Pir Sultan Abdal
Pir Sultan Abdal (ca. 1480 - 1550) was an Alevit poet. Alevits are the members of the Alevitism, a faith community in Islam. He lived in Turkey and wrote his poems in Turkish. In his poems, he used a direct and clear language. The richness of his thoughts and the beauty of his writing made him very popular to the Turks and Kurds and also the members of the Suni sect of Islam. Pir Sultan Abdal wrote about the social, cultural and religious life of the people. He was a humanist, and wrote about love, peace, death and God. He was also rebellious against Ottoman Empire.
Poetry
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Dostun bahçesine bir hoyrat girmiş Korudur hey benli dilber korudur Şu meydanda serilidir postumuz Kendisi okur da kendisi yazar Hangi dinde isen ona tapayım Pîr Sultan Abdal'ım başından başlar |
To the garden of my love there came an evil louder The shrubs now lie there, my fair one, shrubs lie We've spread our prayer hide all over this place God Himself reads the fate, Himself he scribes Whatever your creed be, I will adore it and pray I am Pir Sultan Abdal, the first of the firsts, |
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