Mahlas Beyitlerinden Hareketle Vecdî’de Fahriye

Abstract

The parts of poems in which the classical Turkish poets praise their own characteristics are called fahriye (praise). Fahriyes are usually found in the 'fahriye’ sections of the odes. In addition, poets may allocate one or more couplets of their ghazals to fahriyes. The couplets written for the purpose of fahriye in the classical Turkish poetry are often the pseudonym couplets of ghazals. Abdulbaki Vecdi (d. 1661), who was one of the important representatives of the classical Turkish poetry of the 16th century, also frequently used tefahur (reflection) in the pseudonym couplets of his ghazals. In this article, how Vecdi used the fahriye in the divan was discussed and the understanding of fahriye was evaluated. This article includes an introduction, two main sections and a conclusion section. In the introduction, the history of the fahriye in classical Turkish poetry is briefly explained. In the first chapter, verse forms used by Vecdi while writing the fahriye are explained. In the second main section, fahriye couplets in Vecdi's ghazals are examined. The analogies and properties of these couplets have been determined. These couplets have been translated and explained according to modern Turkish. In the conclusion part, the main lines of Vecdi's conception of fahriye are stated.