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I am before, I am after
![Yunus Emre, Yunus Emre poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry](images/EmreYunus_sm.jpg) |
by Yunus Emre
(1238 - 1320) Timeline
English version by Namžk Kemal Zeybek
Original Language Turkish
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I am before, I am after The soul for all souls all the way. I'm the one with a helping hand Ready for those gone wild, astray.
I made the ground flat where it lies, On it I had those mountains rise, I designed the vault of the skies, For I hold all things in my sway.
To countless lovers I have been A guide for faith and religion. I am sacrilege in men's hearts Also the true faith and Islam's way.
I make men love peace and unite; Putting down the black words on white, I wrote the four holy books right I'm the Koran for those who pray.
It's not Yunus who says all this: It speaks its own realities: To doubt this would be blasphemous: "I'm before-I'm after," I say.
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