Original Ottoman Turkish Text

Metre: syllabic metre of 12 syllables (12'li hece vezni)

Yine düşdi deli dil özge sevdâya
Yine virdi bu kuru başı gavğâya
Gözümden şöyle çıkdı yine 'âlem kim
Dil ü cân-ı cihân hep gitdi yağmaya
Dilüñ şimdengirü kes benden ey nâṣıh
Ki çeşm u gûş gitdi bir dahı câya
Kilin tahmir iderken ben za'îfînüñ
Hamîr-i 'ışk imiş çaldukları mâya
Anuñçün lenger-i dil kanda eyleşse
Çeker habl u dâduñ anı deryâya
Olam 'ışkuñ yolında lâübâli kim
Kimesne iltifât itmeye rüsvâya
Cemâlüñ şevkine cânı Harîmînüñ
Kalupdur kılca katlanmaya ferdaya

In English

1. The mad heart has fallen once again into a strange passion; once again it has given this empty head over to quarrel.

2. The world has once again so fallen from my eyes that the heart and soul of the universe have all gone to plunder.

3. O counsellor, from now on keep your tongue from me; for my eye and my ear have gone to another place.

4. When they kneaded the clay of me, the weak one, the leaven they added, it seems, was the dough of love.

5. That is why, wherever the anchor of the heart's ship settles, the rope (of passion) drags it to the sea. The meaning of the word "dâduñ" at the end of the line is uncertain; this reading is ours.

6. Let me be so carefree on the path of your love that no one pays heed to the disgraced one.

7. Harîmî's soul, longing for your beauty, has strength left by no more than a hair to bear tomorrow.

Literary and Historical Commentary

Structure of the Poem

It is a ghazal of seven couplets. Kılıç gives the metre as "12'li hece vezni", a syllabic metre of twelve syllables; this is the only poem in the Dîvânçe said to be written in syllabic metre. Most of its lines have twelve syllables ("Yi-ne düş-di de-li dil öz-ge sev-dâ-ya"). The redif (refrain word) is the dative suffix "-ya", and the rhyme is formed by the "-â, -a" of "sevdâ, gavgâ, yağma, câ, mâ, deryâ, rüsvâ, ferdâ". The prayer in the heading is "Nâle mâ temennâhü". The letters ṣ (sad) and s̱ (se), which came out as ş in the digital text, have been restored according to the original spelling of the words. The poet's life, works and the state of the Dîvânçe are discussed in Şehzade Korkut (Harîmî): Literary Persona, Works and Poems.

Meaning and Figures of Speech

Like the first poem, the ghazal opens with the word "Yine" (once again) and tells of a passion that returns. In the second couplet the world falls from the lover's eyes, and everything the universe holds precious is plundered. In the third the counsellor is again told to be silent; eye and ear have gone elsewhere, to the beloved. The fourth couplet rests on a belief about creation: Sufi literature often recalls that the clay of Adam was kneaded by God. The poet says the leaven added to his own clay was love; love is in his very making. In the fifth couplet the heart is a ship; wherever its anchor is cast, a rope drags it back to the sea. The last two couplets close with blame and exhaustion. "Kılca" (by a hair) conveys that the lover has almost no strength left to last until tomorrow.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Harîmî (Şehzade Korkut), Dîvânçe, Millet Library, Ali Emîrî, Manzum Eserler nr. 104.

Academic studies

  • Filiz Kılıç, "Osmanlı Hanedanında Bir Şair: Şehzade Korkut", Bilig (Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi), 2, Summer 1996, pp. 203–219 (Dîvânçe text pp. 209–218; ghazal 36, p. 215). teis.yesevi.edu.tr

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