Untitled XIII by Yunus Emre
It’s the true man who leads the mystic life Whoever is human, whoever dares. Those who stand high and look below with scorn Are bound to fall from the top of the stairs. Though a gray-bearded old man might look grand, There is so much he doesn’t understand, Let him not struggle towards the Holy […]
Untitled XII by Yunus Emre
I used to yearn for God; If I found Him, what then? Day and night I shed tears; If I laugh now, what then? I was a ball rolling On the holy men’s field; Now I am a bat on The sultan’s course, what then? A bunch of red roses At the sages’ parley, I […]
Untitled XI by Yunus Emre
Dear Friend, let me plunge in the sea of love, Let me sink into that sea and walk on. Let both worlds become my sphere where I can Delight in the mystic glee and walk on. Let me become the nightingale that sings A soul freed from the dead body’s yearnings; Let me bury my […]
Untitled X by Yunus Emre
If I rub my face on the ground, My new moon would rise in the skies, Winter and summer become spring. To me all days are holidays. Let no cloud cast a tall shadow On the gleaming light of my moon Whose fullness must never grow dim: From earth to sky its glimmer sprays. From […]
Untitled VIII by Yunus Emre
While I was roaming the wide world I came upon nations in graves: The mighty and the meek lay there Among them awe-inspiring braves. Some were old men, some young heroes: Viziers, teachers-everyone goes; Their days now caught in the night’s throes, Here they lie with death’s other slaves. The path they took was always […]
Untitled VII by Yunus Emre
We have no knowledge of whose turn has come While Death roams about freely among us: Dashing through men’s lives as His own orchard, He plucks and strips anyone He chooses. He crushes people, leaves them with backs bent, And makes multitudes shed tears of lament. He plunders estates to His heart’s content, Routs men […]
Untitled V by Yunus Emre
Your love has wrested me away from me, You’re the one I need, you’re the one I crave. Day and night I burn, gripped by agony, You’re the one I need, you’re the one I crave. I find no great joy in being alive, If I cease to exist, I would not grieve, The only […]
Untitled IX by Yunus Emre
Hear me out, my dear friends, Love resembles the sun. The heart that feels no love Is none other than stone. What can grow on stone hearts? Though the tongue softly starts, Words of venom fume, rage, And turn into war soon. When in love, the soul burns, Melts like wax as it churns. Stone […]
Untitled IV by Yunus Emre
Knowledge should mean a full grasp of knowledge: Knowledge means to know yourself, heart and soul. If you have failed to understand yourself, Then all of your reading has missed its call. What is the purpose of reading those books? So that Man can know the All-Powerful. If you have read, but failed to understand, […]
Untitled III by Yunus Emre
I am before, I am after The soul for all souls all the way. I’m the one with a helping hand Ready for those gone wild, astray. I made the ground flat where it lies, On it I had those mountains rise, I designed the vault of the shies, For I hold all things in […]
Untitled II by Yunus Emre
O God, if you would ever question me, This would be my outright answer to Thee: True, I sinned-brutalised my own being, But what Have I done against you, my King? Did I make myself? I’m your creation. Why drench me in sin, Benevolent One? I saw dungeons when I opened my eyes- Teeming with […]
Untitled I by Yunus Emre
God permeates the whole wide world. Yet His truth is revealed to none. You better seek Him in yourself. You and He aren’t apart-you’re one. The other world lies beyond sight. Here on earth we must live upright. Exile is torment, pain, and blight. No one comes back once he is gone. Come, let us […]