Divine Intoxication" is a common theme in Middle Eastern poetry.
In this mood, Kahlil Gibran wrote: "Only an idiot and a genius break man-made laws and they are the nearest to the heart of God." And so, the poetry written by or about these "drunkards.
Such "inebriation," however, often produces unconventional behavior, even hints of madness, marking the lover as one apparently lost to the ordinary world.
The "wine" on which the seeker becomes "drunk" is nothing less than the nectar of love.
Divine Intoxication" is a common theme in Middle Eastern poetry