The sanctuary of sincerity and purity
is the retreat of the dervishes.
The breath of the Holy Spirit
is the speech of the dervishes.
O you who are caught up in the world
and seek to raise your status there,
lofty placelessness is the lowest level reached
by the dervishes.
How long will you seek
the cause of creation?
The purpose of creating humankind
is to produce dervishes.
Being obliterated by the arrow of fate,
affirming contentment with the will of God,
these are the ways and manners
of dervishes.
The ascetic’s eyes are set on heaven,
contemplating palaces promised there.
The niche of faqr and fana
is the paradise of dervishes.
From pre- to post-eternity,
the atoms of the universe spin
out of longing for
a glance from dervishes.
From whom are you seeking alchemy?
You will never find it.
Alchemy is only possible
through service to dervishes.
Do not be proud of yourself;
do not mock dervishes.
Everything other than God is cut off
by the exclusive love of the dervishes.
One can never describe
or define dervishes,
yet all that you see in the world
bears witness to dervishes.
Nurbakhsh, why are you
again speaking of dervishes?
Speech itself is left shamefaced
in trying to adequately praise the dervishes.