When you turn your faces towards
the court of the One without need,
break first your talisman’s spell
of “I” and “we.”
Step beyond yourselves
on the quest for the Friend;
you will attain the Truth
if you avoid illusion.
Make your ablution with the pure water
of sincerity and truthfulness,
then perform the funeral prayer
over your loveless and dead selves.
Be oblivious to everything
but the Friend;
turn your backs on whomever is not
privy to this work.
Remove your gaze from creation
by remembering Him,
and avoid the throng
of the loveless ones.
Success in this endeavor comes only
through the Friend’s grace;
proceed by relying upon the grace
from that One Who grants success.
If, like Nurbakhsh,
you seek the Beloved,
then perform the prayer of love according to
the decree of the intimates of mysteries.