At One Glance by Mihri Hatun

At one glance
I loved you
With a thousand hearts

They can hold against me
No sin except my love for you
Come to me
Don’t go away

Let the zealots think
Loving is sinful
Never mind
Let me burn in the hellfire
Of that sin

translated by Talat S. Halman

8 thoughts on “At One Glance by Mihri Hatun

    • It would depend on one’s culture whether you believe in a literal hellfire or not. That poem was written in the 16th Century and refers to zealots who I’m sure believe in a literal one in any century.

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