O ascetic, for God's sake do not lift the veil of the Kaaba, lest the very same infidel beloved turns out to be here as well.

In this wonderfully witty verse, the poet playfully warns the orthodox preacher not to lift the sacred veil of the Kaaba. The underlying fear—and delightful secret—is that even inside the holiest sanctuary, he might find the very same enchanting, 'infidel' beloved who already rules his heart. It beautifully dissolves the boundary between sacred devotion and passionate love, suggesting that to a true lover, the divine and the beloved are everywhere identical.