Don’t ask us about anything
but the affairs of love and fidelity;
don’t ask us about the ascetic
and his traditions of fear and hope.
Come drunkenly, without your self,
come with purity and sincerity;
don’t question us about wit and cleverness,
or ask, why and how.
In the banquet of the people of spiritual states
leave chatter behind;
don’t ask us about what is and what is not,
or about what will be given or withheld.
Seek from us the path of fana,
and the way to nothingness;
don’t ask us about the affairs of the muftis1
or the hypocritical mullahs.
In the khaniqah
don’t speak about yourself;
don’t ask about wrath or mercy,
or the calamities on heaven and earth.
At that gathering where wine drinkers
are drunk and joyful,
leave behind your sense and reason;
don’t ask what is going on.
While with Nurbakhsh,
don’t even mention the memory of transient things.
Seek Unity;
don’t ask about anything other than God!