On the Art of Dying while Living.

If you wish to learn the art of dying while living

Go and sit in the company of the mystics.

If someone splatters you with dirt,

Be like a dung-hill, take it without reproach.

Let them hurl abuse at you

accept it in humility.

Bear complaints, censure, blame, calumny with patience

For the sake of the Beloved.

Our strings are in the hands of the AlMighty,

Let us live in submission to His Will.