Come, let us be friends, let us keep things easy; let us love and be loved, the world remains for no one.
Gelün tanşuk idelüm işi kolay tutalum / Sevelüm sevilelüm dünyâ kimseye kalmaz
Yunus Emre, Dîvân, poem 103, couplet 5 (Mustafa Tatçı, Yûnus Emre Dîvânı, Istanbul 2008).
Come, says Yunus.
The call comes not from the door, but from the heart.
To be friends is to end estrangement.
To keep things easy is to share the load.
Then comes the reason:
the world remains for no one.
In a place that will not remain,
no quarrel lasts long.
Love remains.