Yunus Emre
From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)
Yunus Emre was a 13th century Turkish poet and mystic, who had an immense influence on Turkish literature.
He was the leading representative of mysticism in Anatolia. Under the influence of Mongol onslaught in the 13th century, the Islamic mystic (sufi) literature reached its zenith, and Yunus Emre became one of the most distinguished poets by his simple and pure style and his ability to easily describe even the most difficult mystic concepts in a few simple sentences. He is still a popular figure in a group of countries located on a broad geography from Azerbaijan to Balkans. His poems, written in the tradition of Anatolian folk poetry, are mainly about the divine love and human destiny.
He was one of the mutasavvıf in Anatolia. To the tasavvuf belief world is a place where human beings must feel pain because of being far away from The God. They need to leave the money or other 'things' to reach the god One of his poems, in Turkish:
- Yunus durur benim adım,
- Gün geçtikçe artar odum,
- İki cihanda maksudum,
- Bana seni gerek seni.
Translated into English:
- "Yunus Emre the mystic" is my name,
- Each passing day fans and rouses my flame,
- What I desire in both worlds is the same:
- You're the one I need, you're the one I crave.
Another example, in Turkish:
- Ben yürürüm yana yana
- Aşk boyadı beni kana
- Ne akîlem ne divâne
- Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
- Gâh eserim yeller gibi
- Gâh tozarım yollar gibi
- Gâh akarım seller gibi
- Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
- Akarsulayın çağlarım
- Dertli ciğerim dağlarım
- Şeyhim anuban ağlarım
- Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
- Ya elim al kaldır beni
- Ya vaslına erdir beni
- Çok ağlattın güldür beni
- Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
- Ben yürürüm ilden ile
- Şeyh anarım dilden dile
- Gurbette halim kim bile
- Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
- Mecnun oluban yürürüm
- O yâri düşte görürüm
- Uyanıp melûl olurum
- Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
- Miskin Yunus bîçâreyim
- Baştan ayağa yâreyim
- Dost ilinden âvâreyim
- Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
The town of Izmir has an annual international song festival dedicated to Yunus Emre.
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--Angel 07:20, 23 May 2006 (CDT)
Categories: Turkish people | Sufis
