Do not think Niyazi's domain is only what is seen; his heart is a ruin in which a hidden treasure lies.
Görinen sanma Niyâzînüñ hemân sen mülküñi / Göñli bir vîrânedür kim genc-i pinhân andadur
Niyazi Misri, Dîvân, ghazal 33, couplet 9 (as cited in Kaplan 2023: N.D. 33/9).
Whoever looks from outside sees a ruin.
A fallen wall, a silent courtyard.
Misri warns:
Do not take what you see for all my domain.
Treasures are hidden in ruins.
Because no one looks there.
People are sometimes like this.
They look scattered, they look lacking.
What they carry inside
you cannot read from their faces.
Before you judge,
wait a little.