| Let us die when we are not dying so that we shall not die again. |
| Better live the good life here on earth | |
| If faith and religion are what you need. | |
| Your work will not end there tomorrow | |
| Unless it is finished here today. | |
| At one glance, the two worlds are joined in a single flame; | |
| For the upright, today and tomorrow are the same. |
| Whoever falls in love with you | |
| Will achieve everlasting life | |
| And will spend all his days and nights | |
| Wallowing in his love for you. |
| We fell in love, we are lovers; | |
| We are loved, we are the loved ones. | |
| Each moment we get born anew: | |
| No one could grow weary of us. |
| Ever since Yunus fell in love with you | |
| His soul is full of beauty and joy; | |
| Living a lovely new life all the time, | |
| He has escaped the ravages of age. |
| Many people say to Yunus: | |
| "You have become old, let love loose." | |
| Time never pays love a visit, | |
| Months and years are not part of it. | |
| Look deep into me with divine wisdom | |
| Until I become visible to you: | |
| Because before I appeared in this shape | |
| I had a hundred thousand forms. |
| Before Adam was created, | |||
| Before the soul entered the mold, | Before Satan found damnation, | ||
| My tomorrow is today: this is when the might of God appeared. |
| O, friends and lovers and brethren, | |
| Go ahead, ask where I had been; | |
| Since you want to know, I'll shed light: | |
| I was in the eternal land. |
| For a long time I was a star in the sky | |
| Desired by all the heavenly angels. |
| That was a time of such great bliss: | |
| There was neither grief nor sadness, | |
| My heart had no worry or care; | |
| In this world I have no place of my own, <;/td> | |
| My way station and my halting place are there. | |
| I am the sovereign, my crown and throne, | |
| My robe and horse of Paradise are there. |
| For certain a person who has no friends in this world is destitute. |
| The world get-filled with all the joys of love; | |
| That is why those who love beam with a smile. | |
| If a f lower blooms without love, it wilts; | |
| It is only with love that life has bliss. | |
| My soul has stirred with your fragrance | |
| Yearning to abandon this earth. | |
| I know nothing about your place: | |
| How and where can I seek you out? |
| They bring tidings of you always, | |
| Yet nobody can find your trace. | |
| Take the veil away from your face: | |
| Let me burn with your beauty. | |
| So many people are in a bad way because of poverty; | |
| Some are wealthy, but their heart are never free of anxiety. | |
| What dies is the body; souls cannot die. |
| True faith is in the head, not in the headgear. |
| Leave aside all other words, turn on yourself your vision; | |
| Be sure to confront your own self with your own transgression. |
| I bear malice against no one, | |
| Even strangers are friends of mine. |
| I would not call him a lover | |
| The man who craves God's Paradise. | |
| Paradise is only a trap | |
| To catch the souls o f foolish men. |
| When love arrives, all needs and flaws are gone. |
| With love we used to yearn for it: | |
| Then we discovered that Spirit; | |
| With this face, He took this body, | |
| And like a tunic, he wore it. | |
| Yunus, you are not separate: | |
| You and the Spirit aren't apart. | |
| If you can't find Him in your heart, | |
| Then where can you find that Spirit? | |
| If the Lord has made you cry, He will make you laugh again. | |
| Yunus bears tidings: | |
| those who hear the news revel in joy. |
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