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Ey ḫaṭṭ-i yâr her ṭarafa nâmeyi ṭaġıt
ʽUşşâḳıñ işi bitdi bu hengâmeyi ṭaġıt

Eşcâr-ı kûhsâr baña ḳol ṣalub dedi
Uryân-ı ‘aşḳ olub bize gel câmeyi ṭaġıt

Bir noḳṭanuñ ḥaḳîḳatıdür çün ḥurûf-u kevn
Ey ḫâce ‘ârif ol varaḳ-u-ḫâmeyi ṭaġıt

Gül mevsiminde bâdeye fetvâ dilerse ḫalḳ
Eknâf-ı dehre bir nice ‘allâmeyi ṭaġıt

Şâh ol Ḫayâlī kişverine muṭmaʽinnenüñ
Tîġ-i himemle ʽasker-i levvâmeyi ṭaġıt

Oh decree of the beloved’s young beard, broadcast the message everywhere
“The lovers are dead and gone”, broadcast this tumultuous cry

The mountain trees reached out branches to me and said
“Become naked for love, come to us and cast your garments away”

When the ideal alphabet of worldly existence is but the truth of a dot
O learned one, be wise and cast away both leaves and reed

n the season of flowers, if the people beg a fatwa permitting wine
Let a host of the greatest scholars scatter to every corner of this earth

Become King, Hayâlî, of the land of tranquil-mindedness
With the sword of (holy) patronage, scatter the soldiers of blame

Source

Çavuşoğlu M. (1987), Hayâlī Bey ve Divânından Örnekler (Ankara, Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları 708). English translation by © Walter G. Andrews.