A Song in Passing
July 6, 2023Untitled XXVI
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Let the deaf listen to the mute.
A soul is needed to understand them both.
Without listening we understood.
Without understanding we carried it out.
On this Way, the seeker’s wealth is poverty.
We loved, we became lovers.
We were loved, we became the beloved.
When all is perishing moment by moment
Who has time to be bored?
God divided His people into Seventy-two languages and borders arose.
But poor Yunus fills the earth and sky,
and under every stone hides a Moses.
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre (c. 1238-1320) was a Turkish Sufi poet who is considered one of the most important figures in Turkish literature. His poetry often dealt with themes of love, spirituality, and human nature, and his most famous works include "Divan-i Hikmet" (The Collected Wisdom) and "Nightingales and Roses."