I walk burningly love dyed me reddingly either sane or insane see what love has done to me
folks I sift in winds dusty like roads folks pouring like floods see what love has done to me
water flow my flood in distress my liver cools I’m an obstinate mule love has done me
friends either lift me or have your ways with me made me weep now make me laugh see what love has done to me
I toil from village to town the name of the prophet tongue to tongue who heard my exile song what love has done me
becoming a Majnun* I walk dreaming of my love as I talk crushed waking up see love has done me
poor Yunus I’m lost head to toe wounds astray from friends’ homes what love has done me
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