I love existence, for you are the Soul of existence. Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Come, the foundation of palace of desire is unstable

bring wine, be happy the base of life is unsustainable.

 

I am a devotee of the one with aspiration as such

who is free from whatever has color of attachment.

Hafez

Ghazal 831

If you are yearning for us, leave behind the world’s enterprise.

If you desire us, be free from any gain or loss.

 

Let go of any other thought if you are searching to find us.

Let go of futile images, abandon all this and that.

 

At the tavern, everyone drunk, with the cupbearer passing cups of wine,

If you are a wine drinker, take a cup, otherwise go on your way.

 

If you’re looking for a pure life, come and become our companion.

If you want everlasting paradise, come to the lane of resolute lovers.

 

Come if you are a love-crazed one; we are the beloved of the confidants.

Don’t go if you are in love, let go of your heart and give up your soul.

 

Discover within our tears the one you are looking for.

Behold our eyes and take a journey over the shoreless sea.

 

If you are searching for a treasure, you will find it in ruins.

Come and find Nimatullah and pass through the city of Koobanan.

 (From Divan e Shah Nimatullah)

a great Sufi Master

 By master's permission

translated by

Parviz Rasti

Dec 25, 2016

Master Dhu'l Nun 

An intended disciple said to dhun nun: above everything in this world i wish to enrol in the path of truth.
Dhu'l Nun told him:
You can accompany our caravan only if you can first accept two things. One is that you will have to do things which you do not want to do. The other is that you will not be permitted to do things which you desire to do. It is -wanting- which stands between man and the path.

Dhu'l Nun, ninth century A. D.

Sufi Master

Sama

Sama is what descends from God and arises in the heart of the seekers,

spiritually empassioning them and increasing their yearning for God. Whoever listens it selflessly, from God, will find the way to God; whoever listens with 

self consciousness, with awareness of self, falls into duality and separation.

excerpt from "The Path" page 86

By Master  Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Diwan of Shah Nimatullah,
published in Issue 72 of Sufi Journal