Love came out of the former Eternity,
Went away in to the Eternity to come,
And didn't see anyone in the eighteen-thousand worlds
Worthy to eat even one spoonful of its sweet sherbet-
And when Love reached the Truth at last,
only this word was left:
He loves them;
They also love Him.

Charles Upton, Doorkeeper of the heart - Versions of Rabi'a