A Robe Of My Own Skin And Veins

There's a friend who feeds me pleasure and kindness.
He's sewn me a robe of my own skin and veins:
body the robe for my Sufi heart,
This friend my lord, my cloister the whole world.

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi (Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi, 246)