bâtıl isteyü hakdan ayrıldım 

Boynuz umdum kulaktan ayrıldım." 

I wanted lies, I lost the truth

I wanted a horn, I lost the ear.

Ahmet Paşa:

“Etme izhâr-ı hüner etmeğe mecliste heves

Bülbüle dâm-ı belâ oldu lisânıyla kafes."

Don´t desire showing a talent in a gathering

Cage became a trap for nightingale because of its sweet tongue

“Tûtîyi güftârıdır iden giriftâr-ı kafes." 

It is sparrow´s words makes it a captive of a cage.

Adli (Sultan II. Beyazıd)

“Kendi kendine ettiğin âdem

Bir yere gelse edemez âlem..

If everbody gathered and wanted to harm someone they wouldn´t harm him as much as he harmed himself

Selimi (Yavuz Sultan Selim)

“Milletimde ayrılık ve tefrika endîşesi

Kûşe-i kabrimde hattâ bî-karâr eyler beni.”

The worry of seperation and disagreement in my nation

(It) even would make me restless in the corner of my tomb

Fuzuli

“Ger derse Fuzûlî ki güzellerde vefâ var

Aldanma ki şâir sözü elbette yalandır."

If Fuzuli says beautifuls have loyalty

Don´t be deceived, the word of a poet is of course a lie.

I read this poem today and liked it. It is believed that it was written for Shah İsmail by Yavuz Sultan Selim after he had beaten him in battlefield. If you read same colored words, you will read the same lines in an order. We call this style "chess style"

Sanma şahım /herkesi sen / sadıkane / yar olur
Herkesi sen / dost mu sandın / belki ol / ağyar olur
Sadıkane / belki ol / alemde bir / dildar olur
Yar olur / ağyar olur / dildar olur / serdar olur "

Yavuz Sultan Selim

My shah, don´t think everyone is a loyal friend

Did you think everyone was friend, maybe they were enemies.

Maybe there is only one loyal beloved in this universe

There is friend, there is enemy, there is beloved, there is commander.

Erbâb-ı kemâli çekemez nâkıs olanlar;

Rencîde olur dîde-i huffâş ziyâdan.

İgnorants can´t endure wises

Light hurts the eyes of bats.

Her âkile bir derd bu âlemde mukarrer,

Râhat yaşamış var mı gürûh-ı ukalâdan!

There is always a trouble for the wise

Has any wise person ever lived in comfort?

                                       Ziya Paşa (1825-1888)

Kıl san‘at-ı üstâdı tahayyürle temâşâ,

Dem urma, eğer ârif isen çûn ü çirâdan.

Watch the art of Master with amazement

Don´t ask why or how if you are wise.

İdrâk-i me‘âlî bu küçük akla gerekmez,

Zîrâ bu terâzû o kadar sıkleti çekmez.

This small mind doesn´t need to understand it

Because this scales can´t weigh that much weight.

                                           Ziya Paşa

I love these couplets a lot.

uyan ey gözlerim gafletten uyan
uyan ey uykusu çok gozlerim uyan
azrailin kastı canadır inan
uyan ey gözlerim gafletten uyan
uyan ey uykusu çok gozlerim uyan

semavatın kapılarını açarlar

alemlere rahmet suyu saçarlar
seherde kalkana hulle biçerler
uyan ey gözlerim gaflletten uyan
uyan uykusu çok gözlerim uyan

                                  Sultan III. Murad

Wake up my eyes, wake up from absentmindness

Wake up o my sleepy eyes, wake up

Azrael´s intention is to take life, believe me.

Wake up my eyes, wake up from absentmindness

Wake up o my sleepy eyes, wake up

They open the gates of heavens

They spill the water of mercy to universe

They tailor cloth of heaven for who wakes up in the morning

Wake up my eyes, wake up from absentmindness

Wake up o my sleepy eyes, wake up

This poem was written by Sultan III. Murad after he had missed the morning prayer. It was composed by Ali Ufku Bey. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGyfAszzdbQ   Great, relaxing song.

Note. Unfortunately my eyes hasn´t still woken up

No wonder. Üçüncü Murad was a drunkard with a red nose.

It doesn´t lessen his acchievements as a poet, though.

What I feel is that all of these things that I hold dear

never become more than vibrations in the air.... 

.." .........Güzelim Ey, Güzelim Ey, Güzelim ey ey......... .." .. 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLfIx54GSEE

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