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ARE YOU A TRUE LOVER

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If you don't sacrifice your soul

On the path of love,

Are you a true lover?

If you don't press hard
For union with the Friend,

Are you a true lover?

If you don't strengthen
Your love for the Friend,
Forgetting all desire and attachment,

Are you a true lover?

Love needs no witness,
Not every soul rises up to heaven,
If you don't burn In love's fire like a moth,

Are you a true lover?

If you don't give up those desires
Of the self and you don't
Drink from the cup of love,
If you have no determination

On the path to the Friend,

Are you a true lover?

If you don't worship by day
And by night, devoting yourself to God,

If you don't remember God in a crowd,

Are you a true lover?

Now Yunus, be patient
In your suffering for this Friend,
If your heart is not pierced

By the arrow of love,

Are you a true lover?

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