Yunus Emre - Let's Take Yunus Emre
Let's Take Yunus Emre
by Yunus Emre
English version by Jennifer Ferraro & Latif Bolat
Original Language Turkish
Let's be companions, the two of us.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's be close intimates, the two of us.
Lets go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's go before this life is over,
Before our bodies disappear,
Before enemies come between us --
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Come on, let's go. Don't remain alone.
Let's be a chisel in the Friend's hand.
The only stop will be our sheikh's station.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's leave our towns and cities
and gladly suffer for the Friend.
Let's wrap our arms around our Beloved's waist.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's not be bewildered by the world.
Let's not be cheated by its sudden dying.
Let's not sit together never touching.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's give up this transient world
and fly to the lasting land of the Friend.
Let's give up all the playthings of the nafs.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Be a guide to me on this journey.
Let's set our destination at the Friend,
Not thinking where we begin or end.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
This world isn't everlasting.
With eyes half-open it is tempting.
Be a companion of lovers and a lover.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Before the news of death reaches us,
Before the hour when he grabs us by the collar,
Before Azrail makes his sudden move,
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's arrive at the Divine Truth
and inquire there about Reality.
Let's take Yunus Emre with us --
and go to the Friend, my soul.
-- from Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey, Translated by Jennifer Ferraro / Translated by Latif Bolat
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Poetry Chaikhana | Yunus Emre - Let's Take Yunus Emre
Here is another reason why Yunus Emre is one of my favorite Sufis, one of my favorite human beings. I am sure i must have read this before but it has never resonated with me til now; maybe i've had a bit of spiritual growth i;m not aware; or maybe i've just read Daniel Quinn's novel,Ishmael for the first time. Emre. in the 13th century saw the world dying. The imminence of that death seems more obvious now. We will passively watch the world die, or even kill it ourselves because we continue to live in this "megalomaniacal fantasy" that most of us insist on calling "reality." Only the Friend can tell us what reality really is.
My friends, let us all make friends of the Friend. You don't have to call him Allah; you don't have to call her "Him.' you could call it Tao, you could even call it "late for supper." But i am coming to believe that the "Divine Truth" is my Ultimate Friend,
by Yunus Emre
English version by Jennifer Ferraro & Latif Bolat
Original Language Turkish
Let's be companions, the two of us.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's be close intimates, the two of us.
Lets go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's go before this life is over,
Before our bodies disappear,
Before enemies come between us --
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Come on, let's go. Don't remain alone.
Let's be a chisel in the Friend's hand.
The only stop will be our sheikh's station.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's leave our towns and cities
and gladly suffer for the Friend.
Let's wrap our arms around our Beloved's waist.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's not be bewildered by the world.
Let's not be cheated by its sudden dying.
Let's not sit together never touching.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's give up this transient world
and fly to the lasting land of the Friend.
Let's give up all the playthings of the nafs.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Be a guide to me on this journey.
Let's set our destination at the Friend,
Not thinking where we begin or end.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
This world isn't everlasting.
With eyes half-open it is tempting.
Be a companion of lovers and a lover.
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Before the news of death reaches us,
Before the hour when he grabs us by the collar,
Before Azrail makes his sudden move,
Let's go to the Friend, my soul.
Let's arrive at the Divine Truth
and inquire there about Reality.
Let's take Yunus Emre with us --
and go to the Friend, my soul.
-- from Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey, Translated by Jennifer Ferraro / Translated by Latif Bolat
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Poetry Chaikhana | Yunus Emre - Let's Take Yunus Emre
Here is another reason why Yunus Emre is one of my favorite Sufis, one of my favorite human beings. I am sure i must have read this before but it has never resonated with me til now; maybe i've had a bit of spiritual growth i;m not aware; or maybe i've just read Daniel Quinn's novel,Ishmael for the first time. Emre. in the 13th century saw the world dying. The imminence of that death seems more obvious now. We will passively watch the world die, or even kill it ourselves because we continue to live in this "megalomaniacal fantasy" that most of us insist on calling "reality." Only the Friend can tell us what reality really is.
My friends, let us all make friends of the Friend. You don't have to call him Allah; you don't have to call her "Him.' you could call it Tao, you could even call it "late for supper." But i am coming to believe that the "Divine Truth" is my Ultimate Friend,