Gel Gör Beni Aşk Neyledi/Come See What Love Has Done To Me

[Acacia]

Here is Talat Sait Halman's English translation of Yunus Emre's Gel Gör Beni Aşk Neyledi. I should add that I was tempted to change the letter 'L' in 'love' to 'Love' but will leave it as translated. You can listen to a rendition of the poem here without music (or here with music).

Those of you who know Turkish, here's an audio on Yunus Emre's life.

Come See What Love Has Done To Me
Burning, burning, I drift and tread.
Love spattered my body with blood.
I'm not in my senses nor mad,
Come, see what love has done to me.

Now and then like the winds I blow,
Now and then like the roads I go,
Now and then like the floods I flow,
Come, see what love has done to me.

Hold my hand, lift me from this place
Or take me into your embrace...
You made me weep, make me rejoice,
Come, see what love has done to me.

Searching, I roam from land to land,
In all tongues I ask for the Friend.
Who knows my plight where love is banned?
Come, see what love has done to me.

Lovelorn, I tread; madly I scream.
My loved one is my only dream;
I wake and plunge into deep gloom.
Come, see what love has done to me.

I'm Yunus, mystic of sorrow,
Suffering wounds from top to toe;
In the Friend's hands I writhe in woe.
Come, see what love has done to me.


Gel Gör Beni Aşk Neyledi
Ben yürürüm yana yana
Aşk boyadı beni kana
Ne âkilem ne divane
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Geh eserim yeller gibi
Geh tozarım yollar gibi
Geh akarım seller gibi
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Ya elim al kaldır beni
Ya vaslına erdir beni
Çok ağlattın güldür beni
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Ben yürürüm ilden ile
Şeyh anarım dilden dile
Gurbette hâlim kim bile
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Mecnun oluban yürürüm
Ol yâri düşte görürüm
Uyanıp melûl olurum
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Miskin Yunus biçareyim
Baştan ayağa yâreyim
Dost ilinden âvâreyim
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

[firaswagner]

Here is Talat Sait Halman's English translation of Yunus Emre's Gel Gör Beni Aşk Neyledi. I should add that I was tempted to change the letter 'L' in 'love' to 'Love' but will leave it as translated. You can listen to a rendition of the poem here without music (or here with music).

Those of you who know Turkish, here's an audio on Yunus Emre's life.

Come See What Love Has Done To Me
Burning, burning, I drift and tread.
Love spattered my body with blood.
I'm not in my senses nor mad,
Come, see what love has done to me.

Now and then like the winds I blow,
Now and then like the roads I go,
Now and then like the floods I flow,
Come, see what love has done to me.

Hold my hand, lift me from this place
Or take me into your embrace...
You made me weep, make me rejoice,
Come, see what love has done to me.

Searching, I roam from land to land,
In all tongues I ask for the Friend.
Who knows my plight where love is banned?
Come, see what love has done to me.

Lovelorn, I tread; madly I scream.
My loved one is my only dream;
I wake and plunge into deep gloom.
Come, see what love has done to me.

I'm Yunus, mystic of sorrow,
Suffering wounds from top to toe;
In the Friend's hands I writhe in woe.
Come, see what love has done to me.


Gel Gör Beni Aşk Neyledi
Ben yürürüm yana yana
Aşk boyadı beni kana
Ne âkilem ne divane
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Geh eserim yeller gibi
Geh tozarım yollar gibi
Geh akarım seller gibi
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Ya elim al kaldır beni
Ya vaslına erdir beni
Çok ağlattın güldür beni
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Ben yürürüm ilden ile
Şeyh anarım dilden dile
Gurbette hâlim kim bile
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Mecnun oluban yürürüm
Ol yâri düşte görürüm
Uyanıp melûl olurum
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

Miskin Yunus biçareyim
Baştan ayağa yâreyim
Dost ilinden âvâreyim
Gel gör beni aşk neyledi

It's so beautiful.This the first time of i've heard of Yunus Emre.. do you have any more of his translated poetry?

[Acacia]

It is beautiful, masha'Allah. I'll try to compile some more of his poems here.

When my son was younger, I used to recite this poem (by Sadik Efendi) to him but I was not able to find the translation. I'll keep looking and post it here if I do find it (no music in linked poem).

[Maripat]

Is there Allh(SWT), beloved Prophet(PBUH), dear Companions (RA), People of Allah(SWT), the Majestic Qur'an, the authentic Hadeeth somewhere here?

[Acacia]

Yes brother, the "Friend" in Yunus Emre's poem is Allah (SWT) as is the "love" - love for Allah (SWT). Yunus is writing about wanting nothing, feeling nothing but Love for Allah (SWT).

[Maripat]

Yes brother, the "Friend" in Yunus Emre's poem is Allah (SWT) as is the "love" - love for Allah (SWT). Yunus is writing about wanting nothing, feeling nothing but Love for Allah (SWT).

[sudoku]

really beautiful.

[Acacia]

Assalamu Alaikum Sister Acacia,

I have developed a great interest in learning the Turkish language. can you please provide some resources where I can start.

The best would be documentaries with subtitles, or books, or lectures with subtitles or transcripts in english, or anything that you may consider useful.

Wassalamualaikum sister:

I have never been asked this question before so give me some time to see what I can find and I will respond with some resources insha'Allah. That said, there are other Turkish speakers on this list too so if they know of anything, perhaps they might be able to list some resources for you as well.

If you do not hear back from me (or someone else hasn't listed anything), insha'Allah you can remind me in a couple of weeks. Is that okay?

JazakAllah Khayr

[firaswagner]

Assalamu Alaikum Sister Acacia,

I have developed a great interest in learning the Turkish language. can you please provide some resources where I can start.

The best would be documentaries with subtitles, or books, or lectures with subtitles or transcripts in english, or anything that you may consider useful.

i dont speak turkish but i did some quick googling.here what i've found for beginners: http://fsi-language-courses.org/Cont...p?page=Turkish http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish/...sh_classes.php

[Acacia]

Insha'Allah. As sister Firaswagner has noted, there are some audio (and video) resources to learn Turkish.

Please correct me if I am wrong but my impression is that you are not looking for 'lessons' per-se but materials through which you will practice what you learn (and possibly decipher connections between English-Turkish yourself). If so, it will take some time since a lot of the Turkish materials online either don't have English subtitles (English with Turkish subtitles would be difficult for someone just starting out); or, have visuals that would not be appropriate to list here; or, include music... even the ones I am tempted to list (youtube vidoes of Yunus Emre's poems, documentary on Fatih Sultan Mehmet) are accompanied by music and I have not been able to locate ones with subtitles (yet... still looking). As I find them, I will list them for you insha'Allah (with any necessary warnings about background music).