You Are Not Far From Your Friend Poem by Mohammad Younus

You are not far from your friend..
...he is nearer to you than your jugular vein;
But you must set out along the Road of love;
The Road of Love passes through you;
The Road of Love consists of neither words nor songs:
only delusion can come from these,
and never any lasting peace and equanimity!
Love and peace are the words
of the traveller...
...who treads the Road of Love in silence;
when he speaks he speaks from awareness,
and when he is silent, he is engrossed in contemplation...
...gazing upon the light divine and hearing the music divine;
Thus advised my murshid, M. Rajab, to me.

MyKoul