Product Description

Yunus Emre has been called "the greatest fold poet in Islam" (Talat Halman) was an unlettered Turkish shepherd who sang mystical songs which are still popular today.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #828610 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-01
• Released on: 1999-09-12
• Original language: Turkish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 93 pages

Review
The Dervish Way: 1
The Dervish Way: 10
The Dervish Way: 11
The Dervish Way: 12
The Dervish Way: 2
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The Dervish Way: 6
The Dervish Way: 7
The Dervish Way: 8
The Dervish Way: 9
Life And Death: 43
Life And Death: 44
Life And Death: 45
Life And Death: 46
Life And Death: 47
Life And Death: 48
Life And Death: 49
Life And Death: 50
Life And Death: 51
Life And Death: 52
Necessary Lessons: 26
Necessary Lessons: 27
Necessary Lessons: 28
Necessary Lessons: 29
Necessary Lessons: 30
Necessary Lessons: 31
Necessary Lessons: 32
Presence And Unity: 33
Presence And Unity: 34
Presence And Unity: 35
Presence And Unity: 36
Presence And Unity: 37
Presence And Unity: 38
Presence And Unity: 39
Presence And Unity: 40
Presence And Unity: 41
Presence And Unity: 42
The Way Of Love: 13
The Way Of Love: 14
The Way Of Love: 15
The Way Of Love: 16
The Way Of Love: 17
The Way Of Love: 18
The Way Of Love: 19
The Way Of Love: 20
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The Way Of Love: 23
The Way Of Love: 24
The Way Of Love: 25
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Review
     "The songs that sing to us from these pages are fresh and simpleand as deep as the Sea itself. What better to say of a book than it came when it was needed." —Impressions

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Turkish

Customer Reviews

Sufi poetry for "common folk" - a must read
Generally when we think of Sufi and Hindu devotional poetry a small set of names come to mind - Attar, Rumi, Kabir, Mirabai ...; Yunus Emre is certainly not among those names although he deserves to be. He composed in a Turkic language, a language family noted for its love of language, its wordplay and doubling. This is poetry of the highest quality with a down to earth touch resonating with divine love imagery. A must read for anyone interested in religious poetry, bhakti poetry or Sufism.

another priceless gem by a great Master & contemporary of Rumi's
This was such a gem to discover that I felt the need to add to the only 2 reviews included so far. If you like Rumi and other such poets, I think you will equally adore this book despite their having very different styles. The best way to give you a quick sense of Yunus is that when Rumi asked him what he thought of Rumi's 6-book masterpiece, the Mathnawi, he simply said "It's a little long. I would have written it differently." "Oh, how so?" Rumi asked. "I would have written: I came from eternity, clothed myself with skin and bones and called myself 'Yunus'." What I love about these priceless treasures is that you get more and more from them each time you read them so the power and delight are literally endless - my ideal type of book.

A deep personal mysticism
I found this book by accident. I had read a single poem by Yunus Emre and, transfixed, I blindly ordered this book of translations by Helminski and Algan. This "sea" is beautiful and deep. His poetry expresses a deep personal mysticism and humanism and love for God. If you like Rumi, do yourself a favor and read this too.