In Monstaries And The Houses Of Worship... Poem by Mohammad Younus

In monstaries and the houses of worship...
...you cannot achieve God consciousness...
...as long as your heart is captured by...
...temptations of your evil nafs;
Draw your eyes away from the earthly charms,
You are caught between two worlds,
While the death is closing in on you,
Go to the world of command -
the soul's survival zone,
O younus, you have no choice but...
...to walk to your beloved,
When the desire for the Friend becomes intense,
All philosophies and fantasies fall behind,
The Beloved is in no way sought through reasoning,
Throw off reasoning and become silent,
The asceticism I had been taught became a bore,
It had to be brushed off in one stroke,
In silence hearing the blissful music,
I spend my time with my head down -
in My Beloved's presence

Mykoul