Çağırayım Mevlâm Seni · Let Me Call My Lord on Thee

Dağlar ile taşlar ile or Çağırayım Mevlâm seni is a poem by the great Turkish dervish and poet Yunus Emre. The poem is an entreaty to God, through the intercession of His beloved Prophets and the wonders of the natural world which He has created. The poem was set to Maqam Ḥijāz (Turkish: Hicaz) by the 18th-century composer Kutbi Dede Efendi. The poem has been translated into English, maintaining both the metre and rhyme of the original, by master translator Muhtar Holland, as “Let Me Call My Lord On Thee”. Below we present a slightly expanded version of Holland’s translation, to better match the Turkish original. (Holland’s original rendition truncated the poem from seven to five verses.)

✳️ Note: This hymn contains tawassul.

Lyrics

– verse 1 –

Dağlar ile, taşlar ile,
Çağırayım Mevlâm seni.
Seherlerde kuşlar ile,
Çağırayım Mevlâm seni.

With the rocks and mountains high,
Let me call, my Lord, on Thee.
At the dawn with birds that fly,
Let me call, my Lord, on Thee.

– verse 2 –

Su dibinde mâhî ile,
Sahrâlarda âhû ile,
Abdâl olup “Yâ Hû” ile,
Çağırayım Mevlâm seni.

With the fish beneath the sea,
With gazelles that roam the fields,
With saints who commune with Thee,
Let me call, my Lord, on Thee.

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– verse 3 –

Gökyüzünde Îsâ ile,
Tûr dağında Mûsâ ile,
Elindeki asâ ile,
Çağırayım Mevlâm seni.

With Isa, raised on high,
With Musa on Sinai,
With the rod that he holds by,
Let me call, my Lord, on Thee.

– verse 4 –

Derd-i aşkın Eyyüb ile
Gözü yaşlı Yakûb ile
Ol Muhammed mahbûb ile
Çağırayım Mevlâm seni

With Ayyub in suffering drear,
With Yaqub shedding many a tear,
With Muhammad, loved so dear,
Let me call, my Lord, on Thee.

– verse 5 –

Hamd ü şükrullah ile,
Vasf-ı Kulhüvallah ile,
Dâima zikrullah ile,
Çağırayım Mevlâm seni.

With thankful praise addressed to God
With the Koran’s ‘Say: He is God’,
With every breath remembering God,
Let me call, my Lord, on Thee.

– verse 6 –

Bilmişim dünya hâlini,
Terk ettim kıyl ü kâlini,
Baş açık ayak yâlın,
Çağırayım Mevlâm seni.

This world, I know, will not endure,
So let me sail now from this shore.
Bare head, bare feet upon the floor,
Let me call, my Lord, on Thee.

– verse 7 –

Yûnus okur diller ile,
Ol kumru bülbüller ile,
Hakkı seven kullar ile,
Çağırayım Mevlâm seni.

With this song, Yunus regales,
Singing with the nightingales,
With the Truth’s most loving slaves,
Let me call, my Lord, on Thee.

Audio Samples

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