Beloved, Friend, Lover, King
God in His loving aspect
The lover
The Sufi in search of the Beloved
Burning
The process of purification of the soul
Darvish, Dervish
Sufi mystic
Drunk, drunkenness
Intoxication with the love of God
Reed
Longing for return to the source
Killing
Breaking one's attachment to the ego
Nightingale
Symbol of the soul's longing
Ocean
The limitless universe of God
Rose
Symbol of the beauty of the Beloved
Rose-garden
Paradise and eternal beauty
Sema, Sama
Spiritual whirling dance of the darvishes
Sufi
Mystic in search of the Beloved
Wine
Symbol of the ecstasy of the love of God