Original Ottoman Turkish Text

Metre: Fâ’ilâtün Fâ’ilâtün Fâ’ilâtün Fâ’ilün

Lutf u ihsân eyleyüp nâmunla yâd itdün beni
Gussadan âzâd olup şâd ol ki şâd itdün beni
Pertev-i mihr-i ruhundan müste’âd itdün beni
Ber-murâd ol pâdişâhum ber-murâd itdün beni
Hamdü-li’llâh vasluna müştâk idüm irdüm yine
Gözlerüm nûrını arturdum yüzün gördüm yine
Fursat el virdi ayagına yüzüm sürdüm yine
Ber-murâd ol pâdişâhum ber-murâd itdün beni
Câna kar itmişdi muhkem pâdişâhum fürkatün
Bir nefes dilden gider miydi likâ-yı hazretün
Andugumca gözlerüm giryân olurdı vuslatun
Ber-murâd ol pâdişâhum ber-murâd itdün beni
Künc-i fürkatde kalupdum lutf idüp yâd eyledün
Bu dil-i gam-gînüme rahm eyleyüp şâd eyledün
Müstedâm ol ben kulun hecründen âzâd eyledün
Ber-murâd ol pâdişâhum ber-murâd itdün beni
Pâdişâhum Şâhînün sabrın alupdı ıztırâb
Âşiyân-ı dîdeden pervâz idüpdi murg-ı hâb
Himmetünle Hak du’âmı kıldı âhir müstecâb
Ber-murâd ol pâdişâhum ber-murâd itdün beni

In English

1. Showing grace and favour you remembered me by your name; be glad yourself, freed from sorrow, for you have gladdened me. With the light of the sun of your cheek you have made me fortunate. Attain your wish, my padishah; you have granted me mine.

2. Praise be to God, I longed for union with you and have attained it again; I saw your face again and increased the light of my eyes; opportunity allowed, and again I rubbed my face on your feet. Attain your wish, my padishah; you have granted me mine.

3. My padishah, your absence had pierced my soul deeply; would the sight of Your Highness leave my heart even for a breath? Whenever I remembered union with you, my eyes would weep. Attain your wish, my padishah; you have granted me mine.

4. I had been left in the corner of separation; graciously you remembered me; pitying this grieving heart of mine you gladdened it. Live forever; you have freed me, your servant, from your absence. Attain your wish, my padishah; you have granted me mine.

5. My padishah, anguish had taken away Şâhî's patience; the bird of sleep had flown from the nest of the eyes. Through your goodwill God has at last answered my prayer. Attain your wish, my padishah; you have granted me mine.

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 edition it closes the section of murabbas (fol. 81a). In the first stanza the four lines end with the redif (refrain word) "itdün beni" and rhyme on "-âd": yâd, şâd, müste'âd, ber-murâd. The other stanzas use the rhymes "-ürdüm" with the redif "yine" (irdüm, gördüm, sürdüm), "-etün/-atun" (fürkatün, hazretün, vuslatun), "-âd" with the redif "eyledün" and "-âb" (ıztırâb, hâb, müstecâb). The refrain is the line "Ber-murâd ol pâdişâhum ber-murâd itdün beni". The pen name (mahlas) appears in the last stanza.

Meaning and Figures of Speech

This is the only poem among the murabbas of the divan spoken in joy. Separation has ended, the poet has attained union again, seen the beloved's face and rubbed his face on the beloved's feet. The refrain is both a prayer and an expression of thanks: the prayer "ber-murâd ol" (attain your wish) and the thanks "ber-murâd itdün beni" (you have granted me my wish) are built on the same word. The phrase "şâd ol ki şâd itdün beni" (be glad, for you have gladdened me) in the first stanza follows the same pattern of repetition. In the last stanza the eye is likened to a nest and sleep to a bird that has flown from it; the phrases "âşiyân-ı dîde" (nest of the eyes) and "murg-ı hâb" (bird of sleep) build this metaphor.

The forms of address ("pâdişâhum", "hazret", "himmet") present the addressee as a ruler. The words "nâmunla yâd itdün" in the first stanza are read "you remembered me by your name"; in context they also suggest being remembered by a letter, but the word "nâme" (letter) is not in the text.

The language of this murabba answers in a striking way the last stanza of the third murabba, which Kılıç says was written to Süleyman. There the poet pleads, "Bu Şâhî nâ-murâdı pâdişâhum ber-murâd eyle / Beşâret-nâme ile vaktidür lutf eyle yâd eyle" (grant this luckless Şâhî his wish, my padishah; it is time to be gracious and remember him with a letter of tidings); here he says "lutf idüp yâd eyledün" (graciously you remembered), "şâd eyledün" (you gladdened) and "ber-murâd itdün beni" (you granted me my wish). That what is asked for in the third murabba is told here as if it had come true is our own observation. Kılıç does not comment on this last murabba, and it is not known which union the poem describes.

Bibliography

  • Filiz Kılıç (ed.), Şâhî Dîvânı (Şehzâde Bâyezîd), Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Kütüphaneler ve Yayımlar Genel Müdürlüğü, 2018, e-book pp. 146-147, murabba no. 22 (Millet Library, Ali Emîrî Efendi, Manzum Eserler 225, fol. 81a); also p. 34 (the third murabba and the letter of tidings), https://ekitap.ktb.gov.tr/Eklenti/59394,sahi-divanipdf.pdf.

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