MURABBA! --- Sıdk ile terkedelim her emeli her hevesi, Kıralım hâil ise azmimize ten kafesi; İnledikçe eleminden vatanın her nefesi, Gelin imdâda diyor, bak budur Allah sesi! - Bize gayret yakışır, merhamet Allah'ındır; Hükm-i âtî ne fakîrin, ne şehin-şâhındır; Dinle feryâdını kim terceme-i âhındır İnledikçe ne diyor, bak vatanın her nefesi. - Mahv eder kendini bülbül bile hürriyet içün; Çekilir mi bu belâ âlem-i pür mihnet içün? Dîn içün devlet içün can çekişen millet içün, Azme hâ'il mi olurmuş bu çürük ten kafesi!.. - Memleket bitdi, yine bitmedi hâlâ sen, ben. Bize bu hâl ile bizden büyük olmaz düşmen; Dest-i a'dâdayız; Allah içün, ey ehl-i vatan! Yetişir terk edelim gayri hevâ vü hevesi... --- - English Translation - Let’s abandon every intention and desire, Let’s break the cage of our determination if it hinders us; As long as our country breathes with pain, It says come and help, look, this is the voice of God! - We deserve effort; mercy belongs to God; The decree of the future is not for the poor or the king; Who can translate the lament of the hearts? As long as it breathes, what does our country say? - Even the nightingale destroys itself for freedom; Can one withdraw from this burden in a world full of hardship? For religion, for the state, for the nation that is struggling for life, Can this decayed body impede our determination? - The homeland has perished, yet you still exist; No enemy will be greater than us in this state; We are in the grip of foes; for God's sake, oh people of the homeland! Let’s abandon desire and whim forever… - Namık Kemal ( One of a great Poet of Turkish Literature) ( 1840 - 1888 ) more

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