{"id":3268,"date":"2022-11-14T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T20:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2022-11-14T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T20:08:55","slug":"yunus-emre-the-watermill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/11\/14\/yunus-emre-the-watermill\/","title":{"rendered":"Yunus Emre-The Watermill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.atlasobscura.com\/Q7AnyKf0Zq1K5TeinMDgSRnNPsl-Eb6Lw7HGZ6UOwP8\/rs%3Afill%3A580%3A580%3A1\/g%3Ace\/q%3A81\/sm%3A1\/scp%3A1\/ar%3A1\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh\/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h\/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91\/cGxvYWRzL3BsYWNl\/X2ltYWdlcy81YmQ4\/MmJjMGVlZDNiNmI3\/MDhfRFNDTjUxNzIu\/SlBH.jpg?resize=580%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Serdar Kili\u00e7 for introducing me to this poem and translating it:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cIMKJ43TFLs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Translation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why do you groan, O Watermill; For I\u2019ve troubles, I groan<br \/>\nI fell in love with the Lord; For It do I groan<br \/>\nThey found me on a mountain; My arms and wings they plucked<br \/>\nSaw me fit for a watermill; For I\u2019ve troubles, I groan<br \/>\nFrom the mountain they cut my wood; My disparate order they ruined<br \/>\nBut an unwearied poet I am; For I\u2019ve troubles, I groan<br \/>\nI am The Troubled Watermill; My water flows, roaring and rumbling<br \/>\nThus has God commanded; For I\u2019ve troubles, I groan<br \/>\nI am but a mountain\u2019s tree; Neither am I bitter, nor sweet<br \/>\nI am but a pleader to the Lord; For I\u2019ve troubles, I groan<br \/>\nYunus, whoever comes here will find no joy, will not reach his desire<br \/>\nNobody stays in this fleeting abode; For I\u2019ve troubles, I groan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/binbirturku.wordpress.com\/about\/benim-adim-dertli-dolap-endless-trouble-is-my-name\/\">See another version and translation on this great website here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i9lzCGiKl4M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original:<\/strong><br \/>\nDolap ni\u00e7in inilersin; Derdim vard\u0131r inilerim,<br \/>\nBen Mevla&#8217;ya a\u015f\u0131k oldum; Onun i\u00e7in inilerim,<\/p>\n<p>Beni bir da\u011fda buldular; Kolum kanad\u0131m yoldular,<br \/>\nDolaba lay\u0131k g\u00f6rd\u00fcler; Derdim vard\u0131r inilerim,<br \/>\nDa\u011fdan kestiler hezenim; Bozuldu t\u00fcrl\u00fc d\u00fczenim,<br \/>\nBen usanmaz bir ozan\u0131m; Derdim vard\u0131r inilerim,<br \/>\nBenim ad\u0131m dertli dolap; Suyum akar yalap yalap,<br \/>\nB\u00f6yle emreylemi\u015f \u00c7alap; Derdim vard\u0131r inilerim,<br \/>\nBen bir da\u011f\u0131n a\u011fac\u0131y\u0131m; Ne tatl\u0131y\u0131m ne ac\u0131y\u0131m,<br \/>\nBen Mevlaya duac\u0131y\u0131m; Derdim vard\u0131r inilerim,<br \/>\nYunus bunda gelen g\u00fclmez; Ki\u015fi murad\u0131na ermez,<br \/>\nBu fanide kimse kalmaz; Derdim vard\u0131r inilerim<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5utzelkXAQ8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Serdar Kili\u00e7 for introducing me to this poem and translating it: Translation Why do you groan, O Watermill; For I\u2019ve troubles, I groan I fell in love with the Lord; For It do I groan They found me &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/11\/14\/yunus-emre-the-watermill\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4522,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[139185,139189],"class_list":["post-3268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-turkish","tag-turkish-sufi-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7NI4C-QI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3269,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions\/3269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}