Abstract
Nasîhat-nâme-i Safî
Eighteenth-century poet Tavîle-zâde Mustafâ Safî is
one of the poets who wrote nasihat-name/ counsel text in
classical Turkish literature. Safî is the author of Gülşen-i
Pend which consists of 2933 couplets in qaside form and
mathnawi arrangement. Another work of Safî consists of
poems which are arranged in alphabetical order of
rhymes. The manuscript of his work is in Süleymaniye
Library Department of Haci Mahmud Efendi, registered
under number 5295. Even though some of the leaves are
missing in the manuscript; there are 1 tercî’-i bend, 22
rubaîs, 20 matlas, 27 müfred, 2 mathnawis and several
poems of eulogium written for Safî’s counsel texts. Safî’s
all of the texts in the mecmua are written in alphabetical
order of rhymes and arranged at h. 1125/ m. 1713-4. In
this paper the text of Safî’s tercî’-i bend of 30 bends is
presented.
Keywords
Classical Turkish literature, 18th century, Safî, counsel text tercî’-i bend