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Nightingales and Pleasure Gardens: Turkish Love Poems

By Talat S. Halman (Editor), Talat S. Halman (Translator), Jayne Warner (Editor)
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By Talat S. Halman (Editor), Talat S. Halman (Translator), Jayne Warner (Editor)
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The earliest turkish verses, dating from the sixth century A.D., were love lyrics. Since then, love has dominated the Turks' poetic modes and moods--pre-Islamic, Ottoman, classical, folk, modern. This collection covers love lyrics from all periods of Turkish poetry. It is the first anthology of its kind in English. The translations, faithful to the originals, possess a special freshness in style and sensibility.

Here are lyrics from pre-Islamic Central Asia, passages from epics, mystical ec...