Bu Bir Acayip Hâldir
Original tahmis: Emre · Quoted couplets: Yûnus Emre
Interpretation: Sûfî Ayna ·

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The words in this recording
The original Turkish lyrics follow their recorded order, including repeated refrains.
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A SHORT READING
Beyond what words can hold
The poem turns on the distance between knowing about love and living it. Its refrain returns to a mystery beyond books, while the verses ask the listener to look for meaning within.
In Emre’s tahmis, three new lines lead into each quoted Yûnus couplet. A spoken opening grows into repeated refrains and fuzz guitar, before the final stanza turns towards letting go of the self.
The notes offer an interpretation of the poem, rather than a line-by-line translation.
Where the words begin
The original tahmis was supplied by Emre. In each of its eight stanzas, the first three lines are Emre’s additions; the final two are marked in the supplied text as quotations attributed to Yûnus Emre.
Attribution & production notes
The quoted lines have been distinguished in the supplied text, but this project does not claim to have verified them against a critical edition. The phrase “Hadîsdür Mustafâ’dan” belongs to the poem; it is not a claim of a verified hadith source.
Words within the verse
- Tahmis.
- A verse form that adds three lines before a couplet to make a five-line stanza.
- Ma‘nî.
- Meaning.
- Hicâb.
- A veil; here, something that obscures sight.
- Fenâ.
- In Sufi thought, relinquishing the claim of the self.
- Vâsıl.
- One who arrives or attains union.