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LOVERS DEAR LOVERS

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Lovers, dear lovers,
The sect of love is my religion,
When my eyes saw the face of the Beloved
Every sorrow became a joy for me.

Sultan, my Sultan,
Since I gave myself to You,

From beginning to end

You are my life and my wealth.

The source of this mind and this soul
Was with You at the beginning,

You are the beginning, the end
And all that lies between, I can only go towards You.

I come from You and I go to You,
My tongue says Your name within You,

Yet I cannot touch You, and

This divine wisdom holds me in awe.

I don't call myself I any more,
I don't call anyone you any more,
I can't say this one is a servant,

That one is a sultan, This makes no sense at all.

Since I found this love of the Beloved
Both the world and the hereafter are the same to me,

If You ask me about the eternal beginning and the eternal end,

They are today and tomorrow.

No longer can I mourn
Or cloud my inner heart,

I have heard the resonance of Haqq,

And I will never forget this moment.

Don't let me forget Your love,
Don't let me wander from Your gate,
If I should lose my self,

Let me find that self in You.

My Beloved created me then sent me here,

Go, he said, just see the world,
And I come to observe the beauty of the world,

Let those who love You Never be content with the world.

He tells this to His servants,
You will see Me tomorrow,

But listen, that tomorrow

Of His lovers is my today.

Who else learned such wisdom

With the pain of all this love?
And if this is ever to be known,

No one can speak of it, I turn my heart to You.

You are my soul and my world,
You are my treasure and my wealth,
Anything I win or lose is from You,
What I do no longer belongs to me.

Yunus turns his face to You,
Forgetting himself completely
As You speak to You, It is

You who speaks for me.

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