WITHOUT PATIENCE NO ONE HAS EVER GAINED A PEARL

Oh Meher, I bow down to You, but You kick me.
When You first embraced me I thought You were all love.

For years I have been Yours, but You have not been mine.
I am deeply hurt, but I will never leave You.

I long to gather the honey flowing from You glance,
But I do not have a jug to collect this nectar.

You burned the nest of my existence — then deserted me.
Oh Beloved, how cruel You are — making me an ocean of fire!

You order, "Drown in the ocean; snatch the pearl from the bottom."
But how can I do both? I have tried and tried, but constantly I failed.

Oh Bhau, be patient, you have fallen in love with the only Beloved.
Without patience no one has ever gained a pearl.