{"id":7252,"date":"2021-10-01T08:01:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=7252"},"modified":"2021-10-01T08:01:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:01:18","slug":"asik-ali-izzet-the-path-of-the-beautiful-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/01\/asik-ali-izzet-the-path-of-the-beautiful-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Asik Ali Izzet – The Path of the Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Path of the Beautiful
\nby Asik Ali Izzet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

English version by Jennifer Ferraro & Latif Bolat<\/font><\/p>\n

Appreciating beauty is said to be a virtue.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To see beauty beautifully
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful.<\/p>\n

Those who have a beautiful beloved in Paradise are beautiful.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To travel the path of beauty,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful.<\/p>\n

The sun rises from the beautiful one\u2019s eyebrows.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The beautiful one\u2019s teeth are just like pearls.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To share beautiful food at Beauty\u2019s table
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful.<\/p>\n

To linger with the beautiful one beautifully
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful \u2014<\/p>\n

To write the beautiful name:
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 beautiful \u2014<\/p>\n

To drink with the beautiful one:
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 beautiful \u2014<\/p>\n

To kiss the hand of the beautiful one:
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 beautiful.<\/p>\n

The light drips from the cheeks of the beautiful.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Honey drips from the lips of the beautiful.<\/p>\n

Hold the hand of the beautiful beautifully.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To serve the beautiful one
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful.<\/p>\n

The eyes that perceive beauty will never suffer.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who loves beauty may die but will never decay;<\/p>\n

Ali Izzet never shies away from beauty \u2014
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To love beauty from the depths of one\u2019s soul
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey<\/a>, Translated by Jennifer Ferraro \/ Translated by Latif Bolat<\/font><\/p>\n


\/ Image by benleto<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

A reminder to us all not to get lost in life\u2019s minutia and bruises and anxieties\u2026 beneath it all we can always find beauty. <\/p>\n

To see beauty beautifully
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful.<\/i><\/p>\n

That beauty can be a window that reveals the beautiful one behind it all.<\/p>\n

To travel the path of beauty,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful.<\/i><\/p>\n

Beauty is a pathway, a spiritual practice. Bearing witness to beauty takes skill: quiet eyes, a calm heart.<\/p>\n

To love beauty from the depths of one\u2019s soul
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is beautiful.<\/i><\/p>\n

May we all discover the beauty in the paths we walk!<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Asik Ali Izzet<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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I\u2019ve had a difficult time finding much information in English on the life of Asik Ali Izzet, which is frustrating considering how well-loved his poetry and music are in Turkey. You can, for example, find many contemporary Turkish recordings of songs composed by Asik Ali Izzet. <\/p>\n

Most of my information below comes from the excellent anthology, Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey<\/a>, by Jennifer Ferraro and Latif Bolat.<\/p>\n

At a young age, Ali Izzet became an asik or ashik \u2014 a wandering minstrel who travels throughout the country composing and singing songs, accompanied by the stringed saz<\/i>. He was both a Sufi and a social activist. Although he didn\u2019t have much formal education, his work came to be widely appreciated in his lifetime. Her shared his poems and songs in many of the great performance halls of Turkey. Later in life he was persecuted for his leftist politics and he died in relative obscurity in Ankara in 1981. His songs and poetry, however, have enjoyed a revival and are widely appreciated today.<\/p>\n

More poetry by Asik Ali Izzet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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