Abd al-Salam al-Maqdisi (d. 1280)

O you who love the meaning of our beauty, the bride price is high for those who seek our hand:

a burned-out body, a grieving soul, and eyes deprived of the taste of sleep,

and a heart wherein nothing exists except Us; if you wish, pay the price.

Annihilate yourself, if you will, for all eternity; annihilation brings you near to that quarter.

Remove your sandals if you come to the neighborhood, for there lies our sanctuary.

Cast away the two universes, and remove from us what lies between us.

And when asked whom you love, say: ‘I am the one I love, and the one I love is me.’