O heart, do not tie a firm knot of attachment to the world
You are a wandering guest; this is a ruined caravanserai
Fuzuli, Turkish Dîvân, ghazal (Ali Nihad Tarlan, Fuzûlî Divanı Şerhi, Ankara: Akçağ, 1981, p. 346).
He speaks to the heart.
Do not pull the knot too tight.
A ribat is a caravanserai on the road.
A ruined one, at that.
And the traveler is a wanderer.
One who stops for a single night
does not repair the roof.
But he lights its fire, drinks its water.
To love without attachment
is easily said.
The hard part is to stay here
without forgetting that you are a traveler.
When morning comes,
the load should again be light.