I haven't come here to settle down



I haven't come here to settle down.
I've come here to depart.
I am a merchant with lots of goods,
selling to whoever will buy.
I didn't come to create any problems,
I'm only here to love.
A Heart makes a good home for the Friend.
I've come to build some hearts.
I'm a little drunk from this Friendship-
Any lover would know the shape I'm in.
I've come to exchange my twoness,
to dissapear in One.
He is my teacher. I am His servant.
I am a nightingale in His garden.
I've come to the Teacher's garden
to be happy and die singing.
They say 'Souls which know each other here,
know each other there.'
I've come to know a Teacher
and to show myself as I am.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGHIJCKLKKMNOPQ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 659
Words 132
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

Yunus Emre

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