It is expressed in the style of a riddle. She was one of those female scholars worthy of mention.) (Tercümân, 83
Come, O Ancient House, come
Your light shines in our hearts
(The Ancient House is the Kaʿba, the ancient house; it is the pure, radiant qalb (the heart) of the ʿārif (gnostic) in which Allah, Exalted and Most High, has expanded His ḥaqīqa (inner reality).
To You is my complaint
I crossed the desert for Your sake
I walked slowly
I shed my tears for Your sake
Describing his state during his spiritual journey (sayr wa sulūk) and the ascetic discipline (riyāḍa) and spiritual struggle (mujāhada) he undertook on the path, he expresses these with the word "mufāwiẓ (the one who crosses the desert)". The phrase "I walked slowly through the desert, I shed my tears for Your sake" refers to the longing (shawq) he feels to reach the Beloved and attain his sought-after goal. (Tercümân, 115