Remember that place where you must go. ||58||
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Fareed, those deeds which do not bring merit - forget about those deeds.
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Otherwise, you shall be put to shame, in the Court of the Lord. ||59||
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Fareed, work for your Lord and Master; dispel the doubts of your heart.
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The dervishes, the humble devotees, have the patient endurance of trees. ||60||
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Fareed, my clothes are black, and my outfit is black.
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I wander around full of sins, and yet people call me a dervish - a holy man. ||61||
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The crop which is burnt will not bloom, even if it is soaked in water.
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Fareed, she who is forsaken by her Husband Lord, grieves and laments. ||62||
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When she is a virgin, she is full of desire; but when she is married, then her troubles begin.
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Fareed, she has this one regret, that she cannot be a virgin again. ||63||
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The swans have landed in a small pond of salt water.
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They dip in their bills, but do not drink; they fly away, still thirsty. ||64||
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The swans fly away, and land in the fields of grain. The people go to chase them away.
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The thoughtless people do not know, that the swans do not eat the grain. ||65||
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The birds which lived in the pools have flown away and left.
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Fareed, the overflowing pool shall also pass away, and only the lotus flowers shall remain. ||66||
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Fareed, a stone will be your pillow, and the earth will be your bed. The worms shall eat into your flesh.
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Countless ages will pass, and you will still be lying on one side. ||67||
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Fareed, your beautiful body shall break apart, and the subtle thread of the breath shall be snapped.
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In which house will the Messenger of Death be a guest today? ||68||
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Fareed, your beautiful body shall break apart, and the subtle thread of the breath shall be snapped.
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Those friends who were a burden on the earth - how can they come today? ||69||
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Fareed: O faithless dog, this is not a good way of life.
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You never come to the mosque for your five daily prayers. ||70||
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Rise up, Fareed, and cleanse yourself; chant your morning prayer.
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The head which does not bow to the Lord - chop off and remove that head. ||71||
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That head which does not bow to the Lord - what is to be done with that head?
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Put it in the fireplace, instead of firewood. ||72||
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Fareed, where are your mother and father, who gave birth to you?
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They have left you, but even so, you are not convinced that you shall also have to go. ||73||
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Fareed, flatten out your mind; smooth out the hills and valleys.
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Hereafter, the fires of hell shall not even approach you. ||74||
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Fareed, the Creator is in the Creation, and the Creation abides in God.
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Whom can we call bad? There is none without Him. ||75||
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Fareed, if on that day when my umbilical cord was cut, my throat had been cut instead,
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I would not have fallen into so many troubles, or undergone so many hardships. ||76||
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My teeth, feet, eyes and ears have stopped working.
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My body cries out, "Those whom I knew have left me!" ||77||
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Fareed, answer evil with goodness; do not fill your mind with anger.
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