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Ghazel - Nesimi
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The two worlds fit in me and I don't fit in this world
I'm a gem without a land or home, I don't fit in any place
I'm both mother-of-pearl and the pearl, and I pass the Bridge of Sırat*
With all these atlas* cloth, I don't fit in this shop
I'm the secret treasure, and I'm the in sight one as well
The core of the matter is me, I fit in neither the mountains nor the seas
I'm the life and the universe, and the earth and the time
But, I fit in neither the earth nor the time
I'm the stars and the sky, I'm the revelation and the angel
Shut your mouth up and go mute, I don't fit in this language
I'm the atom and I'm the sun, I'm the four and five and six secrets*
Everything is clear and in plain sight, I don't fit in this sight
I'm the tree on fire, I'm that stone keeps spinning
Look at the burning of that fire, I don't fit in this burning
I'm the sugar and the honey. I'm the Sun and the Moon
I give everyone souls, but I don't fit in a soul
I'm the arrow and the bow, I'm the old and the young
I'm the ethernal state, I fit in neither this nor that
Yes, I'm Nesimi today, I'm from Haşimi family of Kureyş*
My word is bigger than that, I fit in neither word nor name
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Submitted by
kertenkelesuratli on 2019-04-15
kertenkelesuratli on 2019-04-15Added in reply to request by
kaimiloa
kaimiloa Author's comments:
* In Islam, Sırat is the bridge to the heaven passing through the hell. It is thinner than a hair and sharper than a knife. Good people will succeed to pass it and bad people will fall into the hell
* Atlas is a precious cloth
* char, panc and shash are persian words for 4,5,6, not used in turkish commonly
*Nesimi is the nickname of the poet, possibly it tells about where he is from. Haşimi and Kureyşi are the family and the tribal of the Prophet Mohammad.
* Ghazal is a kind of poem in used in the middle east, literally it means deer.
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