Poetry
Dîvân
Not translated into English
Dertli (İbrahim) · 1840
Synopsis
The poems of a saz bard, written some in the syllabic metre of popular poetry, where he succeeds best according to turkedebiyati.org and the Diyanet, others in the quantitative metre of learned poetry, in a heavier language. Turkedebiyati.org notes in them religion and Sufism, earthly love, social questions, satire and humour, nature, exile, longing and grief, with satires that remain famous on the fez and on the saz; the Diyanet stresses the lyricism and the lament for the neglected family.
Context
The collection, the only book attributed to him, was printed several times; the Diyanet cites Istanbul lithographs dated 1299 and 1329 of the Hijri calendar, and regards as the most reliable the editions of Ahmet Talat, at Bolu in 1928, and of Haşim Nezihi Okay, at Istanbul in 1954. The library of the University of Pennsylvania holds a sixty-four-page lithograph. The Diyanet counts among his models the great classical poet Fuzûlî, as well as several folk poets, and places him among the foremost bards of his century; he trained apprentices.
Who it is for
Short poems in Turkish, with no French translation, to be read for the satire as much as for the lament.
Prizes and reception
Turkedebiyati.org counts him among the most famous and most influential ozans of his time.
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