Servanthood is easy
if you are free;
love is sweet
if you become a lover.
As long as you are still learning,
do not seek to instruct;
students will arrive
once you become a teacher.
You will see the Friend’s splendor
in every direction
if you are guided
on love’s path.
Yes, it is possible to affirm
loving-kindness
if you are joyful
in your self-negation.
Your nourishment will come
from love’s breast
if you are reborn into the world
of love.
You will lose
your integrity
if you become attached to those
gathered around you.
O Nurbakhsh, in the end your being will
become realized only in non-existence,
even if you become a teacher
to the perfected ones.