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In my YALI a Hittite will whisper into your ear how proud he was when they sat down to sign the first Peace Treaty of human history with the Egyptians; a Phrygian will give away the secret of their King, Midas's long donkey ears; a sorrowful Trojan will explain on a bright coast of the Dardanelles why they lost the war; Anatolian born St. Paul will let you follow his footsteps to the heart of his painful mission; finally, an Ottoman is going to explain how they were so impressed by the magical masterpiece of the Hagia Sophia when they captured Constantinople.
Mejnun's Gazel
From whomsoe'er I've sought for troth but bitterest disdain I've seen;
Whome'er within this faithless world I've trusted, all most vain I've seen.
To whomsoe'er I've told my woes, in hope to find some balm therefor,
Than e'en myself o'erwhelmed and sunk in deeper, sadder pain I've seen.
From out mine aching heart no one hath driven cruel grief away,
That those my friends of pleasure's hour affection did but feign I've seen.
Although I've clutched its mantle, life hath turned away its face from me;
And though I faith from mirror hoped, there persecuted swain I've seen.
At gate of hope I set my foot, bewilderment held forth its hand,
Alas! whene'er hope's thread I've seized, in hand the serpent's train I've seen.
A hundred times the Sphere hath shown to me my darksome fortune's star;
Whene'er my horoscope I've cast, but blackest, deepest stain I've seen.
Fuzuli, blush not then, should I from mankind turn my face away;
For why? From all to whom I've looked, but reason sad too plain I've seen.
---Fuzuli
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