Love
Dead Am I of Grief
Translated by E. J. W. Gibb (1882) · From Ottoman Poems (1882)
Dead am I of grief, my Moon no love who shows, ah! where art thou?
Reach the skies, the plaints and wails born of my woes, ah! where art thou?
Save within thy rosy bower rests not the nightingale, the heart;
Figure fair as waving cypress, face as rose, ah! where art thou?
Through thy lips the rose drops sugar at the feast of heart and soul;
Where, my Parrot whose sweet voice doth love disclose, ah! where art thou?
Though with longing dead were Ishâq, live should he, did once she say:
"O my poor one, wildered, weary, torn by woes, ah! where art thou?"
Codex Note
Gazel.
Cite this poem
MLA
Chelebi, Ishâq. “Dead Am I of Grief.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ishaq-chelebi/0/.
Chicago
Chelebi, Ishâq. “Dead Am I of Grief.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ishaq-chelebi/0/.