Poezija i ilahije šejha Sadeddina Sirrije
The poetry and Religious Songs of Sheikh Sadeddin Sirri

Summary/Abstract: Sheikh Sadeddin Sirri was one of the most important Sufi teachers from the Balkans at the beginning of the twentieth century. He lived in Skopje, where he managed the Rifaian tekke, which he made into a kind of intellectual center in that period. Sirri was educated in Islamic sciences and classical Ottoman literature. He began writing poetry at the age of twelve, and also expressed an interest in the science of music, and, for a time, taught music at school. Sheikh Sirri published his works in Ottoman magazines issued in Skopje, including his poetry and prose. This text is dedicated to the poetry of Sheikh Sadeddin Sirri and is divided into two parts. The first part is dedicated to Sirri’s religious songs (ilahis), while the second part is dedicated to his poems, including ghazels, tahmisis and masnavis

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