Arise! Let’s break up the foundation
of “I” and “you” and
with love’s aid block all thoughts
of “more” and “less” from the heart.
Let’s leave the city
of foul-natured people,
and reside in the district of the beautiful,
to speak only of love.
There is no safety in the realm
of “we” and “you”;
let’s step out from multiplicity and
enter into Unity.
Let’s spend our time
in joy
and not talk about sorrow,
or cry and moan.
Let’s become free from needing
this world or the hereafter.
Let’s cut down all idols
with the blade of detachment.
Let’s chase away the army of thought
with the Friend’s remembrance,
and block the army of grief
by the Friend’s grace.
With Nurbakhsh let’s drink
from the vat of Unity
and play the melodies of shur and nava
with the lute of love.