(translation by Coleman Barks)
Forget the world, and so
command the world.
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder
help someone’s soul to heal
Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
Stay in the spiritual fire.
Let it cook you.
Be a well-baked loaf
and lord of the table.
Come and be served
to your brothers.
You have been a source of pain.
Now you’ll be the delight.
You have been an unsafe house.
Now you’ll be the One
who sees into the Invisible.
I said this, and a Voice came to my ear,
“if you become this, you will be That!”
Then Silence … and now more Silence.
A mouth is not for talking.
A mouth is for tasting this Sweetness.
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