Be lost in grief, O soul.
Patience is the key to suffering.
Be lost in grief so that in the end,
He will show His face to you.
Patience is the key to suffering.
Plunge into pain and suffering so deeply
that when you reach the bottom,
the Throne of God arrives suddenly in your temple.
Patience is the key to suffering.
Smile with the light of the Earth.
Be its wedding feast.
Leave mourning, reach security.
Patience is the key to suffering.
O my heart, give up men and women.
Pull their love out from inside of you.
With Love, He becomes your paternal and maternal uncle,
because patience is the key to suffering.
If you bend double like the sky
and move according to God’s command,
you will be saved from destiny and its twisted ways.
Patience is the key to suffering.
At the same time, you will be saved from your self.
Grab the hair of that deceitful trickster and cut his throat.
Patience is the key to suffering.
Your fortune will arrive at your feet.
Success will arrive at your side.
You will be honored by His presence.
Patience is the key to suffering.
You are being bothered by a trouble that’s inside of you.
That’s the reason things don’t go well for you.
Tie up that trouble neatly.
Patience is the key to suffering.
There is a wonderful world of God.
Don’t search for it in this imaginary world for even one moment.
God is the only confidant for this world.
Patience is the key to suffering.
Be silent! Don’t share the secret.
Strangers cannot reach the secret
which comes to the heart without books or teacher.
Patience is the key to suffering.
Divan-i Kebir, Volume 1, ghazal 35, verses 501-510, pages 97-98.