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" To be real on this path you must be humble --
If you look down at others you'll get pushed down the stairs.

If your heart goes around on high, you fly far from this path.
There's no use hiding it --
What's inside always leaks outside.

Even the one with the long white beard, the one who looks so wise --
If he breaks a single heart, why bother going to Mecca?
If he has no compassion, what's the point?

My heart is the throne of the Beloved,
the Beloved the heart's destiny:
Whoever breaks another's heart will find no homecoming
in this world or any other.

The ones who know say very little
while the beasts are always speaking volumes;
One word is enough for one who knows.

If there is any meaning in the holy books, it is this:
Whatever is good for you, grant it to others too --

Whoever comes to this earth migrates back;
Whoever drinks the wine of love
understands what I say --

Yunus, don't look down at the world in scorn --

Keep your eyes fixed on your Beloved's face,
then you will not see the bridge
on Judgment Day. "

Yunus Emre , The Drop That Became the Sea: Lyric Poems


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Yunus Emre quote : To be real on this path you must be humble --<br />If you look down at others you'll get pushed down the stairs.<br /><br />If your heart goes around on high, you fly far from this path.<br />There's no use hiding it --<br />What's inside always leaks outside.<br /><br />Even the one with the long white beard, the one who looks so wise --<br />If he breaks a single heart, why bother going to Mecca?<br />If he has no compassion, what's the point?<br /><br />My heart is the throne of the Beloved,<br />the Beloved the heart's destiny:<br />Whoever breaks another's heart will find no homecoming<br />in this world or any other.<br /><br />The ones who know say very little<br />while the beasts are always speaking volumes;<br />One word is enough for one who knows.<br /><br />If there is any meaning in the holy books, it is this:<br />Whatever is good for you, grant it to others too --<br /><br />Whoever comes to this earth migrates back;<br />Whoever drinks the wine of love<br />understands what I say --<br /><br />Yunus, don't look down at the world in scorn --<br /><br />Keep your eyes fixed on your Beloved's face,<br />then you will not see the bridge<br />on Judgment Day.