Go sweep out the chamber of your heart.
Make it ready to be the dwelling place of the Beloved.
When you depart out,
He will enter it.
In you,
void of yourself,
will He display His beauties.

The tavern-haunter wanders alone in a desolate place,
seeing the whole world as a mirage.

The tavern-haunter is a seeker of Unity,
a soul freed from the shackles of himself.

Though the chamber of the heart is small,
it’s large enough for the Lord of both worlds
to gladly make His home there.

- Mahmud Shabistari

From: The Secret Rose Garden