Pir Sultan Abdal (c.1480-1550 – born Haydar) is an important religious figure in Alevism and considered legendary among his followers. Although it is not mentioned in historical texts, it is believed that he was of Turkmen origin from village of Banaz in present-day Sivas Province in Turkey. His life is reconstructed from folkloric sources, especially religious poems which are believed to have been composed by himself and transmitted by ashiks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the Ottoman\u2013Persian Wars, he supported religious heterodoxy and the political subversion of Anatolia which got him hanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Sufi Alevi poet has become much loved among the Turkish people. He reflected in his verses the social, cultural and religious life of the Turkish people, and articulated criticism of the unjust rule of the Ottoman governors, for which one of them had him executed. Translation: Paul Koerbin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a nightingale if I approach and come<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I stand in the presence of God<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a rosy red apple<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I sprout on your branch, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a rosy red apple<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to sprout on my branch<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a silver clad crook staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I draw and strike a blow, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a sliver clad crook staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to draw and strike a blow<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a handful of maize<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am scattered on the ground, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a handful of maize<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to be scattered on the ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a beautiful grey partridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I gather up bit after bit, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a beautiful grey partridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to gather up bit after bit<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a young falcon bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I seize and steal you off, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a young falcon bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to seize and steal me off<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a shower of sleet<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I break your wing, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a shower of sleet<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to break my wing<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a wild nor\u2019easter wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I spurn and disperse, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a wild nor\u2019easter wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to spurn and disperse<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I have a great sickness<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I lie down in your way, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a great sickness<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to lie down in my way<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am the Angel of Death<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I take your soul, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are the Angel of Death<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to take my soul<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I am a subject destined for heaven<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I enter into heaven, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a subject destined for heaven<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you come to enter into heaven<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you find your master Pir Sultan<\/p>\n\n\n\n If we enter in company together, what do you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n We are the nightingale, no stranger we<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are brothers in dervish ecstasy<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are the way within the liturgy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let us converse on the states of joy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let us talk \u2018til tongues are tired<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will travel lands far and wide<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are the rose freshly opened<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am Pir Sultan, for what do you cry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n You shed tears of blood from your eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n What you expect from us, is it fire?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are ashes of embers blown and burned<\/p>\n\n\n\n Translation: Paul Koerbin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If by the grace of God<\/p>\n\n\n\n May the Shah come to Rum one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n In holy battle may he strike Zulfikar<\/p>\n\n\n\n Against the unbelievers one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n May all tribes come together<\/p>\n\n\n\n May they be slaves for the Shah<\/p>\n\n\n\n The destitute in the land of Rum<\/p>\n\n\n\n May they rejoice and smile one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n May they raise and bear the banner<\/p>\n\n\n\n May the Shah sit in Istanbul<\/p>\n\n\n\n May he return the captives from the Franks<\/p>\n\n\n\n May he release them to Horasan one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n May he gather together bey <\/em>and pasha<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n May he sieze the four exremities<\/p>\n\n\n\n May the monarch march and enjoy<\/p>\n\n\n\n May Ali establish court one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n That the Shah\u2019s rose was born<\/p>\n\n\n\n That abundant mercy rained down<\/p>\n\n\n\n That happy days were born<\/p>\n\n\n\n May such a world rejoice one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n My dede <\/em>Mahdi must come<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ali must establish the court<\/p>\n\n\n\n He must break down injustice<\/p>\n\n\n\n May he wreak vengeance one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pir Sultan\u2019s work is but a sigh<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am in expectation of the beautiful Shah<\/p>\n\n\n\n The administration that is sovereign<\/p>\n\n\n\n May he be its master one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n Translation: Paul Koerbin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t gush on burbling like the Sultan Stream<\/p>\n\n\n\n It will become calm, don\u2019t worry foolish heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n Man\u2019s mind is in mist as a wintery mountain peak<\/p>\n\n\n\n It will be reached, don\u2019t worry foolish heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n A greeting from us to the one going to the friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n Damn the liar and damn the ignorant<\/p>\n\n\n\n How many enemies there are to ambush us<\/p>\n\n\n\n They will tire, don\u2019t worry foolish heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n Worthy Ali is before us as leader<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you think the work of God could collapse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n One\u2019s short span in the world has ups and downs<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vigour will return, don\u2019t worry foolish heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am Pir Sultan Abdal for the secret way<\/p>\n\n\n\n What has befallen us, let it remain here<\/p>\n\n\n\n That towards which we strive is hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n It will be reached, don\u2019t worry foolish heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source- https:\/\/pirsultanabdal.me\/, wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pir Sultan Abdal (c.1480-1550 – born Haydar) is an important religious figure in Alevism and considered legendary among his followers. 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The extant biographical information is mainly from his verses. Pir Sultan\u2019s family came originally from Yemen and settled in Anatolia. The seven-year-old Haydar (his original family name) had a dream in which the earlier Sufi, Haci Bektas Veli appeared and gave him the name Pir Sultan.<\/strong>
An Australian researcher has recently observed that \u201cthe significance of the figure of Pir Sultan Abdal can be understood from the number of deyis [verses] attributed to him and, perhaps more importantly, from the influence that both his lyrical works and his persona maintain over Alevi-Bekta\u015fi ritual and, especially, social and political culture from his home and heartland in Anatolia to the Balkans and beyond to the modern Alevi diaspora in Europe and elsewhere.\u201d (Koerbin, 2011, article in Oral Tradition).
I am Pir Sultan Abdal, the first of the firsts,
I feed my soul with the best and remedy the worst
I’ll pool honey from thousand blooms to one comb till it bursts
I am the bee, my fair one, the bee am I.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nPir Sultan Abdal: B\u00fclb\u00fcl olsam varsam gelsem<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Pir Sultan Abdal \u2018Gel g\u00fczelim ka\u00e7ma bizden\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Come, do not desert us, my beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\nPir Sultan Abdal: Hak\u2019tan inayet olursa<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Pir Sultan Abdal: Sultan suyu gibi \u00e7a\u011flay\u0131p akma<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n