In pre-eternity
we all agreed:
that we would never attach our hearts
to the realm of “I” and “you,”
that we would not get drunk
from the wine of “I” and “you,”
that we would not become unconscious
in a stupor of “I” and “you.”
The world is but an atom
in the realm of Being;
notice then how inconsequential
is the realm of “I” and “you.”
Cupbearer, help us, so we can
become drunk and bewildered,
and break down this fortress
of “I” and “you.”
O hunter, why are you pursuing Him
with the feet of “I” and “you”?
This prey can never be caught
by “I” and “you.”
The practice of the mind
is speech; otherwise,
in the school of love there would be
no talk of “I” and “you.”
O Nurbakhsh, as long as
“I” and “you” remains,
difficult will be the days
for both I and you.