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Go on to sleep and leave me behind

Abandon this stricken, crumbling wanderer

 

Here I am in the turbulence of my soul

In loneliness from dusk to dawn

Come, if you wish, and forgive

Leave, if you wish, and forsake

 

The Beloved will answer no plea to be loyal

O pale-faced lover, be faithful, be patient

 

There is a pain which has no cure but death

How to ask you then to cure my pain?

 

I saw a master in a dream last night, in the court of love

"Make your passage toward us," he beckoned with his hand

 

Should a dragon threaten your way, Love is a sapphire

Slay the dragon with the glitter of that stone

 

Mowlana Jalal Al-Din Balkhi Rumi