Original Ottoman Turkish Text
Metre: Fâ’ilâtün Fâ’ilâtün Fâ’ilâtün Fâ’ilün
Ey sipihr-i saltanatda mihr ü mâhum gel berü
Göklere irişmesün feryâd u âhum gel berü
Dest-gîrüm serverüm püşt ü penâhum gel berü
Dil-berüm ârâm-ı cânum pâdişâhum gel berü
Yâr-ı sâdıkdan cüdâ olma gel ey cân pâresi
Bendenün dirsen onulsun yüreginün yâresi
Derd-i ‘ışkun ilm-i tıbda vuslat imiş çâresi
Dil-berüm ârâm-ı cânum pâdişâhum gel berü
Sohbetünden dûr ‘ömrüm geçdi âh u vây ile
Bezm-i gülde gönlüm açılmaz mey-i hamrây ile
Âhum artar nâle-i çeng ü figân-ı nây ile
Dil-berüm ârâm-ı cânum pâdişâhum gel berü
Âteş-i hicrân ile bagrum kebâb itdün benüm
Bezm-i gamda gözlerüm yaşın şarâb itdün benüm
Ey cefâ-cû rahm kıl hâlüm harâb itdün benüm
Dil-berüm ârâm-ı cânum pâdişâhum gel berü
Niçe yıl hecrün çeküp irmişken âhir vuslata
Hizmetünden dûr idüp saldun diyâr-ı gurbete
Rahm kıl sabr idemez Şâhî bu derd ü hasrete
Dil-berüm ârâm-ı cânum pâdişâhum gel berü
In English
1. O my sun and moon in the heaven of sovereignty, come hither; let my cries and sighs not reach the heavens, come hither. My helper, my chief, my support and my refuge, come hither. My heart-stealer, peace of my soul, my padishah, come hither.
2. O piece of my soul, do not stay apart from your faithful lover, come; if you wish the wound of this servant's heart to heal, come. In the science of medicine, the remedy for the pain of love is union. My heart-stealer, peace of my soul, my padishah, come hither.
3. Far from your company my life has passed in sighs and woe; at the gathering of roses my heart does not open with red wine; with the moan of the harp and the cry of the reed flute my sighs increase. My heart-stealer, peace of my soul, my padishah, come hither.
4. With the fire of separation you roasted my breast; at the gathering of grief you turned the tears of my eyes into wine. O seeker of cruelty, have mercy; you have ruined my state. My heart-stealer, peace of my soul, my padishah, come hither.
5. When after suffering your absence for many years I had at last attained union, you removed me from your service and sent me to the land of exile. Have mercy; Şâhî cannot endure this pain and longing. My heart-stealer, peace of my soul, my padishah, come hither.
Literary and Historical Commentary
Structure of the Poem
The poem is a murabba of five stanzas with a refrain, written in the "fâ'ilâtün fâ'ilâtün fâ'ilâtün fâ'ilün" pattern of the remel family of aruz (quantitative metre). In the first stanza the four lines end with the redif (refrain word) "gel berü" (come hither) and rhyme on "-âhum": mâhum, âhum, penâhum, pâdişâhum. The other stanzas use the rhymes "-âresi", "-ây" with the redif "ile" (vây, hamrây, nây), "-âb" with the redif "itdün benüm" and "-ete/-ata" (vuslata, gurbete, hasrete). The refrain is the line "Dil-berüm ârâm-ı cânum pâdişâhum gel berü". According to Kılıç's footnote, the word "cefâ-cû" in the third line of the fourth stanza appears in the manuscript as "cefâ-hû" and has been corrected in the edition. The pen name (mahlas) appears in the last stanza (fol. 77a).
Meaning and Figures of Speech
The first stanza names the addressee with attributes of sovereignty: he is the sun and moon of the "sipihr-i saltanat", the heaven of sovereignty, and the poet's helper, chief, support and refuge. The words sun, moon and heaven build a congruence of images (tenasüp). The phrase "püşt ü penâh" (support and refuge) also occurs in the line "Pâdişâhum serverüm püşt-i penâhum mesnedüm" of the ghazal with the redif "hoş mıdur", which Kılıç believes was written to Süleyman. In the second stanza words from the science of medicine (wound, healing, remedy) are applied to the pain of love; in the third the harp and the reed flute, the gathering of roses and the red wine draw a picture of a convivial gathering. In the fourth stanza fire is paired with roasting and tears with wine.
Historical Context
The last stanza is the most concrete passage of the poem: after suffering separation for many years the poet attained union, and then he was removed from the addressee's service and sent to the "land of exile". Kılıç says that Şâhî regarded the places he went to as exile and never wanted them; as examples he mentions ghazals pointing to the region of Karaman and to Iran. He does not comment on this murabba separately. That the forms of address ("my padishah", "my support and refuge", "sun of the heaven of sovereignty") and the expression of being removed from service and sent into exile suggest the poem was written to his father is our own reading. There is no sign in the text as to which sending away is meant.
Bibliography
- Filiz Kılıç (ed.), Şâhî Dîvânı (Şehzâde Bâyezîd), Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Kütüphaneler ve Yayımlar Genel Müdürlüğü, 2018, e-book p. 142, murabba no. 16 (Millet Library, Ali Emîrî Efendi, Manzum Eserler 225, fol. 77a); also p. 33 (the ghazal with the redif "hoş mıdur") and p. 41 (exile), https://ekitap.ktb.gov.tr/Eklenti/59394,sahi-divanipdf.pdf.
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