' Someone asked '...

"Someone asked, 'What is it to be a lover?'

I replied, 'Don't ask about these meanings.

'When you become like me, you'll see.

'When He calls you, you'll tell the tale.'



-Jalaluddin Rumi
Kulliyyāt, 29050–1
William C. Chittick
The Religion of Love Revisited
Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society, Volume 54, 2013