Sen her çağda yeniden doğar, her bahçede yeniden açarsın mazlume, yanmak ve yakmak için. Yanışta mısın mazlume ve seni yandırmak için yarışta mı sefiller?
Yanmaktan yakmaya an bulunmuyor mu gülüm?... Sen bana mı benziyorsun mazlume?!.. Gel ağlaşalım… Mazlume!.. Gel ağlaşalım…
Mazlume!.. De bana, kim çizdi yüreğini derin acılarla?!.. Kim savurdu yapraklarını?!.. Kim düşürdü başından destarını?!..
Bir bülbül yanmasın mı? Dalına konmasın mı? Aşkına kanmasın mı mazlume, adını anmasın mı? Eleminle kuruyunca can evi, gazele dönmesin mi?!..
İskender Pala (born 1958, in Turkey) is a Turkish Divan (Ottoman) Poetry Professor and author of best seller novels. He also used to write a column in the Turkish daily newspaper Zaman.
İskender Pala graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Letters Turkish Language and Literature Department in 1979. He entered Turkish Navy as a lieutenant in 1982 and taught Turkish Literature in Naval Schools and Boğaziçi University. In 1987 he established Turkish Navy Museum Archives. He oversaw classification and restoration of many historic documents dated from the times of the Ottoman Empire. He published Encyclopedic Dictionary of Divan (Ottoman) Poetry and received Writers Union of Turkey Award in 1989. He was discharged from the Navy without any conviction during what is now called the "Postmodern coup". Later, he wrote a book about his life in Navy and his discharge, called Between Two Coups referring to military coup in 1980 and 1997 military memorandum in Turkey. He said that the reason for his discharge was his practicing İslam in his private life.