Religion

Yea, on God's Favour All My Trust

by Muradî (Sultan Murad III) d. 1595

Translated by E. J. W. Gibb (1882) · From Ottoman Poems (1882)

Religion

Yea, on God's favour all my trust I place:
Ah! how my soul desireth His dear grace

Since with the Lord I have my heart made right,
All of my hope upon His aid I base.

I upon troops and treasures no faith lay;
Nay, to the Hosts Unseen I leave my case.

Bravely strive on, the Holy Warfare fight;
Firm, in God's cause to war, I've set my face.

By Him, I trust, received my prayer may be:
For, on acceptance I my whole hope place.

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Gazel.

MLA

Muradî (Sultan Murad III). “Yea, on God's Favour All My Trust.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sultan-murad-iii/0/.

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Muradî (Sultan Murad III). “Yea, on God's Favour All My Trust.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sultan-murad-iii/0/.

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