One qawaali had these lines:
If you want to make me mad for you, do so; but do not make me a laughing-stock. O you people of the world, who think me mad and throw stones at me, if you were fortunate enough to have this love, you also would be mad like me. O you who talk of loving God, you have to bow to Him as though at every step, every particle of dust were a threshold to the Beloved.
A Persian record of Hafiz's poetry was played, and Baba translated its meaning:
Do not procrastinate. Start to love from this very moment. Do not forget the Beloved even for one instant.
Baba explained about Hafiz's Master, Attar. He had long tresses of black hair, and Hafiz would comb his hair. The songs revealed what Hafiz said of him:
Do not let your hair flow freely, As my heart receives an arrow from every hair.
Hafiz also said of Attar:
O Beloved Master! These tears that I shed Are tears of blood so precious That you should consider them as pearls and wear them as earrings.
Also by Hafiz:
God says, O lover of mine, if you want to enter my lane, First let your head roll under my feet and be kicked by me as a ball. The lover replies: I have been killed by your love, And yet, you cruel Beloved, you do not even glance at me.
After the music, Baba concluded, "So today, we have tried to love God, we talked of love and heard songs of love. I am the most busy in the world. I have to look after the details of these meetings and work on all planes. Yet, I am the most inactive one also.
"Today we resolve that we must love God at any cost. The most practical way to do it, I will tell you at the meeting."
Baba watched them eat lunch and then walked down the hill to inspect the meeting preparations at lower Meherabad. He left for Meherazad at about 2:00 P.M.
At 7 A.M on Monday, 20 September 1954, Baba met the Westerners at Viloo Villa and then all left for Sakori in four vehicles: Baba and Gulmai traveled in Sarosh's car, a few of the mandali in Adi's car and the Westerners and several others in two rented station wagons. They stopped at Rahuri for some time as hundreds had gathered on the roadside for Baba's darshan. Baba showed the Westerners the spot where he had had his Mad Ashram (in 1936–37). Charles Purdom and others narrated humorous stories to Baba, and Darwin Shaw took his photograph.
They arrived in Sakori at 9:30 A.M., and the ashram residents came to receive them singing in a procession, with a band playing.