Paul E. Weber

If you want to sit with a wise one
          whose words will lead you to long for the beloved,
don’t look to me – I am no such person
          and will soon be gone from your midst.

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If you want to sit with one who can guide you
          in your affairs with insight received from the Unseen
who will tell you to choose this one or that one, to take
          this way or that 
don’t look to me – I am no such person
          and received no such intimations.

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If you want to sit with one and hear stories 
          of the masters and their deeds from one who
          was intimate
don’t look to me – I am no such person 
          and I have no such tales to tell.

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But if you are looking for someone to sit by you
          and with fidelity join you in the silent struggle
          to remember the Friend, to offer your attention to
          the repetition of His Name
Then look to me, who, one 
          way or the other, will soon be gone.