Sundarë Làlmirjānsundarë Poem by Mohammad Younus

SUNDARĒ LÀL MIRJĀN SUNDARĒ

How amazing your desire!
To come closer to "Sundarē"
She is always with you
As your thought, As your seeing
As your hearing, As your speech
She ever reveals to you in your heart
Do you ever think of other than her?
Ponder! How her beauty bewitches you?
How her light envelopes you?
How her singing thrills you?
You are mistaken to think
That you are separate from her
What union! When you are one with her
That is your madness, your ignorance
Be mindful! You are she; She is you
She is not other than you
Don't say she is pulling me
Or I wish to draw her near
It is otherness and that is the sign of separation
Feeling union is a bliss beyond description
You are not cut off like a reed from your reedbed
Is there any other who has cut you off?
She is your essence, you are her love
When you see yourself you have seen her
She is sought by all who hear of her charmful beauty
She seeks those who annihilate their self in her love
Who sacrifice their existence at the altar of her love
Be careful! Be sobre! She loves sobriety
Don't come near her when you are in a drunken state
Remember! Don't come near the
Salăh
When you are drunk
Lā taqrabu salāta wa antum sukārā
Lā taqrabu salāta wa antum sukārā
Do not make your love public
She is already under your cloak
You don't see her. Why?
You put on opaque lenses
on your inner eye
It is peculiar to the cult of lovers
When you appear, she disappears
When you disappear, she appears
Hide your love from people's envying eye
Be in relationship of Bandah and Mawla
That is very pleasing to God so high
Abide Shariah, the law of God
To keep secrecy is the rule of love
A servant can never reach
To the lofty position of master
A master can never come down To the lowest position of servant
Knòw this secret of secrets
Don't be cut off from your lord
Even for a wink of your eye
In your remembrance, in your love
Cut off from all other
When you turn to Him
Wa tabatal illīa hi tabtēlā
We tabatal illīa hi tabtēlā
That He is concealed from you
Sheer fantasy, Not a reality
Can you stand his dazzling beauty?
You can! But only for a while
Save His chosen lovers

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