Yunus Emre Poems

Let's say the name of Allah all the time.
Let's see what my Lord does.
Let's travel the Way always.
Let's see what my Lord does.
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Cana cefa kıl ya vefa
Kahrın da hoş, lutfun da hoş,
Ya derd gönder ya deva,
Kahrında hoş, lutfun da hoş.
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If I told you about a land of love,
friend, would you follow me and come?
In that land are vineyards
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Knowledge should mean a full grasp of knowledge:
Knowledge means to know yourself, heart and soul.
If you have failed to understand yourself,
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My fleeting life has come and gone
A wind that blows and passes by.
I feel it has been all too brief,
Just like the blinking of an eye.
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Yalancı dünyaya konup göçenler
Ne söylerler ne bir haber verirler
Üzerinde türlü otlar bitenler
Ne söylerler ne bir haber verirler
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If you break a true believer's heart once,
It's no prayer to God-this obeisance,
All of the world's seventy-two nations
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I haven't come here to settle down.
I've come here to depart.
I am a merchant with lots of goods,
selling to whoever will buy.
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Aşk erinin gönlü dolu,
Pâdişahtan nevâledir.
Aşksız adem nic’anlasın,
Çün şeriat havâledir.
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Ben yürürüm yana yana
Aşk boyadı beni kana
Ne âkilem ne divane
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi…
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