Poetry
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Bu aşk bir bahr-i ummandır
By Seyyid Seyfullah This Love is an ocean vast, For this is no bound nor shoreMy proof is the Qur’an’s secret, Whomever knows is without dismay From Eternity perpetual we arrived, from the Masters Muhammad, AliFrom a wine without abate, Whomever drinks is without dread If you are in Love wounded, Never be deceived by Continue reading
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Bir kamil mürşide varmasan olmaz.
By Yunus Emre Come O friend, If you seek The Truth,Without a Perfect Guide this can’t beIf you seek the Messenger’s beauty,Without a Perfect Guide this can’t be Oh how many went forth seeking that,Whomever sought found trouble’s cureEven if you read a thousand’s worth,Without a Perfect Guide this can’t be Come now friends let Continue reading
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On Yedinci Söz’ün İkinci Makamı
By Bediüzzaman Said-i Nursî The Second Station of the Seventeenth Word:The pieces in this second station resemble poetry, but in reality aren’t. They were not put in verse intentionally. Rather, perhaps they took on the appearance of verse due to the perfect harmony of the truths that they contain. Abandon such useless lament, leave misfortune Continue reading
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تقول بثينة لما رأت
By جميل بثينة Buthaynah exclaimed when she glimpsed,Those hanging strands dyed red “How you’ve grown O Jamil, your youth has fled!”And “Will you not desist O Buthaynah?” I pled Have you forgotten already our time near Liwa?Or those bygone days spent around Dhi Ajfar? Time after time did you not gaze after me,Those nights we Continue reading
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الصبح بدا من تلعته
By البوصيري Dawn itself illumes due to his radiant visage,And the night darkens due to his ebony locks Surpassed all the messengers in merit and rank,The greatest path is only through his guidance The treasury of grace, Master of blessings,Guiding all peoples by his sacred law Brightest of lineages, Highest of nobilities,The Arabs in all Continue reading
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قد كفاني علم ربي
By ابن علوي الحداد My Lord knows and that sufficesFor my askings and my choices Thus my prayer and my pleading,Both a witness to my lacking By this secret do I call out,In my hardship and my comfort I’m a servant and my pride comes,from my poorness and my plights O my Owner and my Continue reading
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عـرفت الهـوى مذ عرفت هـواك
By رابعة العدوية I only knew of love since I found love of you,So I shut my heart to all that is except you So I stood whispering to you who sees,All hearts secrets, and yet none sees you I love you by love two, one love of desire,And a love that is wholly deserving Continue reading
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إذا ما رأيت الله في الكل فاعلا
By Anonymous When Allah is ever seen acting totally,You will see that totality as if comely And if none but his art’s outer forms are seen,Then beauty mutated into horror it will have been Original: رأيت جميع الكائنات ملاحا حجبت فصيرت الحسان قباحا إذا ما رأيت الله في الكل فاعلا وإن لم تر إلا مظاهر Continue reading
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Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
By Yunus Emre My heart has fallen for this love, Come see what Love has done to meI gave my mind to this endeavor, Come see what Love has done to me I walk burning, burning; Using blood Love has colored meI am neither sane nor mad, Come see what Love has done to me Continue reading
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Güldür gül
By Nesimi A rose is whose essence is a rose, The Prophet’s lineage is a RoseThe accomplished ones on the right, Their assembly is Rose, Rose If withered a rose, if fresh a rose, Its soil a rose, the stone is a RoseI entered the Master’s garden, His sustenance and all else is Rose, Rose Continue reading