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During
the reign of the Seljuks when the Türkmens ruled, Soltan Sanjar read a
poem by Enweri and invite him to his palace:
The
course of the world, the wicked world,
Caused
severe pain and damage.
All
evils on earth and in the sky ask,
“Where
is Enweri’s little home?”
Immediately
after reading the quatrain, the Soltan says:
“O
poet, if all evils strike your home alone, don’t just complain, but
think a while. And say, ‘What if it is the result of my sins?’
Nothing is groundless. Even the slightest motion does not take place
without a cause for it. There is a sign of wisdom in everything.”
Enweri
listens to the Soltan and understands what he means: “Even when he is
living rough, the soul of man resides at the top of the legendary Kaf
Mountain.” He realized that not every single one of his desires could
be fulfilled, that he could not adapt to every condition and that he
could not reside in a particular place for long.
(308)
Once
upon a time the great Seljuk poet Enweri approached a saint with great
enthusiasm. The saint said:
“Allah
has given me a special privilege; ask of me any wish you desire and it
will come true.”
“I
wish to see my mother who is the ultimate direction I turn to, and my
father’s face for one last time. Let them see that their child lives
in the world in a benevolent way, causing no harm. Let them be in peace
in the other world knowing this,” asked Enweri of the saint.
By
Allah’s will, the saint let Enweri see the faces of his mother and
father. They met and were happy.
The saint said:
“You
could have been given wealth or a Sultanate if you had wished. But yours
was the most sacred of all desires. Go and you will be rewarded with the
Sultanate of hearts!”
Under
Soltan Sanjar’s patronage, Enweri the Poet became the most famous poet
of all Seljuk Türkmens, Arabs and Persians. He is deemed to be one of
the three poets who followed the way of the Prophet.
There
is a myriad of anecdotes and stories about mothers. Man can understand
that the most miraculous thing in the world is the mother, although he
does not necessarily understand everything. He elevates the status of
the mother with wise sayings.
(322-323)
The
Türkmen nation does not know much about the great poet Enweri. I
sometimes think:
“Enweri
was so happy that he saw the faces of his mother and father once again,
and I would also give all that I have to be able to see the faces of my
parents.”
(325)
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