Original Ottoman Turkish Text

Didi kim göz yumup gitmek gerekdür
Gelen hôş gelmeyene hem dilekdür
Çün işdür başa düşdi ne'yleyelüm
Hak'uñ lutfı bize muhkem direkdür
Tur imdi İsfendiyâr ben varayum
Mukābil olmaga erde yürekdür
Babam u dedem-ilen çok çalışduñ
Hele şimdi beni görmeñ gerekdür

In English

1. He said: "One must close one's eyes and move on; whoever comes is welcome, and whoever does not, that too is a wish.

2. Since the matter has fallen to my lot, what are we to do; God's grace is a firm pillar for us.

3. Rise now, İsfendiyar, let me come; it is the heart in a man that makes him stand and face.

4. You fought much with my father and my grandfather; now you must see me as well."

Literary and Historical Commentary

Amasya to Yörgüç

The ninetieth chapter is short; the record it holds for Amasya carries weight. Murad says to himself, "I have crushed my enemies, and my viziers have become five," and wishes to send some of them away. He sends Umur Beg, son of Kara Temürtaş, as envoy to the lord of Germiyan; he gives his brother Oruç Beg the governorship-general; the other brother Ali Beg is given the province of Saruhan. Only İbrahim Paşa and Hacı İvaz Paşa remain with him. The author adds: "They gave Amasya to his tutor Yörgüç." Yörgüç Paşa was Murad's tutor from his years as prince in Amasya; this record gives the beginning of his settlement in Amasya. In later chapters of the work Yörgüç will destroy the Kızılkocaoğulları of the Amasya and Tokat districts, take the fortress of Kocakayası and contend with Alparslanoğlu in Canik. Just as the sovereign sits down to "see to my own affairs", news comes that İsfendiyar has marched on Taraklı Borlu.

A Challenge

The speaker is Murad himself. The first two couplets express patience and trust in God: one must close one's eyes and pass on, but when the matter falls to one, God's grace is a firm pillar. The third addresses İsfendiyar directly: "Rise now, İsfendiyar, let me come." In the fourth Murad reminds İsfendiyar that he fought much with his father and grandfather, and says that now he must see him. This is a lively speech reflecting a young ruler's wish to prove himself. The refrain is "-ekdür": gerekdür, dilekdür, direkdür, yürekdür, gerekdür. For Yörgüç Paşa's complex and family in Amasya see the page Yörgüç Paşa.

Bibliography

  • Âşık Paşazade, Osmanoğulları'nın Tarihi, ed. Kemal Yavuz, M. A. Yekta Saraç, Istanbul: K Kitaplığı, 2003, pp. 441-442 (transliterated text, bâb 90).