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If you want God to agree with you, first coax your friend You may be able to coax God, but its problem to coax the Beloved I may become disreputable through my actions to please the Beloved While a brief prayer is enough to please God if the Beloved is not pleased then you’ve to resort to means disreputable I swear on God, the one who knows how to treat his Beloved God won’t be annoyed with him He who sees the Beloved need not to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca He who revels in coaxing the beloved need not to Incantate Even whirling like dervishes is a prayer But one should know the rhythms of the whirl True, you may be condemned to disrepute, but you’ll win the Beloved’s heart Love does not fear death, even if one is crucified Through whirling I’l1 coax ~y Beloved even if I’m brought to disrepute Throw away the veil of coyness, whirl and dance to please your Beloved Be a courtesan like the poet, Bulleh Shah, Who wore ankle-bells and danced, only then God can be coaxed God cannot be pleased without coaxing your Beloved Bow your head at the threshold of your Beloved Do what pleases your Beloved Unfulfilled you’l1 remain without your Beloved Nothing will be achieved through prostration’s without the Beloved See the result of bowing at the feet of your Beloved If you want to be victorious then learn to be vanquished in love Do what your Beloved wishes you to do then all the sorrows of the world will vanish from your life Your slumbered fortunes will reawaken Once your Beloved forgives you, the victory is yours Coax the annoyed Beloved if you want to survive Whether you’ve to whirl, dance or weep If you cannot appreciate how to go down for the sake of your Beloved Then crush the rosary because you do not know how to pray Such are the secrets revealed by love thus spoke my heart to me Those who forget their Beloved are ruined and Never prosper Once love is given to the Beloved it cannot be forgotten And the head bowed at the feet of the Beloved cannot be raised Listen to your Beloved, do not be embarrassed by the people even if you’re reduced to worthlessness And even if you’ve to graze unclean swains, God will agree Whoever pleases the Beloved will rejoice And those who displease the Beloved will suffer the agony O Sadiq, waste no time, act swiftly and coax your Beloved to coax God |