Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emrewas a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic who greatly influenced Anatolian culture. Yunus means Jonah...
NationalityTurkish
ProfessionPoet
CountryTurkey
earth left
The earth shall be left to no one.
land
If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?
speech beast burden
Too many words are lit for a beast of burden.
boys worry errands
Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries.
home heart
A heart makes a good home for the friend.
land remedy ifs
If I told you about a land of love...would you swallow it as a remedy?
world
To love the world is to be afflicted.
book four make-sense
I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable.
heartbreak betrayal destiny
My heart is the throne of the Beloved, the Beloved the heart's destiny: Whoever breaks another's heart will find no homecoming in this world or any other.
earth lovers loved-ones
Come let us be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us. Let us be loved ones and lovers. The earth shall be left to no one.
truth
Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow....
ocean
I am the drop that contains the ocean