I opened my eyes and found myself seated in front
of my computer, with a book in my hands: "Universal Mysteries"
by Author Ahmed Hulusi, of which the preface began with
the greeting "we all is One within Essence."
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Announce and let it be known to all lovers,
I am the one who gave heart to love,
Turning into a seagull of passion,
I am the one who took dives into oceans
From the waves of the ocean I take water
And offer it all the way to the skies.
In adoration, like a cloud, I soar—
I am the one who flies to heavens above.
He who says he sees, doesn't, though he vows;
He who says he knows, doesn't, though he vows;
He alone is the One who knows and shows.
I am the one who has become love's slave.
For true lovers, this land is Paradise;
Those who know find mansions and palaces;
Wonder-struck and adoring like Moses,
I remain on Mount Sinai where I thrive.
Yunus is my name, I'm out of my mind.
Love serves as my guide to the very end.
All alone, toward the majestic
Friend I walk kissing the ground—and I arrive.
(Yunus
Emre)
