Religion
Come and Let Us Two Be Comrades
Translated by E. J. W. Gibb (1900) · From A History of Ottoman Poetry, vol. I (1900)
Come and let us two be comrades, come and let us seek the Loved One;
Come and let us two be helpmates, come and let us seek the Loved One.
Come and guide me on our faring; to the Friend be our repairing;
Cast aside all dule and caring, come and let us seek the Loved One.
Let us quit the world together, cheated not, for it doth wither;
Let us two be parted never, come and let us seek the Loved One.
Soothly is the world unstable; ope thine eye, thy soul is sleeping;
Unto us be fere and comrade, come and let us seek the Loved One.
Ere the clutch of Fate impel us, ere the voice of Death do hail us,
Ere that 'Azra'il assail us, come and let us seek the Loved One.
Let us see the loyal lover tidings of The Truth to gather,
Let us find the lover Yunus, come and let us seek the Loved One.
Codex Note
A short invitation from the poet to a friend to set out together on the mystic path, in search of the Beloved. Gibb's notes explain that the 'Friend' and the 'Loved One' mean God.
Cite this poem
MLA
Yunus Emre. “Come and Let Us Two Be Comrades.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yunus-emre/2/.
Chicago
Yunus Emre. “Come and Let Us Two Be Comrades.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yunus-emre/2/.
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