Şem‘î (Merzifon Cönkü)

Şem‘î, a poet of unknown identity with a single poem in the Merzifon Cönkü: the state of the sources, namesake poets and his poem.

Şem‘î: A Poet of Unknown Identity in the Merzifon Cönkü

Şem‘î, whose single poem in aruz survives in the Merzifon Cönkü: his record in the cönk, the namesake poets of Prizren and Konya, and the question of identity.

13 October 2026 4 min reading

Şem‘î (Merzifon Cönkü)

Divan 1 — Esme ey bâd-ı ṣabâ zülf-i dilârâ ṣarṣılur

The opening couplet of Şem‘î's poem in the Merzifon Cönkü: a lover who forbids the morning breeze to blow, and locks whose single stirring strand would shake the world.

01 October 2026 3 min reading

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