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Aşk Bezirgânı (Ateş Versiyonu)

Words: Yunus Emre

Interpretation: Sûfî Ayna

Yunus Emre’s verses become a state of fire through soaring male voices, deep bass and psychedelic rock. The couplets move through surrender for love, the worth concealed beneath appearances, and the cost of speaking the truth. “You burned me in the fire and scattered my ashes / Is this how you should treat the one who loves you?” rises from the intensity as a plea to the Beloved.

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Turkish lyrics, English translation & poetry notes

Single cover: Aşk Bezirgânı (Ateş Versiyonu)

Turkish lyrics · Couplet form

The nine couplets used in this interpretation, without musical repeats.

Aşk bezirgânı sermâye cânı Bahâdır gördüm câna kıyânı

Zihî bahâdır cân terkin urur Kılıç mı keser himmet giyeni

Kamusun bir gör kemterin er gör Ölü görme gil palas giyeni

Atlası koydu palası geydi İbrahim Ethem sırdan duyalı

Tez çıkarırlar fevk-âl ulâya Şol İsâ gibi dünya koyanı

Tez indirirler tahtes serâya Bin Kaarun gibi dünya seveni

Mansuru kim gör Ene'l Hakk dedi Berdar ettiler işidin anı

Oda yandırdın külün savurdun Öyle mi gerek seni seveni

Zinhar ey Yunus gördüm deme sen Oda yakarlar gördüm diyeni

English translation · Meaning-based

Love is the merchant; the soul, its capital. I saw the brave one who gave up his soul.

What a brave one, who renounces his life! Can a sword cut one clothed in spiritual resolve?

See them all as one; see the lowly as a true soul. Do not think one clad in rough cloth is dead.

He set aside satin and put on rough cloth, When Ibrahim Adham came to know the secret.

They swiftly raise to the highest heights One who leaves the world behind, like Jesus.

They swiftly cast beneath the earth One who loves the world, like a thousand Korahs.

Look upon Mansur, who said, “I am the Truth.” They hanged him; hear his story.

You burned me in the fire and scattered my ashes. Is this how you should treat the one who loves you?

Beware, Yunus: do not say, “I have seen.” They burn in the fire the one who says, “I have seen.”

A SHORT READING

The fire of love and the cost of truth

Each couplet keeps its own form, meaning and emotional character. Ibrahim Adham’s exchange of satin for rough cloth evokes renunciation; Jesus and Korah embody contrasting attitudes towards the world.

The tension around Mansur’s utterance intensifies in the plea, “Is this how you should treat the one who loves you?” In the final couplet, Yunus returns to the cost of saying what one has seen. Fire carries both love’s consuming force and the danger of speaking the truth.

This interpretation uses a different composition from Aşk Bezirgânı on the earlier album.

Where the words begin

Poem: Yunus Emre. The nine couplets used in the Fire Version are presented in their couplet form.

Consulted poem transcription ↗

Attribution & text notes

Musical repeats are omitted from the reading text. Spellings follow the wording chosen for this interpretation; historical editions differ. The English is a meaning-based translation of this text. The source link leads to Mustafa Tatcı’s Diyanet edition; this page is not a verbatim transcription of that edition.

Words within the verse

Himmet.: Spiritual support and resolve.
Palas.: Rough cloth, associated here with renunciation of outward splendour.
Ene’l Hakk.: “I am the Truth”, attributed to Hallaj (Mansur); Hakk is a divine name.
Kaarun.: Korah, associated with wealth and attachment to the world.

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