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Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres, and Sacred Traditions


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Gazel 159 On a Beyt of Mahmūd Nedīm Pacha 160 Counsels of Nabi Efendi: Introduction 165 Prologue 167 Details of Nabi’s Station 169 Of Nabi’s Motives in Writing the Book 170 Of the Ranks of Islam 171 First Duty of True Religion 172 The Excellence of Prayer 172 The Excellence of Fasting 174 Of Pilgrimage 174 The Excellence of Almsgiving 176 The Desirability of Knowledge 179 The Knowledge of God 181 Eulogy of Constantinople 182 On Flight from Avidity and Avarice 185 Bad Effects of Pleasantry and Jocularity 186 Nobility of Generosity 187 Eulogy of Good Nature 188 Of Lying and Hypocrisy 191 Forbidding the Practice of Astrology 192 The Defilement of Drunkenness 193 The Vanity of Adornment 194 The Ascension of Mahomet 201 The Rose and the Nightingale: Prelude 231 The Praise of God 232 An Address to God’s Munificence 234 Hymn of Praise 237 Ascension of the Master 240 A Blessing on the Prophets 243 The Occasion of the Poem 244 Praise of the Pearl of Lordship 248 Beginning of the Narrative 251 Description of the Rose 253 The Shah Provides a Teacher 257 Morning and Evening in the Rose Garden 257 The Attendants of the Pure Rose 258 Praise of the Rose in Her Beauty 261 The East Wind Finds the Nightingale 264 The East Wind Counsels the Nightingale 271 The Nightingale Comes to the Rose 273 The Nightingale Enters the Rose Garden 276 The Nightingale Alone in the Night 277 The Nightingale Sleepless 279 The Nightingale Addresses the Moon 281 The Nightingale Talks to the Dawn 282 The Nightingale Addresses the Sun 283 The Nightingale Turns to God 285 The Rose Hears the Nightingale 287 The Narcissus Remonstrates 289 The East Wind Meets the Nightingale 291 The East Wind Encourages the Nightingale 293