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Seyh Galib Turkey (1757 - 1799) Timeline Muslim / Sufi Poems by Seyh Galib Books |
Galib attempted to combine a government career with the interior life of a Sufi, but he eventually turned his focus wholeheartedly to the spiritual life, becoming the sheikh of the Mevlevi order in the Galata district of Istanbul.
By this time he was already famous for his poetry, known even to Sultan Selim III, who was a patron of poets. Galib composed a divan (collection) of his poetry and a poetic allegory called "Beauty and Love." He is considered to be the last of the great classical Ottoman poets.
Poems by Seyh Galib
- If I say that the skies have opened
- Love is a lamp of God, I am its moth
- Were I your treasure, you would squander me
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Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish & Hebrew Poems |