The Drop That Became the Sea: Lyric Poems

they say a Master in anything after going through stages of virtuosity and mastering each parts then turns back to the biggest widest vastness of his "knowledge" and becomes pure Simplicity.. This is Yunus in a small vocabulary and with simple thoughts that will rivet you and stay with you in heart forever. Such a awesome journey from one, around the whole universe and return to the One.

This was such a gem to discover that I felt the need to add to the only 2 reviews included so far. If you like Rumi and other such poets, I think you will equally adore this book despite their having very different styles. The best way to give you a quick sense of Yunus is that when Rumi asked him what he thought of Rumi's 6-book masterpiece, the Mathnawi, he simply said "It's a little long. I would have written it differently." "Oh, how so?" Rumi asked. "I would have written: I came from eternity, clothed myself with skin and bones and called myself 'Yunus'." What I love about these priceless treasures is that you get more and more from them each time you read them so the power and delight are literally endless - my ideal type of book.

Beautifully written amazing stories. Make you think and find so many applications and explanations to today's chaotic world. A true enlightenment for those of us, who are set up to run in a rat race, but willing to stop and get the true meaning of our lives!

Generally when we think of Sufi and Hindu devotional poetry a small set of names come to mind - Attar, Rumi, Kabir, Mirabai ...; Yunus Emre is certainly not among those names although he deserves to be. He composed in a Turkic language, a language family noted for its love of language, its wordplay and doubling. This is poetry of the highest quality with a down to earth touch resonating with divine love imagery. A must read for anyone interested in religious poetry, bhakti poetry or Sufism.

Not the best collection of Emre's work, but there are so few that it is very worthwhile to have another.

Beautiful

I found this book by accident. I had read a single poem by Yunus Emre and, transfixed, I blindly ordered this book of translations by Helminski and Algan. This "sea" is beautiful and deep. His poetry expresses a deep personal mysticism and humanism and love for God. If you like Rumi, do yourself a favor and read this too.

Exquisite spiritual poetry

More than rare these days that one can find a book of centuries old sufi poetry translated and edited by an actual sufi sheikh... in this case Rafik Algan of the Naqshbandi Order of Turkey. Well worth the money.

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This little volume is a treasure for the soul.. I only wish I read Turkish.. to appreciate the full depth of transmission.

I came to discover Emre late in my life. what richness, what thought provoking, in words taking you to sublime heights. his intense love for his master shines through everywhere. I wish his complete works will one day be translated to english. this translator has a tendency for a slight sentimentality, not only in this but in other of his work, but don't let that stop you from reading it, it is very rewarding.

highly recommended