In case my Friend does not return to me, <br />Then let me return to the Friend's embrace; <br />I'm willing to suffer pain and torture <br />If that is how I can see the Friend's face. <br /> <br />A handful of dust was my stock in trade, <br />And love took even that away from me: <br />Now I have no capital left nor shop. <br />What use is going to the market place? <br /> <br />The Friend has His nice shop, neatly set up; <br />Cheerfully He walks around in that shop. <br />But my heart cringes, my sins are countless; <br />Humbly I must go implore the Friend's grace. <br /> <br />My heart declares: 'The Friend belongs to me.' <br />My eye declares: The Friend belongs to me.' <br />My heart urges my eye to have patience, <br />Yearning to receive news, to keep pace. <br /> <br />We must accept those who have looked at <br />God As sharing God's life, as one and the same. <br />If a person has received the blessing <br />Of God's vision, he is beyond disgrace.<br /><br />Yunus Emre<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-case-my-friend-does-not-return-to-me/
