#benim adim dertli dolap

[trickster-spirit]

musician: Özgür Baba

instrument: Turkish Cura

composer: Yunus Emre, a Turkish Sufi mystic contemporary of Rumi

poem title / translation: Benim Adim Dertli Dolap / Endless Trouble Is My Name

poem translation:

Water-wheel, why do you moan?

For I am sorrowful, that is why I moan.

To the Lord I've given my soul,

For I've troubles, I moan.

Troubled water-wheel is my name,

My water flows pure,

As the Lord wishes thus,

For I am sorrowful, that is why I moan.

They found me as a mountain tree,

They broke my arms and cut my wings,

They thought me fit for a water-wheel,

For I've troubles, I moan.

From a mountain I was brought down,

Neither sweet, nor bitter, am I,

A devoted of God, am I,

For I am sorrowful, that is why I moan.

They felled my trunk and carved my branches,

Every piece of mine to be remade,

Yet, this commandment came from God,

For I've troubles, I moan.

Yunus, he who comes and finds no joy here,

His expectations never to be met,

As none can remain in this fleeting world,

For I've troubles, I moan.

Dervish Yunus,

Tears shed sin,

I'm in love with God, I swear,

I descend for Him.