Dearly beloved!
I have called you so often and you have not heard me.
I have shown myself to you so often
and you have not seen me.
I have made myself fragrance so often,
and you have not smelled me.
Savorous food, and you have not tasted me.
Why can you not reach me through the object you touch
Or breathe me through sweet perfumes?
Why do you not see me? Why do you not hear me?
Why? Why? Why?

-Ibn ‘Arabi,
“Listen, O dearly beloved”
from the Kitab al-Tajalliyat (Book of Theophanies)
translated in the form of a poem by Henry Corbin