"Say to my friends,
when they look upon me, dead
Weeping
for me and mourning me in sorrow
Do not believe that this
corpse you see is myself
In the name of God, I
tell you, it is not I,
I am a spirit, and this
is naught but flesh
It was my abode and my
garment for a time.
I am a treasure, by a
talisman kept hid,
Fashioned of dust, which
served me as a shrine,
I am a pearl, which has
left it's shell deserted,
I am a bird, and this
body was my cage
Whence I have now floron
forth and it is left as a token
Praise to God, who hath
now set me free
And prepared for me my
place in the highest of the heaven,
Until today I was dead,
though alive in your midst.
Now I live in truth,
with the grave - clothes discarded.
Today I hold converse
with the saints above,
With no veil between, I
see God face to face.
I look upon
"Loh-i-Mahfuz" and there in I read
Whatever was and is and
all that is to be.
Let my house fall in
ruins, lay my cage in the ground,
Cast away the talisman,
it is a token, no more
Lay aside my cloak, it
was but my outer garment.
Place them all in the
grave, let them be forgotten,
I have passed on my way
and you are left behind
Your place of abode was
no deweling place for me.
Think not that death is
death, nay, it is life,
A life that surpasses
all we could dream of here,
While in this world,
here we are granted sleep,
Death is but sleep,
sleep that shall be prolonged
Be not frightened when
death draweth night,
It is but the departure
for this blessed home
Think of the mercy and
love of your Lord,
Give thanks for His
Grace and come without fear.
What I am now, even so
shall you be
For I know that you are
even as I am
The souls of all men
come forth from God
The bodies of all are
compounded alike
Good and evil, alike it
was ours
I give you now a message
of good cheer
May God's peace and joy
for evermore be yours."