Dinle Neyden

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Dervish Halil: On the day I die, when I'm being carried toward the grave / Do not suppose that leaving this world troubles me Do not weep for me Say not 'Alas, alas!' / You will fall into the devil's snare that would indeed be alas! / When I am buried do not speak of separation at my funeral. / It is my moment of union. / It is when I come upon the eternal embrace of my Beloved. / As I am lowered into the ground / Do not say, Farewell, farewell. / The grave is only a curtain for the splendor of Paradise. / Have you not seen it set? Now watch it rise. / What harm ever came to the setting Sun or Moon? / Which seed fell in the earth that did not grow there? / Do you doubt the fate of human seed? / Do you not think that I am under ground? / These seven heavens are under my feet!