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'''''Hüsn ü Aşk''''' (literally: ''Beauty and Love'') is the [[Masterpiece|magnum opus]] of [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Mevlevi Order|Mevlevî]] [[poet]] {{ill|Şeyh Galip|tr}}. ''Hüsn ü Aşk'' consists of 2101 [[Verse (poetry)|verse]]s and is an allegory of major themes in [[Sufism|Sufi Islam]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Galip|first=Seyh|title=Husn u Ask|publisher=MLA|year=2005|isbn=978-0-87352-934-1|location=New York|pages=ix-xxiv|translator-last=Holbrook|translator-first=Victoria|trans-title=Beauty and Love}}</ref><br />
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''Hüsn ü Aşk'' tells the tale of two lovers, ''Hüsn'' (lit. "Beauty") and ''Aşk'' ("Love"). According to the story, ''Hüsn'' and ''Aşk'' were born on the same night to the same [[clan]]. Eventually they fall for each other but when ''Aşk'' intends to ask for her hand in marriage from elders of the clan, he is ridiculed by the elders and asked to bring ''kimyâ'' ("chemistry") from the land of ''Kalb'' ("Heart") if he intends to be with ''Hüsn''. As a result of this request, ''Aşk'' sets for a journey to the land of Kalb along with his servant ''Gayret'' ("perseverance"). ''Aşk'' and ''Gayret'' encounter many obstacles during their journey and face numerous dangers.<br />
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In the end, all the trials ''Aşk'' had to go through were due to his belief that ''Hüsn'' was a different person than himself when actually ''Aşk'' and ''Hüsn'' are one and the same.<br />
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All of the names used in the story, including the names of characters and places, are [[Sufi]] terms. The story is full of [[Religious symbolism|symbolism]] and is meant to be taken, not for its literal meaning but rather, for its symbolic and esoteric meaning; one's journey towards [[God]], where one sees at the end that he himself is actually a reflection of God, hence is one with God because there is no [[being]] other than God.<br />
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==Translation==<br />
* ''Beauty and Love'', trans. by Victoria Rowe Holbrook, Modern Language Association of America (2005) {{ISBN|0-87352-934-0}}<br />
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