“Don’t be hurt if I speak straightforwardly with my friends. I gave my word not to be hypocritical. Because you couldn’t wait for the word I wanted to say, it was lost. No other words come to mind. If you have something to say, wait until I have finished speaking. These dervish conversations are subtle. If something is lost now, the words that will come will be different.”
More from Shams Tabrizi
“The shaikh said, ‘The Caliph has forbidden the Sema.’ This prohibition turned into a knot…”
“Sema is permitted for the pure servants of God, because their hearts are clean. They love…”
“In my dream I had told you, when my chest and his joint together, this becomes his rank.…”
“The mind constricts; love unbinds. The mind says, ‘Don’t let go or overflow.’ Love says,…”