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Sultan Mehmed Han Radu the Handsome

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“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 bound to 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 a sacred shrine.

Listen to reason and faith to keep the strict 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 beauty

After seeing the girdle around his waist and the crucifix around his neck”.

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CORVUSTears's avatar
This is so beautiful, I love the mysterious atmosphere in it! Love How are you, dear?