Editing Yunus Emre (section)

==Biography==
{{Sufism|Notable early}}
Yunus Emre has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, because Yunus Emre is, after [[Ahmed Yesevi]] and [[Sultan Walad]], one of the first known poets to have composed works in the spoken [[Old Anatolian Turkish]].{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} His diction remains very close to the popular speech of the people in Central and Western [[Anatolia]]. This is also the language of a number of anonymous folk-poets, folk-songs, fairy tales, riddles (''Hayran''), and proverbs.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Like the [[Oghuz languages|Oghuz]] ''[[Book of Dede Korkut]]'', an older and anonymous [[Central Asia]]n epic that inspired Yunus Emre in his occasional use of ''Hayran'' as a poetic device had been handed down orally to him and his contemporaries. This strictly oral tradition continued for a long while.<ref>Edouard Roditi. "Western and Eastern Themes in the Poetry of Yunus Emre", ''Journal of Comparative Poetics'', No. 5, The Mystical Dimension in Literature (Spring, 1985), p. 27</ref> Following the [[Mongol Empire|Mongolian]] invasion of [[Anatolia]], facilitated by the [[Sultanate of Rûm]]'s defeat at the 1243 [[Battle of Köse Dağ]], Islamic mystic literature thrived in Anatolia; Yunus Emre became one of its most distinguished poets. He remains a popular figure in a number of countries, stretching from [[Azerbaijan]] to the [[Balkans]], with seven different and widely dispersed localities disputing the privilege of having his tomb within their boundaries. 

His poems, written in the tradition of [[Turkish folk literature|Anatolian folk poetry]], mainly concern [[divine love]] as well as [[Predestination in Islam|human destiny]]:
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''Yunus'dur benim adım''
''Gün geçtikçe artar odum''
''İki cihanda maksûdum''
''Bana seni gerek seni.''<ref>Cevdet Kudret. ''Yunus Emre''. Ankara: İnkılâp Kitabevi, 2003. {{ISBN|975-10-2006-9}}, p. 58</ref>
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My name is Yunus,
Each passing day fans and rouses my flame,
What I desire in both worlds is the same:
You're the One I need, You're the One I crave.<ref>Grace Martin Smith. ''The Poetry of Yūnus Emre, A Turkish Sufi Poet''. Berkeley and Los Angeles: [[University of California Press]], 1993. {{ISBN|0-520-09781-5}}, p. 124</ref>}}
and a poem about [[Muhammad]], [[Ali ibn Abu Talib|Ali]], [[Hasan ibn Ali|Hasan]] and [[Hussein ibn Ali|Husayn]]:
{{Verse translation|
''Araya araya bulsam izini''
''İzinin tozuna sürsem yüzümü''
''Hak nasip eylese, görsem yüzünü''
''Ya Muhammed canım arzular seni''

''Bir mübarek sefer olsa da gitsem''
''Kâbe yollarında kumlara batsam''
''Mâh cemalin bir kez düşte seyretsem''
''Ya Muhammed canım pek sever seni''

''Ali ile Hasan-Hüseyin anda''
''Sevgisi gönülde, muhabbet canda''
''Yarın mahşer günü hak divanında''
''Ya Muhammed canım pek sever seni''

''"Yunus" senin medhin eder dillerde''
''Dillerde, dillerde, hem gönüllerde''
''Arayı arayı gurbet illerde''
''Ya Muhammed canım arzular seni''
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By constantly searching, I would find the trace of you
I would rub my face in the dust of your trace
If God would grant me, I would see your face
O Muhammad, my soul desires you

If there was a blessed journey I would go
Sink in the sand on the way to the Kaaba I would
Watch your beauty once in a dream I would
O Muhammad, my soul loves you so

Ali, and Hasan and Husayn at the same time
Their love is in the heart, fondness in the soul
On the Day of Resurrection, in the Court of the Truth tomorrow
O Muhammad, my soul loves you so

"Yunus" praises you on tongues
On tongues, on tongues, and also in hearts
By constantly searching in foreign parts
O Muhammad, my soul desires you
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