They Say The True Way Is To Give Poem by Mohammad Younus

They say the True way is to give...
...one's worldly life away;
And be a walker on the Divine way;
It is to be present always...
...before the Sultan...
...sitting on the throne of the soul.

When standing before the Sultan...
...it is to erase all other impressions;
In the palace of the Sultan...
...it is to become his guest;
To receive his glances of love...
...in the innermost room of the heart.

They say it is to be pure of all pollution...
...by taking ablution with the light of the Sultan;
It is to gradually come out of the darkness...
...of delusion and negligence by opening...
...the book of enlightenment...
...with the key of the Divine Names.

It is to follow the Shariah of the Sultan...
The True way is to follow divine commands...
...and not walk on the footprints of Satan;
It is to become a devout servant of the Sultan;
It is to be a faqir about whom our Master says:
Al-faqru fakhri, wal faqru minee!

It is to know the secret of self...
...and the secret of all creation of God;
It is to read the outer signs in the universe...
...and know the inner meaning of soul;
So that it becomes clear to the seeker...
...that He is the Real! He is the Truth!

O Friend, to know the True way...
...one must, in letter and spirit, be a True lover;
The one who gets lost in the infatuation...
...of earthly desires, will never know...
...the meaning of True love.

It is to see the One-truth appearing...
...in infinite number of forms;
They say it is to see an ocean...
...in a single drop of water;
It is to perceive the Truth...
...in every minute thing, in every atom.

It is to become a human being...
...illuminated with the light of Being;
And be in peace and harmony...
...wth every person in the world;
Without making any discrimination...
...on the basis of caste, creed, and colour.

MyKoul