Sultan Mehmed Han and Radu cel Frumos (Radu the Handsome) | “Flame and the moth”Plus some poetry by
Sultan Mehmed Han and Radu cel Frumos (Radu the Handsome) | “Flame and the moth”Plus some poetry by Mehmed II. My translation from ottoman turkish original verse ©Elveo“Those who have seen the Galata, their hearts would be not boundto paradise garden.After seeing good heart of that cypress they will not pray namaz.I saw one Christ tongued Frankish.For the mankind of Christ who has seen the World, his lips would be asacred shrine.Listen to reason and faith to keep thestrict sense.You will be infidels,O muslims, after seeing that Christian.Nobody would drink from the the paradise river after drinking the pure wine of that messenger.Nobody would go a mosque after seeing the church where he went.O Avni, anybody would know that he was a Frankish beautyAfter seeing the girdle around his waist and the crucifix around his neck”. -- source link
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