O friend, if you do good to others, you will better yourself a hundred times over.
Even if you turn your face the other way,
maybe you will get to know Us.
I spread water on the ground to settle the dust.
I put up such beautiful decorations everywhere.
Even if I forgive your sins,
maybe you will get to know Us.
I made you out of nothing and put you on the throne.
I gave you a mirror so you can work for Us.
Maybe you will get to know Us.
O son of My pillar, My foundation!
O one who is asking for My help, come now
and see the favors which I give to you.
Maybe you will get to know Us.
Be wine to My cup.
Become a stranger to yourself. Feel My pain.
If you stay in the same house as My suffering,
maybe you will get to know Us.
O Sultan’s son, be just.
Liberate yourself from your self.
Remember the day of your death.
Maybe you will get to know Us.
That’s the day when the phoenix of soul
flies off just like an arrow from the bow.
You such and such, think about that.
Maybe you will get to know Us.
Fasten your ties with your religion.
Keep the oath you made in Eternity.
Fall in Love with your faith.
Maybe you will get to know Us.
O one who collects gold and silver,
who falls in love with every sweet pair of lips,
come and see what real Beauty is.
Maybe you will get to know Us.
I’ve sown the seeds of faithfulness.
I’ve drawn wonderful pictures and opened so many curtains.
Maybe you will get to know Us.
The Divan-i Kebir, Volume 1, ghazal 143, verses 1874-1883, pages 355-356.