tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post4729690307444310188..comments2023-11-03T11:10:05.152+00:00Comments on JOST A MON: The MagnificentsFëanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-36568057846464322042014-08-15T11:37:38.259+01:002014-08-15T11:37:38.259+01:00Yeh, surely this poem describes his beloved Ibrahi...Yeh, surely this poem describes his beloved Ibrahim going to Egypt through Iraq (in the russian translation it reads - you stand slender, the horse you're riding.. etc, maybe I'll find the turkish original). Ibrahim loved luxury clothes (gold-embroidered robe), and the unruly (unbridled) horse points to the male rider. Reminds me of John Benson's edition of the Shakespeare's sonnets where he changed masculine pronouns to feminine XD<br />I think that Ibrahim (even after his death) was the central figure of Suleiman's love life, not Hurrem the bitchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-59542653952957135212014-01-31T05:27:56.462+00:002014-01-31T05:27:56.462+00:00You may be right, of course. I've read Suleima...You may be right, of course. I've read Suleiman was deeply in love with his wife, but I don't know for sure if this poem predates Hurrem, or even if he was busy writing lovesongs to others.Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-68555080263589281502014-01-30T11:42:58.614+00:002014-01-30T11:42:58.614+00:00about Suleiman - I can't read the original but...about Suleiman - I can't read the original but is this verse truly about "her"? cause I've heard actually it implies "him". Please give any explanation. And as far as I know there is plenty of "sublimely homoerotic" poetry ascribed to MuhhibiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-86575002766446152002008-12-19T09:15:00.000+00:002008-12-19T09:15:00.000+00:00Maddy: poetry by royal Ottomans has a long traditi...Maddy: poetry by royal Ottomans has a long tradition. Suleiman was perhaps one of the better known poets, but <A HREF="http://www.nathanielturner.com/sultanpoets.htm" REL="nofollow">see here</A> for others who were equally gifted.Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-72991839875072868382008-12-19T00:48:00.000+00:002008-12-19T00:48:00.000+00:00am i right in remembering that suleiman was one of...am i right in remembering that suleiman was one of the lone ottoman sultans who was also a poet?Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-68333022697819419942008-12-18T11:07:00.000+00:002008-12-18T11:07:00.000+00:00But not Lorenzo, eh? He had his favourites, but ma...But not Lorenzo, eh? He had his favourites, but married entirely out of political compulsions. (Still, he didn't father a brood of illegitimates, so that's something. I think.)Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-81585786272924953142008-12-18T10:57:00.000+00:002008-12-18T10:57:00.000+00:00Awww - Suleyman and Roxelana - the sweetest love s...Awww - Suleyman and Roxelana - the sweetest love story ever. He even married her! Imagine that!Szerelemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911190230851186924noreply@blogger.com