Dervishood tells me,
you cannot become a dervish.
So what can I tell you?
You cannot become a dervish.
A dervish needs a wounded heart
and eyes full of tears.
He needs to be as easy going as a sheep.
You can’t be a dervish.
He must be without hands
when someone hits him.
He must be tongueless when cursed.
A dervish needs to be without any desire.
You can’t be a dervish.
You make a lot of sounds with your tongue,
meaningful things.
You get angry about this and that.
You can’t be a dervish.
If it were all right to be angry on this path,
Muhammad himself would have gotten angry.
Because of your anger,
you can’t be a dervish.
Unless you find a real path,
unless you find a guide,
unless Truth grants you your portion,
you can’t be a dervish.
Therefore, dervish Yunus, come,
dive into the ocean now and then.
Unless you dive in the ocean,
you cannot be a dervish.
Yunus Emre
