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  • 01 sems

    Hush, My Heart

    By hasansonsuz• October 1, 2025
    Hush, just for the length of an aleph. So near is the spring. Steady, my heart. Your heart is like the invisible waves of the…
  • the path of amazement

    The Path of Amazement

    By Seyyid Seyfullah Nizamoglu• October 19, 2019
    (Seyyid Seyfullah Nizamoglu was a leader of the Helveti Sufi order. His devotional poems range from folk to classical styles. The title Seyyid indicates he…
  • but this world cannot compass me

    But This World Cannot Compass Me

    By Imadeddin Nasimi• October 19, 2019
    (Seyid İmadeddin Nesimi, (died c. 1418, Aleppo, Syria), mystical poet of the late 14th and early 15th centuries who wrote in Turkish, Persian, and Arabic.)…
  • the path of the beautiful

    The Path of the Beautiful

    By Aşık Ali İzzet• October 19, 2019
    (At a young age, Ali Izzet became an asik or ashik — a wandering minstrel who travels throughout the country composing and singing songs, accompanied…
  • selected poems from the divani shamsi tabriz

    Selected Poems from the Divani Shamsi Tabriz

    By Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi• October 19, 2019
    O thou who art my soul’s comfort in the season of sorrow, O thou who art my spirit’s treasure in the bitterness of dearth! That which the…
  • seeking the source

    Seeking the Source

    By Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi• October 19, 2019
    a voice out of this world calls on our souls not to wait any more get ready to move to the original home your real…
  • let them have paradise

    Let Them Have Paradise

    By Yunus Emre• October 19, 2019
    My eyes exist to see You. My hands exist to reach You. Today I set my life on your Path — Tomorrow I will find…
  • i made my intellect a friend to me

    I Made My Intellect A Friend to Me

    By Kul Himmet• October 19, 2019
    (Kul Himmet was born in central Turkey. His poetry was very influential in the Alevi-Bektashi Sufi tradition.) I made my intellect a friend to me…
  • now no trace remains

    Now No Trace Remains

    By Niyazi Misri• October 19, 2019
    (Muhammad Niyazi al-Misri was born in Malatya, Turkey, to a devout family. In the mid-1600s, Niyazi Misri became the spiritual leader of the Istanbul Tekke…
  • what a human is, now i know

    What a Human Is, Now I Know

    By Muhyiddin Abdal• October 19, 2019
    (Muhyiddin Abdal was a Bektashi Sufi poet from the Balkans under Ottoman (Turkish) rule. He is said to have lived a long life and traveled…
  • selected poems from the divani shamsi tabriz

    Selected Poems from the Divani Shamsi Tabriz

    By Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi• October 19, 2019
    Our desert hath no bound, Our hearts and souls have no rest. World in world has ta’ en Form ‘s image ; Which of these…
  • oh! supreme lover!

    Oh! Supreme Lover!

    By Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi• October 19, 2019
    Oh!  Supreme Lover! Let me leave aside my worries. The flowers are blooming with the exultation of your Spirit. By Allah! I long to escape…