Yunus Emre: To be in love with love
Photo: Women of Samarkand, early 20th cent.
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To be in love with love is to gain a soul, to sit on the throne of hearts.
To love the world is to be afflicted. Later the secrets start to make sense.
Don't be a bramble,
become the rose. Let your maturity unfold. The brambles will only burn.
Prayer was created by God so man could ask for help. It's too bad if you haven't learned to ask.
Accept the breath of those who are mature- let it become your divining rod.
If you obey your self, things turn out wrong.
Renouncing the world is the beginning of worship. If you are a believer, believe this.
Respect your parents and ancestry,
and you will have fine green clothes of your own.
If you earn the complaints of neighbors, You'll stay in Hell forever.
Yunus heard these words from the masters. If you need this advice, take it.
They say one who is received by a heart becomes more beautiful.
(Yunus Emre)
To love the world is to be afflicted. Later the secrets start to make sense.
Don't be a bramble,
become the rose. Let your maturity unfold. The brambles will only burn.
Prayer was created by God so man could ask for help. It's too bad if you haven't learned to ask.
Accept the breath of those who are mature- let it become your divining rod.
If you obey your self, things turn out wrong.
Renouncing the world is the beginning of worship. If you are a believer, believe this.
Respect your parents and ancestry,
and you will have fine green clothes of your own.
If you earn the complaints of neighbors, You'll stay in Hell forever.
Yunus heard these words from the masters. If you need this advice, take it.
They say one who is received by a heart becomes more beautiful.
(Yunus Emre)
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Source and Recommended Reading:
'The Drop That Became the Sea: Lyric Poems'
By Yunus Emre (Author), Kabir Helminski (Author), Refik Algan (Author)
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Description:
This collection of poems introduces a general readership to Yunus Emre (1240-1321), called the "greatest folk poet in Islam" An unlettered Turkish shepherd who sang mystical songs that are still popular today, he was the first in a great tradition of Turkish Sufi troubadours who celebrated the Divine Presence as the intimate Beloved and Friend. Yunus's verse conveys the spirit and philosophy of Islamic mysticism in simple, earthy language.
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