The Drop that Became the Sea

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Quotes from: The drop that

became the Sea by Yunus Emre,

Translated from Turkish.

 

 

We became a trickle that grew into a river.

We took flight and dove into the sea,

and then we overflowed.

 

I haven't come here to settle down

I've come here to depart...

I didn't come to create any problems,

I'm only here to love.

A Heart makes a good home for the Friend.

I'm a little drunk from this Friendship---

Any lover would know the shape I'm in.

I've come to exchange my twoness,

to disappear in One.

 

To be in love with love is to gain a soul,

to sit on the throne of hearts.

To love the world is to be afflicted.

Later the secrets start to make sense.

They say one who is received by a heart

becomes more beautiful.

 

Leave appearances.

Come to the essence and meaning.

Don't dwell in images,

or you'll never mature.

Dress yourself in love.

Set out on the Way to the Friend.

Persevere and you'll have so much to see.

 

For hearts which truly love the Truth,

Truth will open a door wide.

Dismantle the house of selfishness.

Put away your self-regard.

 

A single word can brighten the face

of one who knows the value of words.

Ripened in silence, a single word

acquires a great energy for work.

Let a word mature inside yourself.

Withhold the unripened thought.

Come and understand the kind of word

that reduces money and riches to dust.

Know when to speak a word

and when not to speak at all.

Reflect before you speak.

 

True speech is the fruit of not speaking.

Too much talking clouds the heart,

say this much, the essence of all talking.

Speak truly. God speaks through words

truly spoken. Falsity ends in pain.

 

That by which our hearts are held,

whole worlds love it too.

Don't belittle others, respect them.

This is where the path leads.

If your heart is filled with love,

your way is sacrifice.

Through sacrifice

you will find your place

in the ranks of Love.

A soul in love is free of worries.

With love all problems left me.

With love I became happy.

 

Don't compare anything to love,

It is not possible.

Nothing substitutes for love

in this world or the next.

 

At first, before earth or sky existed,

without beginning,

there was the ground of love,

an infinite beginning,

able to bring anything into existance.

 

What falling star ever set fire to the ocean?

Beloved, the fire of Your Love

set the ocean of my heart aflame.

Folks think its strange how it boils

and miracles come to the surface.

 

Soul of my soul,

Without You I have no work to do.

If You are absent from Paradise,

I don't need to go there.

If I look, all I see is You.

If I speak, I speak of You.

My love for you

goes deeper than my own soul.

My way amounts to this:

I don't say I'm inside of myself. I'm not.

The I within me is deeper than myself.

Anywhere I look, it's filled with You.

Where can I put You if You're already inside.

You are Beauty without features,

something deeper than any signs.

 

 

 

 

LoveAlways,

 

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