SUFI POETRY · ANATOLIAN ROCKWORDS · SOUND · REFLECTION
Love, defiance and the search within. Sufi poetry finds a new voice in the rich, psychedelic sound of Anatolian rock.
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Two different poems, one musical exploration. Hear the recordings, read the verses and follow the words to their sources.
Emre · Yûnus Emre
Original tahmis: Emre · Quoted couplets: Yûnus Emre
New lines meet Yûnus’s couplets in a gradually expanding rock recording about an experience that words cannot contain.
Kul Nesîmî
From a poem attributed to Kul Nesîmî
A voice choosing its own path in the face of judgement. Kul Nesîmî’s verses return to “kime ne”: what is it to anyone else?
THE STORY OF SÛFÎ AYNA
Yûnus’s search. Kul Nesîmî’s defiance. Words from centuries ago that still have something to say to us.
Sûfî Ayna brings Sufi poetry into Anatolian and psychedelic rock. One recording turns towards letting go of the self; another stands by a chosen path. Each poem shapes the music in its own way.
The verses, poet attributions and source notes sit alongside the songs. Follow an unfamiliar word, or find the poem behind a refrain that stays with you.
Explore the first two recordingsFROM BU BİR ACAYİP HÂLDİR
“Okıdugun sözlerün,
ma‘nîsin içre ara.”“Seek the meaning within the words you read.”
From Emre’s original additions to the Yûnus Emre couplets.