Bird of heart, fly not save in the air of selflessness; candle of soul, shine not save in the palace of selflessness.
May the sun of God’s grace ever shine upon lovers, so that the shadow of the phoenix of selflessness may fall upon all.
Though a lover may behold myriad fortunes and comforts, naught enters his vision save the calamity of selflessness.
Look upon me, who have cast myself into affliction for the sweetnesses I have experienced in the nonentity of selflessness.
What a life, what a hundred lives indeed, if a man should sacrifice them in desire for selflessness and for the sake of selflessness.
Lover, sit not with sorrowful ones, lest dust should fall on the joy of selflessness.
Use cruelly anyone who is a lover of prudence that you may find new pleasures in the faithfulness of selflessness.
When you know selflessness, leadership loses its market for you; head and leadership are as the dust of the foot of selflessness.
It is pleasant to get visibly on the throne of kingship over one’s enemies, but these things have no worth in comparison with selflessness.
If you wish that Shams-i Tabr¯ız should be your guest, empty your house of self, O landlord of selflessness.
