lover is always alone

1. Love is the cure,
   for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain
   until your eyes constantly exhale love
   as effortlessly as your body yields its scent.
    
2. open the love window. The moon
   won't use the door, only the window.
    
3. In the waters of purity, I melted like salt
   Neither blasphemy, nor faith, nor conviction, nor doubt remained.
   In the center of my heart a star has appeared
   And all the seven heavens have become lost in it.
    
4. This divine love,
   beckons us
   to a world beyond
   only lovers can see
   with their eyes of fiery passion.
    
5. Don't let others lead you. They may be blind or, worse, vultures.
   Reach for the rope of God. And what is that? Putting aside self-will.
    
6. For awhile we lived with people, but we saw no sign in them of the faithfulness we wanted. It's better to hide completely within
   as water hides in metal, as fire hides in rock.
    
7. There's courage involved if you want
   to become truth.
    
8. How long will you think about this painful life?
   How long will you think about this harmful world?
   The only thing it can take from you is your body.
   Don't say all this rubbish and stop thinking.
    
9. The sky was lit by the splendor of the moon
   So powerful I fell to the ground
   Your love has made me sure
   I am ready to forsake this worldly life
   and surrender to the magnificence of your Being
    
10. The lover is a king above all kings,
    unafraid of death, not at all interested in a golden crown.
    The dervish has a pearl concealed under his patched cloak.
    Why should he go begging door to door?
     
11. The lover is always alone.
    even surrounded by people;
    like water and oil, he remains apart.
    The man who goes to the trouble
    of giving advice to a lover
    get nothing. He's mocked by passion.
    Love is like musk. It attracts attention.
    Love is a tree, and the lovers are its shade.