Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres, and Sacred Traditions
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L I B R A R Y C O M M I T T E E JUSTIN McCARTHY, M.P. Historian and Journalist TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D., LL.D. Ex-President Yale University RICHARD HENRY STODDARD Author and Critic PAUL VAN DYKE, D.D. Princeton University ALBERT ELLERY BERGH Managing Editor A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E JOHN T. MORGAN United States Senate FREDERIC R. COUDERT, LL.D. New York Bar EDWARD EVERETT HALE Author and Editor MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, LL.D. Catholic University of America JULIAN HAWTHORNE Literary Editor
Sword Dance in a Café
Photogravure from the original painting by Jean Léon Gérôme, exhibited in the Paris Salon, 1888
THIS fine picture is a thoroughly characteristic specimen of the work of the most popular of modern French artists. Oriental subjects especially attracted him, as he had an eye for striking figures and brilliant colors. He died January 10, 1904.
COMPRISING FABLES, BELLES-LETTRES, AND SACRED TRADITIONS TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY EPIPHANIUS WILSON, A.M. REVISED EDITION
NEW YORK P. F. COLLIER & SON
Copyright, 1901 By THE COLONIAL PRESS
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TURKISH LITERATURE
TURKISH FABLES
The Gardener and His Wife
The Fly
The Widow and Her Friend
The Two Young Men and the Cook
The Buffaloes and the Log
The Old Man and His Son
The Bird-catcher and the Blackbird
The Hens and the Eagles
The Pigeon and the Painting
The Lion and the Man
The Compliment to the Vezir
The Ass and the Frogs
The Tortoise and the King of Animals
The Fox and the Lion
The Farmer and His Hounds
The Bear and His Mate
The Eel and the Serpent
The Sailors in Distress
The Father and Son
The Poet and the Clown
The Shark
The Wolf, the Nurse, and the Child
The Candle
The Clown Turned First Soldier, Then Merchant
The Two Kings at War
The River and Its Source
The Hunter and His Hounds
The Fool Who Sells Wisdom
The Dicer
The Lamb and the Wolf
The Insects, the Bee, and the Ant
The Two Cocks
The Assembly of the Birds
The Fox and the Crab
The Goats and the Wolves
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
The Wolf and the Ass
The Fox and the Partridge
The Fox and the Sparrow
The Syrian Priest and the Young Man
The Converted Cat
The Fox and the Wolf
The Horse and His Rider
The Rose and the Butterfly
The Archer and the Trumpeter
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Shepherd’s Dog
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
THE MAGISTRATES
FROM THE ‘ĀSHIQ PASHA DĪWĀNI
FROM THE ISKENDER-NĀMA
FROM THE ISKENDER-NĀMA
FROM KHUSREV AND SHĪRĪN
RUBĀ’Ī
GAZEL
FRAGMENT OF GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
FRAGMENT OF GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
FROM THE WINTER QASĪDA
FROM THE SPRING QASĪDA
FROM THE QASĪDA ON THE ACCESSION OF SULTAN BĀYEZĪD II
GAZEL
RUBĀ’ĪS
FROM THE SPRING QASĪDA
MUREBBA’
FRAGMENT
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ON AUTUMN
ON SPRING
ROSE TIME
FROM AN ELEGY ON SULTAN SELĪM I
FROM AN ELEGY ON ISKENDER CHELEBI
FRAGMENT
GAZEL
ON THE PROPHET MUHAMMED
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
MUSEDDES
MUKHAMMES
FROM LEYLĪ AND MEJNŪN
MEJNŪN ADDRESSES NEVFIL
MEJNŪN’S GAZEL
ZEYD’S VISION
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
FROM THE “KING AND BEGGAR”
GAZEL
QAĪSDA
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ON AUTUMN
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ELEGY ON SULTAN SULEYMĀN I
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
MUSEDDES
GAZEL
TO SULTAN MURĀD IV
IN REPLY TO THE PRECEDING
LUGAZ
SACHLI ZEMĀN (FORTUNE THE LONG-HAIRED)
JIHĀN BĀNŪ (LADY WORLD)
LĀ‘L-PARA (RUBY-CHIP)
ĀQ-‘ĀLEM (WHITE UNIVERSE)
MUSEDDES
GAZEL
MUNĀJĀT
MUKHAMMES
GAZEL
MUNĀJĀT
GAZEL
FAREWELL POEM
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ON A DANCING-GIRL
GAZEL
FRAGMENT
GAZEL
THE SONG OF LOVE’S NURSE
LOVE’S SONG
GAZEL
MUSEDDES
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
DESCRIPTION OF CIRCASSIAN WOMEN
DESCRIPTION OF GREEK WOMEN
ON THE DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH IN EGYPT BY THE QAPUDAN HUSEYN PACHA
SHARQĪ
SHARQĪ
GAZEL
GAZEL
GAZEL
ON THE DEATH OF ‘ANDELĪB KHĀNIM
TAKHMĪS
SHARQĪ
GAZEL
ON A BEYT OF MAHMŪD NEDĪM PACHA
THE COUNSELS OF NABI EFENDI TO HIS SON ABOUL KHAIR
INTRODUCTION
THE COUNSELS OF NABI EFENDI
THE ASCENSION OF MAHOMET
INTRODUCTION
THE ASCENSION OF MAHOMET
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HISTORY OF THE FORTY VEZIRS
INTRODUCTION
Trial of the Three Sons
Stratagem Greater Than Strength
The Wiles of Woman
The Search for Khizr
The Vezir and Khizr
The Sherbet-seller and the Moor
The Tailor and the Woman
Story of the Adopted Son
The King and the Vezir
The Sparrow and His Mate
The Crafty Vezir
The Three Princes and the Cadi
The Caliph and the Slave Girl
The Foolish Princes
Story of the Egyptian Prince
The Merchant’s Bequest
The King and the Vezir’s Son
The King and the Weaver
The Vicissitudes of Life
The King and the Sheykh
The King’s Remorse
Luqmān’s Device
The King and the Dervish
Mahmūd and Hasan
Story of Sultan Mahmūd
Story of the Merchant’s Son
Hasan of Basra
The Gardener and His Son
The Dervish’s Advice
The Turkman Children
A Queen’s Deceit
The Abdal and the King
The Sultan and His Traitorous Son
Conclusion
