MASNAVI I:3899-912

O Help of all those who call for help, lead us aright!
Do not let any heart stray that You have guided by You grace.
Do not server us from all those who are well-pleased with you.
Nothing is more bitter to our taste then separation from you.
Without Your protection all is confusion. The material world saps our spiritual strength.
Our bodies strip the cloth of spirituality from our souls.
How can we save our souls without Your help?
The soul that is not united with its Beloved is lost and miserable for ever.
If You do not admit a soul to Your presence, even alive, regard it as dead!
If You reproach Your slaves, that is only fitting, Lord.

And if You say the sun and moon are filth,
And if You declare the tall cypress bent,
And if You call the skies above contemptible,
And the seas and mines empty,
You speak the truth,
For You are the source of all perfections
You alone have the power to perfect
You are holy and free from non-existence
You endow the non-existent with existence
And bring them to life!