O lovers, O lovers, I will turn dirt into jewels.
O players, O players, I will fill your tambourines with gold.
O thirsty ones, O thirsty ones, I will become the Cupbearer today.
I will turn this barren land into Heaven and make it flow with the River of Heaven.
O lonely ones, O lonely ones,
the time for salvation has come, the time for salvation has come.
I will make every one who suffers into a Sultan.
O unbelievers, O unbelievers, I will open your locks, because I am the Absolute Ruler.
I will make believers of whomever I please
and disbelievers of whomever I please.
O great man, O great man, you are like a candle in My hands.
If you are a dagger, I will turn you into a glass.
If you are a glass, I will turn you into a dagger.
You were a drop of sperm.
You became blood, then turned into a beauty.
O human, come close to Me, so I can make you more beautiful.
I am drunk. Because of Him, I sink, but I sink in His river.
I have become rose marmalade because of His rose, His sugar.
I will turn sorrow into joy.
I will make leaders out of the crazy ones.
I will change the wolf into Joseph, poison into sugar.
O glasses, O glasses, I opened My mouth and shared My Secret
in order to make every thirsty mouth
resemble the lip of the wine cup.
O rose garden, O rose garden,
when you make sweet basil equal to lilies,
come to My rose garden and pick roses there.
O sky, O sky, when I make ambergris out of earth
and change thorns into flowers which smell like musk,
you will be more astonished than the narcissus.
O Universal Intellect, O Universal Intellect,
whatever You say, You are right.
You are the judge. You are the ruler.
I would do better if I created less gossip.
Divan-i Kebir, Volume 1, Ghazal verses 859-882, pages 169-170.