The Shining Lamp — Page 217
217 CORRESPONDENCE WITH HADRAT KHAWAJAH GHULAM FARĪD لیکن این ره راه وصل یار نیست از خردمندان مرا انکار نیست I do not deny the intelligence of the wise, But that is not the path that leads to unity with the Friend. تا نباشد عشق و سوداء و جنون جلوه ننماید نگار بی چگون Until there is love, frenzy, and mad passion, Until then, that Incomparable Beloved does not manifest His Countenance. چون نهان است آن عزیزی محترم هر کسی راهی گزیند لاجرم As that most Honoured Beloved is hidden, Hence everyone adopts some way [of finding Him]. از تکلف روی حق پوشیده اند آن رھی کو عاقلان بگزیده اند But the way that the intelligent ones have adopted, So, by this artificiality, they have concealed the countenance of God even more. پرده ها بر پرده ها افراخته مطلبی نزدیک دور انداخته They have put up even more veils upon the veils that were there before, The objective was close, but they made it go farther away. از ره عشق و فنایش یافتیم ما که با دیدار او رو تافتیم Those amongst us who illumined our faces by seeing Him, Have found Him through the way of love and self-annihilation.