مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - A LOVE STORY BY NAZÎM YAHYA: “DÂSTÂN-I HECR Ü VİSÂL”

Abstract :

Being one of the poets of 18th century, Nazîm Yahya (d. 1727) is one of the leading faces of the era who was educated in Classical Turkish literature. Born in Kumkapi district of Istanbul, the poet’s real name is Yahya. The poet was referred to as Nazîm Yahya Çelebi so that he can be differentiated with those using the same pseudonym. Being able to speak Arabic and Persian, the poet is particularly one of the prominent music lovers of the era. Furthermore, being one of the poets who write lots of odes, Nazîm has Divan-ı Belâgat-unvân-ı Nazîm, which consists of five different divans. This Divan is one of the most voluminous divans of the Classical literature. The poet’s mesnevi called Dâstân-ı Hecr ü Visâl is included in the first divan which was completed by him in 1668 and it consists of 160 couplets. Written with a simple and fluent style, that mesnevi includes the love of Hecr and Visâl, intolerances of the rivals towards that love, separation of those lovers and the adventures of the lover in general. The story contains classical mesnevi style disposition and intimacies; and it is in a mysterious atmosphere in its narration from the beginning to the end. There are also a gazelle and a rubaie which is written in conformity with the flow of the subject and to disrupt uniformity inside the mesnevi. And this study will primarily give information about Nazîm Yahya’s life and literary personality and then examine the abovementioned story and give the transcribed version of the mesnevi.