My sheer delight, my revelry, my feast, my torch, my sunshine, my sun in heaven;/ My orange, my pomegranate, the flaming candle that lights up my pavilion.
Ottoman Sultan
My sheer delight, my revelry, my feast, my torch, my sunshine, my sun in heaven;/ My orange, my pomegranate, the flaming candle that lights up my pavilion.
Ottoman Sultan
From a poem written to his wife, Hürrem Sultan, under the pseudonym 'Muhibbi'.
16th century (approx. 1520-1566)
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