Original Ottoman Turkish Text
Metre: Mefʿūlü mefāʿīlü mefāʿīlün faʿ (fāʿ)
Rūḥuñdaki ol ḳuvvet-i ḥayret-baḫşā
Esrārü’l-vehiyyeti eyler ifşā
Ḳurʾānı naṣıl aḫẕe taḥammül itdiñ
Aḥsente ve būrikte ve elfü māşā
In English
1. That wonder-giving strength in your spirit reveals the secrets of revelation.
2. How did you bear to receive the Qur'an! (Arabic) Well done, may you be blessed, a thousand times as God wills.
Literary and Historical Commentary
The weight of revelation is the subject of the third of the quatrains turned to the Prophet. The Qur'an says that revelation is "a weighty word" (al-Muzzammil 73:5) and that were it sent down on a mountain you would see it shattered in awe of God (al-Hashr 59:21). Cûdî voices this thought through a question: how did you bear to receive the Qur'an? The answer has been given in the first couplet; what made it possible is the wonder-giving strength in the Prophet's spirit.
The last line suddenly changes the tone of the quatrain. "Aḥsente ve bûrikte ve elfü mâşâ(allah)" is an Arabic phrase of congratulation and appreciation: well done, may you be blessed, a thousand times as God wills. Addressing to the Prophet these words, said in everyday life before an achievement, builds an intimate language that joins reverence with warmth. In the thesis this line, like the other Arabic parts, is set in italics.
Bibliography
- Havva Tok Yıldız, Merzifonlu İbrâhîm Cûdî Dîvânı (İnceleme-Metin-Sözlük) [1b-43a], Master's thesis, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun 2017, p. 97 (poem no. 74; manuscript fol. ). http://libra.omu.edu.tr/tezler/116853.pdf
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