Abstract:

When we consider its historical process, it is seen that the feeling of "pleasure", which has an ancient past and includes the feeling of living well, is also used extensively in Divan poetry. It is observed that the concept, which is seen to have a considerable breadth and discussed in numerous poems, constitutes "a pleasure collection". Despite this, its material aspect has not been adequately addressed in the context of human love in Divan poetry. This feeling embodies taste-based elements such as the feeling of living well, lovers, wine, and spring.  In such a feeling, there is the feeling of "pleasure", which is called ‘Hadhari’, and which is based on the philosophy of life that dominated social life in the Arab-Umayyad period. These feelings were transferred as common phenomena to the poetry of Persian/Khorasan province, where the palace culture was dominant. The last link of this transfer has been the Ottoman province, Divan poetry. Thus, "pleasure", which transfers its qualities to Turkish Divan poetry, foresees dynamics such as having joy in life, desires towards lovers and wine, and spring. Pleasure has advanced its development on human love, with sensual feelings, by making its qualities clear with secularization and urbanization. In this article, its adventure in Arabic and Persian poetry will be revealed by going down to the basic sources of the feeling of "pleasure", which prioritizes the traditional philosophy and the feeling of good living. The chanting of this feeling in classical Turkish poetry will also be mentioned with occasional comparisons. Thus, it is aimed to reveal the reservoir of Divan poetry based on material pleasure.

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