,transcriber's ,notes ,obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected4 ,variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged4 ,the footnotes are located at the end of the book4 ,italics are represented thus italic4 ,,tr,,bner',s ,,oriental ,,series4 ,,edinburgh3 ,,printed ,,by ,,ballantyne1 ,,hanson ,,and ,,co41 ,,paul',s ,,work ,,and ,,chandos ,,street1 ,,london ,,the ,,mesnev 7,,usually ,,known ,,as ,,the ,,mesnev,,yi ,,sher,f1 ,,or ,,holy ,,mesnev7 ,,of ,,mevl,n 7,,our ,,lord7 ,,jel,,lu-',d-,d,n1 ,,muhammed1 ,,er-,r,m4 ,,book ,,the ,,first4 ,,together ,,with ,,some ,,account ,,of ,,the ,,life ,,and ,,acts ,,of ,,the ,,author1 ,,of ,,his ,,ancestors1 ,,and ,,of ,,his ,,descendants2 ,illustrated by a ,selection of ,characteristic ,anecdotes1 ,,as ,,collected ,,by ,,their ,,historian1 ,,mevl,n ,,shemsu-',d-,d,n ,,ahmed1 ,,el ,,efl,k1 ,,el #8,,rif4 ,,translated1 ,,and ,,the ,,poetry ,,versified1 ,,by ,,james ,w4 ,,redhouse1 ,m4,r4,a4,s41 ,,etc4 ,,london3 ,,tr,,bner ,,co41 ,,ludgate ,,hill4 #ahha4 ,all rights reserved4 8,mathnaoui ou ,methnevi 7in ,persian and ,turkish3 ,mesnev74 ,c'est le nom d'un des plus fameux ,livres de l',orient1 compos en vers ,persiens sur un grand nombre de diffrentes matires de ,religion1 d',histoire1 de ,morale1 et de ,politique4 8,il a t compos par ,gelaleddin ,mohammed1 fils de ,mohammed1 ,al ,balkhi1 ,al ,konoui1 environ l'an #fjj de l',hegire4 8,les surnoms de ,balkhi et de ,konoui sont donns cet ,auteur1 parce qu'il tait natif de la ville de ,balkh en ,khorassan1 et qu'il vint s'tablir ensuite dans celle de ,cogni en ,natolie4 8,ce fut dans cette mme ville qu'il institua un ordre de ,derviches plus spirituels que les autres1 lesquels on appelle ordinairement ,mevlevis1 qui font leur ,capital de l'ouvrage de leur ,maistre1 auquel ils ne portent gures moins de respect qu' l',alcoran4 ,c'est pourquoi on donne aussi souvent au ,mathnaoui le surnom de ,mevlevi4 8,il y a un grand nombre de ,commentaires ,persiens et ,turcs sur ce ,livre1 dont la posie est estime si excellente1 que tous ses vers en sont cits1 comme autant de sentences40--,d',herbelot1 ,bibliothque ,orientale4 ,,contents4 ,,page ,,translator',s ,,preface vii ,,selected ,,anecdotes4 ,,chap4 ,i4 ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 ,veled1 ,sultnu-'l-#8,ulem #c ,,ii4 ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dn1 ,sirr-,dn #ac ,,iii4 ,mevln ,jellu-'d-,dn1 ,muhammed #ah ,,iv4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 ,tebrz #ii ,v4 ,sheykh ,salhu-'d-,dn1 ,ferdn #aaj ,,vi4 ,cheleb ,husmu-'d-,dn1 ,hasan #aac ,,vii4 ,bah'u-'d-,din1 ,sultn ,veled #abb ,,viii4 ,cheleb ,emr #8rif #abf ,,ix4 ,genealogical #acb ,,the ,,mesnev--,,book ,i4 ,,preface i ,,introduction4--,,plaint ,,of ,,the ,,reed-,,flute #a ,,tale ,i4 ,the ,prince and the ,handmaid #d ,,ii4 ,the ,oilman and the ,parrot #ai ,,iii4 ,the ,jewish ,king1 ,persecutor of ,christians #be ,,iv4 ,another ,jewish ,king1 ,persecutor of ,christians #ee ,v4 ,the ,lion and the ,beasts #fg ,,vi4 ,the ,greater 7,spiritual7 ,warfare #aja ,,vii4 ,the ,merchant and the ,parrot #aad ,,viii4 ,the ,harper #aci ,,ix4 ,the ,poor ,scenite ,arab and his ,wife #afe ,x4 ,patience and ,perseverance #bab ,,xi4 ,the ,lion's ,hunt #bah ,,xii4 ,joseph and the ,mirror #bbh ,,xiii4 ,the ,prophet's ,amanuensis #bcd ,,xiv4 ,the ,chinese and ,roman ,artists #bdh ,,xv4 ,zeyd's ,inspiration #bed ,,xvi4 #8,ali's ,forbearance #bgj ,,conclusion #bhi ,,translator',s ,,preface4#a ,the historian ,el ,eflk was a disciple of ,cheleb ,emr #8rif1 a grandson of the author of the ,mesnev4 #8rif died in ,a4,d4 #acbj2 but as the dates of #8rif's successors are carried down to ,a4,h4 #ged 7,a4,d4 #acec71 when ,eflk's collection of anecdotes was completed1 the historian must have outlived this last date4 ,as a disciple of the ,emr #8rif1 he was a dervish of the order named ,mevlev1 as being followers of the rule and practices of ,mevln ,jellu-'d-,dn1 er-,rm1 commonly known in ,english literature as 8the dancing dervishes10 expressed by ,americans3 8whirling dervishes40 ,the dervishes of the order do not all dance or 8whirl40 ,some are musicians1 and some singers or chanters1 who may1 however1 be occasional dancers also4 ,eflk's work gives a sufficiency of dates to fix the principal events that he commemorates4 ,his dates do not agree exactly with those found in other historians4 ,they are1 however1 sufficiently near for general purposes not of a chronologically critical nature4 ,they commence with ,a4,h4 #fje 7,a4,d4 #abjh71 and thus cover a period of #ade years dated1 besides another #cj years of the lifetime of ,jell's grandfather undated1 who was a noble of such high standing and of so great a reputation for learning and sanctity at ,balkh1 that the king gave him his only daughter in marriage1 unsolicited4 ,his mother was also a princess of the same royal house with his wife4 ,this royal house was the one known in history as that of ,kh'rezm-shh or the ,kharezmians4 ,they were overthrown1 and ,balkh 7the ancient ,bactra1 or ,zariaspa71 their capital1 destroyed1 by ,jengz ,khn in ,a4,d4 #abaa4 ,a remnant of their kingdom was continued for twelve years longer by the last of the line1 who died1 at once a fugitive and an invader1 in ,azerbyjn1 in a battle fought against the combined forces of ,egypt1 ,syria1 and ,asia ,minor4 ,jell's family claimed descent from ,ab-,bekr1 a father-in-law and the first successor of ,muhammed1 the lawgiver of ,islm4 ,one of the descendants of ,ab-,bekr was among the conquerors of the ancient ,bactria1 when it was first brought under ,muslim rule1 in about ,a4,d4 #fej1 under the ,caliph #8thmn2 and his children had maintained a prominent position in that country1 possessed of great wealth1 until the time immediately preceding the irruption of ,jengz4 ,jell was the youngest of three children1 two being sons1 born of the princess1 his mother1 in ,balkh4 ,the eldest1 a daughter1 was already married1 and remained behind with her husband1 when her father and brothers left their native city some time between ,a4,d4 #abjh and #abaa1 in which latter year they were at ,bagdd4 ,there is no further mention of ,jell's elder brother4 ,jell was five years old when they left ,balkh4 ,by way of ,bagdd they went to ,mekka1 thence to ,damascus1 and next to ,erzinjn1 in ,armenia2 thence to ,larenda1 in ,asia ,minor4 ,jell's mother was still with the party4 ,he was now eighteen years old2 and was married1 at ,larenda1 to a lady named ,gevher 7,pearl71 daughter of a certain ,lala ,sherefu-'d-,dn of ,samarqand1 in ,a4,d4 #abbf4b ,she bore him two sons there1 #8,al'u-'d-,dn 7afterwards killed in a tumult at ,qonya7 and ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,sultn ,veled1 through whom the succession of the house was continued4 ,she appears to have died rather young2 for ,jell afterwards married another lady of ,qonya1 who outlived him1 and by whom he had two other children1 a son and a daughter4 7,see ,anecdotes1 ,chap1 iii41 ,no4 #fi1 for a variant47 ,after the birth of ,sultn ,veled at ,larenda1 ,jell's father was invited to ,qonya by the ,seljqi king1 #8,al'u-'d-,dn ,kayqubd1 where he founded a college1 and where he died in ,a4,d4 #abca4 ,the king built a marble mausoleum over his grave1 with this date inscribed on it4 ,the king himself died1 five years later1 in ,a4,d4 #abcf4 ,at his father's death1 ,jell went to ,aleppo and ,damascus for several years to study1 and then returned to ,qonya1 where he was appointed professor of four separate colleges4 ,his reputation for learning and sanctity became very great4 ,but before this journey to ,damascus1 he appears to have paid a visit to ,larenda4 ,for1 a former pupil of his father's at ,balkh1 who had become a great saint and anchoret1 came to ,qonya to seek ,jell1 and was the cause of his returning from ,larenda to the capital4 ,this was the ,sheykh and ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dnn1 who became ,jell's spiritual teacher for some time4 ,the dates given do not agree in the various branches of ,eflk's compilation2 for he here gives a period of nine years' spiritual study at ,qonya under ,burhn4 ,after ,burhn's instructions and departure from ,qonya to ,qaysariyya1 where he died1 and after ,jell's studies at ,aleppo and ,damascus1 with his subsequent return to ,qonya and appointment to the four colleges1 another great saint came to visit ,jell at this latter city4 ,this was ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz1 for whom ,jell conceived a very great friendship4 ,he is mentioned in the ,mesnev several times in very high terms4 ,he appears to have been exceedingly aggressive and domineering in his manner4 ,this roused a fierce animosity against him1 which at length broke out in a tumult4 ,jell's eldest son1 #8,al'u-'d-,dn1 was killed or mortally hurt in this disturbance4 ,the local police seized ,shemsu-'d-,dn in consequence1 and he was never again seen alive by his friends4 ,jell went himself to ,damascus1 in hopes that he might have been sent away1 or have got away1 privately4 ,but the effort was fruitless4 ,later traditions cause his corpse to have been recovered and buried at ,qonya1 differing1 however1 as to the place of interment4 ,when ,jell found that he required assistance in conducting all the various duties that fell on him1 he selected first for that office his former fellow-student-1 ,sheykh ,salhu-'d-,dn ,ferdn1 surnamed ,zer-,kb 7the ,goldbeater71 from his business4 ,he assisted ,jell for about ten years1 and died in ,a4,d4 #abeh4 ,jell now took as his assistant his own favourite pupil1 ,hasan ,husmu-'d-,dn1 surnamed the son of ,akh-,turk1 through his being descended from some man of celebrity of the name or designation of ,akh-,turk4 ,there appears to have been a large family of very influential men residing at ,qonya and other towns of ,asia ,minor1 all calling themselves ,akh1 and distinguished as ,akh ,ahmed1 ,akh ,eshref1 c4 ,the word 8,akh0 is ,arabic1 and signifies 8my brother40 ,it may also mean 8one related to a brother10 as a servant1 slave1 client1 c41 of some prince1 c42 or of some dervish 8brother0 of some religious order4 ,indeed1 these very numerous individuals named ,akh1 may have been each a 8brother0 of such a fraternity or fraternities1 or even of some industrial guild4 ,ten years after ,husm was taken as his assistant by ,jell1 this latter was called to his rest in ,december ,a4,d4 #abgc2 and was buried in his father's mausoleum1 leaving ,husm as his successor4 ,but meanwhile1 at ,husm's suggestion1 and with himself as the first amanuensis thereof1 the ,mesnev had been composed1 in six volumes1 books1 or parts1 by ,jell4 ,the second volume was commenced in ,a4,d4 #abfc4 ,there had been an interval of two years between the completion of the first and this1 caused by ,husm's grief at the death of his wife4 ,the whole work is stated to contain twenty-six thousand six hundred and sixty couplets4 ,a seventh volume or book has been also attributed to the ,mesnev1 to make up the number to that of the 8seven planets20 some say it was composed or collected by ,sultn ,veled4 ,the anecdotes of ,eflk make mention of many hundreds of odes composed also by ,jell4 ,he is said to have instituted his peculiar order of dervishes1 with their special dress1 the ,indian garb of mourning1 in memory of his murdered friend1 ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz2 and to have adopted the use of instrumental music1 the flute1 the rebeck1 the drum1 and the tambourine1 with singing or chanting1 as an accompaniment to the holy dance1 on account of the lethargic nature of the 8,romans40 ,as a child is tempted to take a salutary medicine by the exhibition of a little jam or honey1 so ,jell judged that the 8,romans0 might be tempted to a devotional love for ,god through the bait of sweet sounds addressed to their outward senses4 ,dancing or twirling by dervishes was of much older date1 as will be recollected in one of the tales of the ,arabian ,nights4 ,husm died in ,a4,d4 #abhd1 just ten years after his teacher ,jell2 whose son1 ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 ,sultn ,veled1 succeeded ,husm as chief of the order1 and died in ,a4,d4 #acab4 ,his son1 ,cheleb ,emr #8rif1 succeeded him1 and passed away in ,a4,d4 #acbj2 two of his half-brothers becoming chiefs of the order after him in succession4 ,eflk informs us that he undertook the compilation of his work at the express desire of his spiritual teacher1 ,cheleb ,emr #8rif4 ,the preface gives the year ,a4,h4 #gaj 7,a4,d4 #acaj7 as that of its commencement1 and the colophon at the end mentions ,a4,h4 #ged 7,a4,d4 #acec7 as the date of its completion4 ,he thus spent forty-three years in his labour of love4 ,the copy used for the present translation was written in ,a4,h4 #ajbg 7,a4,d4 #afag71 and belongs to the library of the ,india ,office1 being ,no4 #afgj4 ,it is a quarto volume of #bia numbered folios of two pages each folio1 and twenty-three lines in each page4 ,it is subdivided into a preface1 of two folios1 and ten chapters of very different lengths1 thus3 #a4 ,acts of ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled1 ,sultnu-'l-#8,ulem #ad folios4 #b4 ,acts of ,seyyid ,sirr-,dn1 ,burhnu-'d-,dn1 ,termiz #e 0 #c4 ,acts of ,mevln ,jellu-'d-,dn1 ,muhammed #aee 0 #d4 ,acts of ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 ,tebrz #bc 0 #e4 ,acts of ,sheykh ,salhu-'d-,dn1 ,zer-,kb #aa 0 #f4 ,acts of ,husmu-'d-,dn1 ,khalfa of ,god #ad 0 #g4 ,acts of ,mevln ,bah'u-l',alcoran-,dn1 ,sultn ,veled #ac 0 #h4 ,acts of ,cheleb ,emr #8rif #de 0 #i4 ,acts of ,cheleb ,emr #8bd1 c4 #f 0 #aj4 ,genealogical #b 0 --- ,total #bhh ,the work contains many hundreds of anecdotes1 related to ,eflk by trustworthy reporters1 whose names are generally given1 and a few for which he vouches himself as an eyewitness4 ,every anecdote is the account of a miracle wrought by the living or the dead2 or is the narrative of some strange or striking event4 ,it is1 in fact1 a species of the ,acts of the ,apostles of the ,mevlev dervish fathers1 and is a rare specimen of what fervid religious enthusiasm can invent or exaggerate1 pious credulity can believe1 and confiding ignorance accept4 ,in these days of ,christian 8,spiritualism10 let not the reader be over-shocked at learning that ,muslim 8,saints10 lovers of their ,creator1 and beloved by ,him in return1 hold themselves and are held by their dervish brethren to be the successors and spiritual inheritors of the prophets1 from ,adam to ,muhammed2 that1 in virtue of this spiritual communion with ,god1 they know all the secrets and mysteries of heaven and earth1 and not only suspend or overrule the laws of nature at their will1 but also deal out death or disease by their anger1 health or prosperity by their blessing2 the whole in strict accordance1 however1 with the eternal will and foreknowledge of ,him by whom alone all things are made4 ,the anecdotes translated are chosen as being characteristic of various points of dervish credence or assertion4 ,most of them inculcate some moral truth or point of practical wisdom4 ,a few will be found1 however1 to go far beyond the credible2 and one or two1 unless totally misunderstood by the translator1 are simply and grossly blasphemous4 ,these last are here given as specimens of the exaggerated dervish doctrines which cause the orthodox among the #8,ulem#c of ,islm to hold all such quasi-religious associations to be more or less heterodox4 ,the dervishes of ,islm appear to be a kind of ,gnostics4 ,they style themselves ,poor1 ,impassioned1 ,adepts1 and ,perfect4 ,in many respects their doctrines correspond with those of ,buddha1 ,pythagoras1 and ,plato1 making all souls that are destined to salvation to be emanations from the divine ,light or ,glory of ,god1 in which they will be again congregated2 and all those doomed to perdition to have been formed out of the ,fire of ,his wrath1 to which also they will eventually be consigned4 ,it is but too patent to the translator that he is bound to sue for the kind indulgence of a critical public1 in offering them the present volume in verse4 ,he has no claim to being a poet himself2 and had never practised the art of metrical composition until very lately4 ,sensible himself to the earnestness of thought and beauty of diction imbedded in the writings of the great poets of ,islm1 and keenly aware of the condition of dry bones to which literal prose translation almost always reduces a songster's numbers1 he has preferred to clothe his author in a presentable garb1 though it be but a crumpled wrap1 rather than exhibit him to readers of taste as a mangled mass1 stripped of all beauty1 and in great measure divested even of cognisable form1 through the conflict of dictions and diversities of ideas4 ,he is in the position of the raindrop sung by ,sa'd 7see ,chap1 iii41 ,no4 #ad1 of the ,anecdotes71 and mentioned of old by ,chardin1 ,addison1 and ,sir ,william ,jones4 ,may the thoughts in the ,mesnev be the gems that will make his effort acceptable to the ,british public4 ,at most1 he is but the diver who risks extinction in the hope that he may have a chance to offer an acceptable pearl of price to those for whom he has worked3-- 8,a raindrop1 from a cloud distilled1 ,at sea's expanse with tremor filled1 ,mused3 #8,where the main rolls1 am ,i aught8 ,in ocean's presence1 sure1 ,i'm naught4' ,itself1 thus eyed with scorn profound1 ,in oyster's bosom nurture found4 ,time's wheel wrought changes manifold2 ,rich pearl of price the raindrop's told4 ,meek modesty its prize received2 ,by naught's gate ent'ring1 worth achieved40 ,,kilburn ,,priory1 ,,london4 #ahhj4 ,,selected ,,anecdotes ,,from ,,the ,,work ,,entitled ,,the ,,acts ,,of ,,the ,,adepts 7,,men,,qibu ',l #8,,rif,n71 ,,by ,,shemsu-'d-,d,n ,,ahmed1 ,,el ,,efl,k4 ,,the ,,acts ,,of ,,the ,,adepts4#d ,,chapter ,i4 ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 ,veled1 ,sultnu-'l-#8,ulem 7,the ,beauty of the ,religion of ,islm1 ,son1 ,sultan of the ,doctors of the ,law74 #a4 ,the king of ,khursn1#e #8,al'u-'d-,dn ,muhammed1 ,khurrem-,shh1 uncle of ,jellu-'d-,dn ,muhammed ,kh'rezm-,shh1 and the proudest1 as he was the most handsome man of his time1 gave his daughter1 ,melika'i-,jihn 7,queen of the ,world71 as to the only man worthy of her1 to ,jellu-'d-,dn ,huseyn1 el ,khatb1 of the race of ,ab-,bekr4 ,an ancestor of his was one of the original ,muslim conquerors of ,khursn4 ,he was himself very virtuous and learned1 surrounded with numerous disciples4 ,he had not married until then2 which gave him many an anxious and self-accusing thought4 ,he himself1 the king1 the king's daughter1 and the king's ,vazr were all four warned in a dream by the ,prince of the ,apostles of ,god 7,muhammed7 that he should wed the princess2 which was done4 ,he was then thirty years old4 ,in due course1 nine months afterwards1 a son was born to him1 and was named ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,muhammed4 ,he is commonly mentioned as ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled4 ,when adolescent1 this latter was so extremely learned that the family of his mother wished to raise him to the throne as king2 but this he utterly rejected4 ,by the divine command1 as conveyed in the selfsame night1 and in an identical dream1 to three hundred of the most learned men of the city of ,balkh1#f the capital of the kingdom1 where he dwelt1 those sage doctors unanimously conferred upon him the honorific title of ,sultnu-'l-#8,ulem1 and they all became his disciples4 ,such are the names and titles by which he is more commonly mentioned2 but he is also styled ,mevlnyi ,buzurg 7the ,greater or ,elder ,master74 ,many miracles and prodigies were attributed to him2 and some men were found who conceived a jealousy at his growing reputation and influence4 #b4 ,in ,a4,h4 #fje 7,a4,d4 #abjh7 he1 ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled1 began to preach against the innovations of the king and sundry of his courtiers1 declaiming against the philosophers and rationalists1 while he pressed all his hearers to study and practise the precepts of ,islm4 ,those courtiers maligned him with the king1 calling him an intriguer who had designs on the throne4 ,the king sent and made him an offer of the sovereignty1 promising to retire elsewhere himself4 ,bah answered that he had no concern with earthly greatness1 being a poor recluse2 and that he would willingly leave the country1 so as to remove from the king's mind all misgivings on his score4 ,he accordingly quitted ,balkh1 with a suite of about forty souls1 after delivering a public address in the great mosque before the king and people4 ,in this address he foretold the advent of the ,moguls to overturn the kingdom1 possess the country1 destroy ,balkh1 and drive out the king1 who would then flee to the ,roman land1 and there at length be killed4 ,so he left ,balkh1 as the prophet 7,muhammed7 had fled from ,mekka to ,medna4 ,his son ,jellu-'d-,dn was then five1 and the elder brother1 #8,al'u-'d-,dn1 seven years old4 ,the people everywhere on his road1 hearing of his approach or forewarned in dreams of his coming1 flocked to meet him and do him honour4 ,thus he drew near to ,bagdd4 ,here he was met by the great ,sheykh ,shahbu-'d-,dn1 #8,umer1 ,suherverd1 the most eminent man of the place1 deputed by the ,caliph ,musta'zim to do him honour4 ,he became the guest of the ,sheykh4 ,the ,caliph sent him a present of three thousand sequins1 but he declined the gift as being money unlawfully acquired4 ,he also refused to visit the ,caliph2 but consented to preach in the great mosque after the noon service of worship on the following ,friday1 the ,caliph being present4 ,in his discourse he reproached the ,caliph to his face with his evil course of life1 and warned him of his approaching slaughter by the ,moguls with great cruelty and ignominy4 ,the ,caliph again sent him rich presents in money1 horses1 and valuables1 but he refused to accept them4 ,before ,bah'u-'d-,dn quitted ,bagdd1 intelligence was received there of the siege of ,balkh1 of its capture1 and of its entire destruction1 with its twelve thousand mosques1 by the ,mogul army of five hundred thousand men commanded by ,jengz in person 7in ,a4,h4 #fjh1 ,a4,d4 #abaa74 ,fourteen thousand copies of the ,qur'n were destroyed1 fifteen thousand students and professors of the law were slain1 and two hundred thousand adult male inhabitants led out and shot to death with arrows4 ,bah'u-'d-,dn went from ,bagdd to ,mekka1#g performed the greater pilgrimage there1 proceeding thence to ,damascus1 and next to ,malatia 7,melitene1 on the ,upper ,euphrates71 where1 in ,a4,h4 #fad 7,a4,d4 #abag71 he heard of the death of ,jengz4 ,the ,seljq ,sultan1 #8,al'u-'d-,dn ,keyqubd1 was then sovereign of the land of ,rome 7,rm1 i4e41 ,asia ,minor71 and was residing at ,sws 7,sebaste74 ,in ,a4,h4 #fbj 7,a4,d4 #abbc7 ,sultan ,jellu-'d-,dn1 the dispossessed monarch of ,kh'rezm 7,chorasmia7 was killed in a battle fought by him in ,azerbyjn 7,atropatene7 against the ,sultans of ,rome1 ,syria1 and ,egypt1 when his forces were totally defeated4 ,and thus ended that great dynasty1 after ruling about a hundred and forty years4 ,bah'u-'d-,dn went from ,malatia and remained four years near ,erzinjn 7the ancient ,aziris1 on the ,western ,euphrates71 in ,armenia1 at a college built for him by a saintly lady1 #8,ismet ,khtn4 ,she was the wife of the local sovereign1 ,melik ,fakhru-'d-,dn4 ,she and her husband both died1 and then ,bah'u-'d-,dn passed on to ,larenda 7in ,cataonia71 in ,asia ,minor1 and remained there about seven years at the head of a college1 the princess ,melika'i-,jihn1 his mother1 being still with him4 ,here it was that his younger son1 ,jellu-'d-,dn ,muhammed1 the future author of the ,mesnev1 attained to man's estate1 being then eighteen years old2 when1 in ,a4,h4 #fbc 7,a4,d4 #abbf71 he married a young lady named ,gevher ,khtn1 daughter of the ,lala ,sherefu-'d-,dn1 of ,samarqand4 ,she gave birth in due course to ,jell's eldest son1 #8,al'u-'d-,dn4 ,the king had now returned to his capital1 ,qonya 7the ancient ,iconium74 ,hearing of ,bah'u-'d-,dn's great learning and sanctity1 the king sent and invited him to the capital1 where he installed him in a college1 and soon professed himself a disciple4 ,many miracles are related as having been worked at ,qonya by ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 who at length died there on ,friday1 the #ahth of ,reb'u-'l-khir1 ,a4,h4 #fbh 7,february ,a4,d4 #abca74 ,the ,sultan erected a marble mausoleum over his tomb1 on which this date is recorded4 ,many miracles continued to occur at this sanctuary4 ,the ,sultan died also a few years later1 in ,a4,h4 #fcd 7,a4,d4 #abcf74 7,after the death of ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled1 and the acquisition of still greater fame by his son ,jellu-'d-,dn1 who received the honorific title of ,khudvendgr--,lord--the father was distinguished from the son1 among the disciples1 by the customary title of ,mevln ,buzurg--the ,greater or ,elder ,master4 ,the traditions collected by ,eflk1 relating to this period1 vary considerably from one another on minor points of date and order of succession1 though the main facts come out sufficiently clear47 #c4 ,jell's son1 ,sultn ,veled1 related to ,eflk that his father ,jell used frequently to say1 8,i and all my disciples will be under the protection of the ,great ,master1 my father1 on the day of resurrection2 and under ,his guidance we shall enter the divine presence2 ,god will pardon all of us for ,his sake40 #d4 ,it is related that when the ,great ,master departed this life1 his son1 ,jellu-'d-,dn1 was fourteen years old4 7,this is apparently a copyist's error for 8twenty-four40 ,jall is said to have been born in ,a4,h4 #fjd--;,a4,d4 #abjg47 ,he married when seventeen 7or eighteen72 and often did he say in the presence of the congregation of his friends1 8,the ,great ,master will remain with me a few years4 ,i shall be in need of ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz 7the capital of ,azerbyjn72 for every prophet has had an ,ab-,bekr1 as ,jesus had ,his apostles40 #e4 ,shortly after the death of the ,great ,master ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled1 news was received by the ,sultan #8,al'u-'d-,dn of ,qonya of the arrival of ,sultan ,jellu-'d-,dn ,kh'rezm-,shh on the borders of ,asia ,minor4 ,the ,sultan went and prayed at the tomb of the deceased saint1 and then prepared to meet the ,kh'rezmians1 who were in the neighbourhood of ,erzenu-'r-,rm 7,erzen of the ,romans1 the ancient ,arzes1 now ,erzerum74 ,scouts brought in the intelligence that the ,kh'rezmians were very numerous2 and great anxiety prevailed among the ,sultan's troops4 ,he resolved to see for himself4 ,he put on a disguise and set out with a few followers1 on fleet horses1 for the ,kh'rezmian camp4 ,they gave out that they were nomad ,turks of the neighbourhood1 their ancestors having come from the ,oxus2 that latterly the ,sultan had withdrawn his favour from them2 and that1 in consequence1 they had for some time past been looking for the ,kh'rezmian advent4 ,this was reported to the king1 ,jellu-'d-,dn1 who sent for them and received them kindly1 giving them tents and assigning them rations4 ,during the night ,king ,jellu-'d-,dn began to reflect that every one had hitherto spoken well of ,sultan #8,al'u-'d-,dn1 and a doubt arose in his mind in consequence respecting the story of these newcomers1 especially as he learned that the ,sultan was on his march to meet him4 ,consulting with the ,prince of ,erzenu-'r-,rm1 further perquisition was postponed until the morrow4 ,but at midnight the deceased saint of ,qonya1 ,bah-,veled1 appeared in a dream to ,sultan #8,al'u-'d-,dn1 and warned him to fly at once4 ,the ,sultan awoke1 found it was a dream1 and went to sleep again4 ,the saint now appeared a second time4 ,the ,sultan saw himself seated on his throne1 and the saint coming to him1 smiting him on the breast with his staff1 and angrily saying1 8,why sleepest thou8 ,arise60 ,now the ,sultan did arise1 quietly called his people1 saddled horses1 and stole away out of the camp4 ,towards morning ,king ,jell caused guards to be placed round the tents of the strangers to watch them4 ,but afterwards1 when orders were given to bring them to the king's presence to be questioned1 their tents were found to be empty4 ,pursuit was attempted1 but in vain4 ,after an interval the two armies came into collision4 ,the ,sultan of ,qonya was victorious4 ,from that time forward1 whenever difficulties threatened1 he always betook himself to the shrine of the saint1 ,bah ,veled1 who always answered his prayers4 7,as ,sultan ,jellu-'d-,dn ,kh'rezm-,shh has already been stated to have died in battle in ,azerbyjn in ,a4,d4 #abbc1 whereas the saint of ,qonya did not die until ,a4,d4 #abca eight years afterwards1 the discrepancy of that date with the present anecdote is irreconcilable47 #f4 ,the ,great ,master1 ,bah ,veled1 used to say that while he himself lived no other teacher would be his equal1 but that when his son1 ,jellu-'d-,dn1 should succeed him at his death1 that son of his would equal and even surpass him4 #g4 ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dn ,termz#h is related to have said that one night the door of the mausoleum of ,bah ,veled opened of itself1 and that a great glory shone forth from it1 which gradually filled his house1 so that no shadow fell from anything4 ,the glory then gradually filled the city in like manner1 spreading thence over the whole face of nature4 ,on beholding this prodigy the ,seyyid swooned away4 ,this vision is a sure indication that the whole human race will one day own themselves the disciples of the descendants of the great saint4 #h4 ,before he quitted ,balkh1 ,bah ,veled one day saw a man performing his devotions in the great mosque in his shirt sleeves1 with his coat upon his back4 ,bah reproved him1 telling him to put on his coat properly and decently1 then to continue his devotions4 8,and what if ,i will not80 asked the man in a disdainful tone4 8,thy dead-like soul will obey my command1 quit thy body1 and thou wilt die60 answered ,bah4 ,instantly the man fell dead2 and crowds flocked to become disciples to the saint who spoke with such power and authority4 #i4 ,when ,sultan #8,al'u-'d-,dn had fortified ,qonya1 he invited ,bah ,veled to mount to the terraced roof of the palace1 thence to survey the walls and towers4 ,after his inspection1 ,bah remarked to the ,sultan1 8,against torrents1 and against the horsemen of the enemy1 thou hast raised a goodly defence4 ,but what protection hast thou built against those unseen arrows1 the sighs and moans of the oppressed1 which overleap a thousand walls and sweep whole worlds to destruction8 ,go to1 now6 strive to acquire the blessings of thy subjects4 ,these are a stronghold1 compared to which the walls and turrets of the strongest castles are as nothing40 #aj4 ,on one occasion ,sultan #8,al'u-'d-,dn paid a visit to ,bah ,veled4 ,in lieu of his hand the latter offered the tip of his staff to be kissed by the ,sultan1 who thought within himself3 8,the proud scholar60 ,bah read the ,sultan's thoughts as a seer1 and remarked in reply thereto3 8,mendicant students are bound to be humble and lowly4 ,not so a ,sultan of the ,faith who has attained to the utmost circumference of the orbit thereof1 and revolves therein40 #aa4 ,a certain ,sheykh ,hajjj1 a disciple of ,bah ,veled and one of ,god's elect not known to the herd of mankind1 quitted the college after the decease of his teacher1 and betook himself to his former trade of a weaver1 therewith to gain an honest livelihood4 ,he used to buy the coarsest brown bread of unsifted flour1 mash this up with water1 and break his fast with this sop alone4 ,all the rest of his earnings he saved up until they would reach to two or three hundred piastres4 ,this sum he would then carry to the college1 and place it in the shoes of his teacher's son1 ,jellu-'d-,dn1 the new rector4 ,this practice he continued so long as he lived4 ,at his death a professional washer was appointed to perform the last ablution for ,sheykh ,hajjj4 ,in the execution of his office the washer was about to touch the privities of the deceased1 when the defunct seized his hand with so strong a grip as to make him scream with pain and fright4 ,the friends came to rescue him1 but they were unable to release the imprisoned hand4 ,they therefore sent word to ,jellu-'d-,dn of what had occurred4 ,he came and saw1 knew the reason1 and whispered into the ear of the deceased man3 8,the poor simpleton has been unaware of the high station of thy sanctity4 ,pardon his unintentional transgression for my sake40 ,immediately the poor washer's hand was released2 but three days afterwards he was himself washed and borne lifeless to his grave4 #ab4 ,the ,sultan had a governor of his childhood still living1 the ,emr ,bedru-'d-,dn ,guhertsh1 commonly known as the ,dizdr 7,castellan71 whom he held in great esteem4 ,one day1 as ,bah ,veled was lecturing in the mosque1 in presence of the ,sultan and his court1 he suddenly called upon the ,dizdr to recite any ten verses of the ,qur'n1 saying he would then expound them to the congregation4 ,the ,dizdr had been admiring the eloquence of the preacher's expositions4 ,upon this sudden call1 without the slightest hesitation and without ever having committed them to memory1 he recited the first ten verses of chapter xxiii41 8,the believers have attained to prosperity10 c41 which ,bah forthwith explained in such a manner as to draw down the plaudits of the assembly4 ,the ,dizdr1 with the ,sultan's permission1 went to the foot of the pulpit and declared himself a disciple to ,bah4 8,then10 said the preacher1 8as a thank-offering for this happy event1 do thou build and endow a college where my descendants shall teach their disciples after me40 ,the ,dizdr did so1 and richly endowed it4 ,this is the college where ,jellu-'d-,dn afterwards lived4 ,when the ,dizdr died he left all his possessions to enrich the foundation4 7,see chap4 iii4 ,no4 #fi47 #ac4 ,the ,sultan had a dream 7something like one of ,nebuchadnezzar's74 ,he saw himself with a head of gold1 a breast of silver1 a belly of brass1 thighs of lead1 and shanks of tin4 ,bah ,veled explained the dream as follows3--8,all will go well in the kingdom during thy lifetime4 ,it will be as silver in the days of thy son2 as brass in the next generation1 when the rabble will get the upper hand4 ,troubles will thicken during the next reign2 and after that the kingdom of ,rome will go to ruin1 the house of ,seljq will come to an end1 and unknown upstarts will seize the reins of government40 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dn1 ,sirr-,dn1 el ,muhaqqiq1 el ,huseyn1 of the posterity of ,y-,sn 7,muhammed74#i 7,he is called ,seyyid1 the 8,syud0 of our ,east ,india authorities1 for the reason that he was a descendant of the prophet1 of whom ,y-,sn is one of the titles1 as it is also the name of the thirty-sixth chapter of the ,qur'n1 at the head of which the two letters stand which form the name4 ,burhnu-'d-,dn means ,the ,proof of the ,religion2 ,sirr-,dn signifies ,the ,confidant1 one who possesses a knowledge of a secret or secrets1 a mystery or mysteries4 ,muhaqqiq is one who verifies1 who probes the truth2 and ,huseyn indicates that the ,seyyid was of the branch of ,huseyn1 the younger of the two sons of ,ftima1 ,muhammed's only child that left posterity47 #a4 ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dn was popularly known by the name of ,sirr-,dn at ,balkh1 ,bukhr 7,alexandria ,oxiana871 and ,termz4 ,his discourse was continually running upon the subjects of spiritual and mental phenomena1 of the mysteries of earth and of heaven4 ,when ,bah ,veled quitted ,balkh1 the ,seyyid went to ,termz1 and there secluded himself as a hermit4 ,after a while again he began to lecture in public on the significations of knowledge4 ,suddenly1 one morning1 that of ,friday the #ahth of ,reb'u-'l-khir1 ,a4,h4 #fbh 7,february1 #abca ,a4,d471 he cried out most bitterly1 in a flood of tears1 8,alas6 my master has passed away from this tabernacle of dust to the abode of sincerity60 ,his words and the date were noted down1 and1 on inquiry1 after his arrival in ,qonya1 were found to correspond exactly with the moment of ,bah ,veled's decease4 #b4 ,for forty days the disciples at ,termz mourned for the death of the great teacher4 ,at the end of that period the ,seyyid said3 8,the son of my master1 his successor1 ,jellu-'d-,dn ,muhammed1 is left alone and is wishing to see me4 ,i must go to the land of ,rome and place myself at his service1 delivering over to him the trust which my teacher confided to my safe-keeping40 #c4 ,when the ,seyyid reached ,qonya1 ,bah ,veled had been dead about a year1 and ,jell had gone to ,larenda4 ,the ,seyyid applied himself for several months to devotional seclusion in one of the mosques of ,qonya2 after which he sent off a letter to ,jell by the hands of two mendicants1 saying3 8,come and meet this stranger to thee at the resting-place of thy father1 for ,larenda is not a place of permanency for thee4 ,from that hill 7on which ,bah's mausoleum was built7 a fire will shower down on the city of ,qonya40 ,after reading this epistle ,jell returned to ,qonya with all possible despatch4 ,there he went at once to visit the ,seyyid1 who came forth from the mosque to receive him4 ,they embraced4 ,they now entered into conversation on various subjects4 ,so delighted was the ,seyyid with the expositions set forth by ,jell that he kissed the soles of his feet1 and exclaimed3 8,a hundredfold hast thou surpassed thy father in all knowledge of the humanities2 but thy father was versed also in the mysteries of mute reality and ecstasy4 ,from this day forward my desire is that thou shouldest also acquire that knowledge1--the knowledge possessed by the prophets and the saints1 which is entitled ,the ,science of ,divine ,intuition--the science spoken of by ,god 7in ,qur'n xviii4 #fd73 #8,we have taught him a science from within us4' ,this knowledge did ,i acquire from my teacher2 do thou receive it from me1 so that thou mayest be the heir to thy father in spiritual matters as well as in things temporal4 ,thou wilt then be his second self40 ,jell complied with all the ,seyyid pressed upon him4 ,he took the ,seyyid to his college1 and for nine years received instruction from him4 ,some accounts make it appear that ,jell first became the ,seyyid's disciple at this time2 but others go to show that ,bah ,veled gave ,jell as a pupil to the ,seyyid at ,balkh1 and that the ,seyyid used now and then to carry ,jell about on his shoulders1 like as is practised by the nursing-tutors--lala--of children4 7,compare chap4 iii41 ,nos4 #f and #h47 #d4 ,husmu-'d-,dn told us that ,jell had informed him of the following occurrence3-- ,the ,seyyid once arrived at a certain city in ,khursn named ,smnek4 ,the chief people went forth to meet him and show him honour1 all excepting the ,sheykhu-'l-,islm of the place 7the local vice-chancellor74 ,nevertheless the ,seyyid went to pay his respects to the legal functionary4 ,the latter went barefoot to the door of the house to meet the ,seyyid1 whose hand he kissed1 and to whom he offered excuses for his seeming lack of courtesy4 ,in reply1 the ,seyyid said to him3 8,i am come to inform you that1 on the #ajth day of next month1 ,ramazn1 you will have occasion to go forth to a hot-bath4 ,on your way thither you will be assassinated by the emissaries of the ,old ,man of the ,mountain4 ,this ,i communicate to thee1 that thou mayest set thy affairs in order1 and repent thee of thy sins40 ,the ,sheykhu-'l-,islm fell at the ,seyyid's feet1 wailing2 but the latter remarked3 8,this is of no avail4 ,events are in ,god's hands1 and ,he has so ordered it4 ,still1 as thou showest so much contrition1 ,i may add1 for thy consolation1 that thou wilt die in the faith1 and shalt not be cut off from the divine mercy and grace40 ,and so it happened as thus predicted4 ,the assassins took his life on the very day foretold by the ,seyyid4 7,the stronghold1 ,alamt1 of the ,old ,man of the ,mountain1 was stormed by forces sent against it by ,helag1 grandson of ,jengz1 in about the year ,a4,h4 #fed 7,a4,d4 #abef74 ,the last prince of the dynasty was sent to ,china1 and there put to death by the emperor2 and thus these detestable scourges of humanity were at length suppressed47 #e4 ,after a certain time the ,seyyid asked permission of ,jell to go for a while to ,qaysariyya 7,csarea71 but ,jell could not spare him4 ,so he remained at ,qonya still4 ,somewhat later a party of friends took the ,seyyid out for a ride among the vineyards4 ,the thought occurred to him that1 without saying anything to anybody1 he might now easily abscond and get away to ,qaysariyya4 ,scarcely had he conceived this vagabond idea than his beast reared with him1 threw him1 and broke his leg4 ,his friends raised him1 set him again on his horse1 and conducted him to a neighbouring country-house to which ,jell had also come4 ,on seeing ,jell the ,seyyid exclaimed to him1 8,is this the proper way to reward your teacher--to break his leg80 ,jell at once ordered the ,seyyid's boot to be removed1 and saw that his foot and toes were crushed4 ,he now passed his hands along the injured limb and blew on it4 ,the limb was at once restored whole4 ,jell now granted permission1 and the ,seyyid forthwith proceeded to ,qaysariyya4 #f4 ,when the time was come that the ,seyyid should die1 he told his servant to prepare for him an ewer of warm water1 and to go4 ,the water was made ready1 placed in the ,seyyid's room1 and the servant went forth4 ,the ,seyyid called after him3 8,go and proclaim that the stranger ,seyyid has departed to the other world40 ,he then bolted the door1 that none should enter to him4 ,the servant1 however1 had his curiosity excited by those words1 and went back to the door1 to listen and to see what might happen4 ,through a chink he saw his master perform an ablution1 arrange his dress1 lie down on his couch1 and cry out3 8,all ye angels1 saints1 and heavens1 who have at any time intrusted to me a secret1 come to me now and receive back your charges4 ,ye are here all present40 ,he then recited the following hymn3-- 8,god1 my beloved1 darling ,god1 adored1 to me incline2 ,my soul receive2 intoxicate1 release poor me distraught4 ,in ,thee alone my heart finds peace2 it fire with love divine2 ,take it unto ,thyself2 to it both worlds are naught40 ,these were the ,seyyid's last words1 ere he yielded up his spirit4 ,the servant carried the news to the ,seyyid's friends1 who gathered together1 carried him forth1 and buried him4 ,a mausoleum was raised over his grave by a rich and powerful disciple4 ,the departed saint would not allow a cupola to stand4 ,twice the dome was shaken down by earthquakes1 and in a dream the ,seyyid himself forbade its third edification4 ,after the usual forty days of mourning1 a letter was sent to ,jell1 who at once journeyed from ,qonya to ,qaysariyya1 and prayed at the tomb of his deceased teacher1 returning home again afterwards4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,mevln ,jellu-'d-,dn ,muhammed1 the ,revered ,mystery of ,god upon ,earth4#aj #a4 ,jellu-'d-,dn is related to have been born at ,balkh on the #fth of ,reb'u-'l-evvel1 ,a4,h4 #fjd 7#bith ,september #abjg74 ,when five years old1 he used at times to become extremely uneasy and restless1 so much so that his attendants used to take him into the midst of themselves4 ,the cause of these perturbations was that spiritual forms and shapes of the absent 7invisible world7 would arise before his sight1 that is1 angelic messengers1 righteous genii1 and saintly men--the concealed ones of the bowers of the ,true ,one 7spiritual spouses of ,god71 used to appear to him in bodily shape1 exactly as the cherubim and seraphim used to show themselves to the holy apostle of ,god1 ,muhammed1 in the earlier days1 before his call to the prophetic office2 as ,gabriel appeared to ,mary1 and as the four angels were seen by ,abraham and ,lot2 as well as others to other prophets4 ,his father1 ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled1 the ,sultnu-'l-#8,ulem1 used on these occasions to coax and soothe him by saying3 8,these are the ,occult ,existences4 ,they come to present themselves before you1 to offer unto you gifts and presents from the invisible world40 ,these ecstasies and transports of his began to be publicly known and talked about2 and the affectionately honorific title of ,khudvendgr1 by which he is so often mentioned1 was conferred upon him at this time by his father1 who used to address him and speak of him by this title1 as 8,my ,lord40 #b4 ,his son1 ,sultan ,veled1 related that there was a paper in the handwriting of his father1 ,bah ,veled1 which set forth that at ,balkh1 when ,jell was six years old1 he was taking the air one ,friday1 on the terraced roof of the house1 and reciting the ,qur'n1 when some other children of good families came in and joined him there4 ,after a time1 one of these children proposed that they should try and jump from thence on to a neighbouring terrace1 and should lay wagers on the result4 ,jell smiled at this childish proposal1 and remarked3 8,my brethren1 to jump from terrace to terrace is an act well adapted for cats1 dogs1 and the like1 to perform2 but is it not degrading to man1 whose station is so superior8 ,come now1 if you feel disposed1 let us spring up to the firmament1 and visit the regions of ,god's realm40 ,as he yet spake1 he vanished from their sight4 ,frightened at ,jell's sudden disappearance1 the other children raised a shout of dismay1 that some one should come to their assistance2 when lo1 in an instant1 there he was again in their midst2 but with an altered expression of countenance and blanched cheeks4 ,they all uncovered before him1 fell to the earth in humility1 and all declared themselves his disciples4 ,he now told them that1 as he was yet speaking to them1 a company of visible forms1 clad in green raiment1 had led him away from them1 and had conducted him about the various concentric orbs of the spheres1 and through the signs of the ,zodiac1 showing him the wonders of the world of spirits1 and bringing him back to them so soon as their cries had reached his ears4 ,at that age1 he was used not to break his fast more often than once in three or four1 and sometimes even seven1 days4 #c4 ,a different witness1 a disciple of ,jell's father1 related that ,bah ,veled frequently affirmed publicly that his ,lord1 ,jell1 was of exalted descent1 being of the lineage of a king1 and also of an hereditary saint4 ,his maternal grandmother was a daughter of the great ,imm ,es-,sarakhs#aa 7died at ,damascus ,a4,h4 #ega1 ,a4,d4 #aage71 who was of the lineage of the ,prophet4 ,the mother of ,es-,sarakhs was descended from the ,caliph #8,al2 and ,jell's paternal grandmother was a daughter of the ,king of ,kh'rezm1 who resided at ,balkh4 ,jell's paternal great-great-grandmother1 also1 the mother of ,ahmed1 ,el-,khatb1 grandfather of ,jell's father1 was a daughter of a king of ,balkh4 ,these particulars establish that ,jell was well descended on both sides1 in a mundane and in a spiritual sense4 ,the well-known proverb-- 8,hereditary disposition ever insinuates itself10 proved fully true in his most illustrious case4 #d4 ,when ,jell was seven years old1 he used every morning to recite the very short chapter1 cviii41 of the ,qur'n-- 8,verily we have given unto thee the abounding good4 ,therefore1 do thou perform thy devotions unto thy ,lord1 and slaughter victims4 ,verily1 he who evil entreateth thee is one who shall leave no issue after him40 ,he used to weep as he recited these inspired words4 ,suddenly1 ,god one day vouchsafed to appear to him visibly4 ,on this he fainted away4 ,regaining consciousness1 he heard a voice from heaven1 that said-- 8,o ,jellu-'d-,dn6 ,by the majesty 7jell7 of ,our glory1 do thou henceforward cease to combat with thyself2 for ,we have exalted thee to the station of ocular vision40 ,jell vowed1 therefore1 out of gratitude for this mark of grace1 to serve the ,lord to the end of his days1 to the utmost of his power2 in the firm hope that they who followed him would also attain to that high grade of favour and excellence4 #e4 ,two years after the death of his father1 ,jell went from ,qonya to ,haleb 7,aleppo7 to study4 7,this account is altogether subversive1 as to time and date1 of that already given in chap4 ii4 ,no4 #c47 ,as he was known to be a son of ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled1 and was also an apt scholar1 his professor showed him every attention4 ,others were offended1 and evinced their jealousy at the preference thus accorded to him4 ,they complained to the governor of the city that ,jell was immoral1 as he was in the habit1 each night1 of quitting his cell at midnight for some unknown purpose4 ,the governor resolved to see and judge for himself4 ,he therefore hid himself in the porter's room4 ,at midnight1 ,jell came forth from his room1 and went straight to the locked gate of the college1 watched by the governor4 ,the gate flew open2 and ,jell1 followed at a distance by the governor1 went through the streets to the locked city gate4 ,this1 too1 opened of itself2 and again both passed forth4 ,they went on and came to the tomb of ,abraham 7at ,hebron1 about #cej miles distant71 the 8,friend of the ,all-,merciful40 ,there a domed edifice was seen1 filled with a large company of forms in green raiment1 who came forth to meet ,jell1 and conducted him into the building4 ,the governor hereupon lost his senses through fright1 and did not recover until after the sun had risen4 ,now1 he could see nothing of a domed edifice1 nor one single human being4 ,he wandered about on a trackless plain for three days and three nights1 hungry1 thirsty1 and footsore4 ,at length he sank under his sufferings4 ,meanwhile1 the porter of the college had given intelligence of the governor's pursuit after ,jell4 ,when his officers found that he did not return1 they sent a numerous party of guards to seek him4 ,these1 on the second day1 met ,jell4 ,he told them where they would find their master4 ,the next day1 late1 they came up with him1 found him to be nearly dead1 and brought him home4 ,the governor became a sincere convert1 and a disciple to ,jell for ever after4 7,a parallel tale is told of ,jell's fetching water from the ,tigris for his father by night when he was a little child at ,bagdad4 ,there1 too1 all the gates opened to him of themselves47 #f4 ,it is related that the ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dn was often heard to narrate that1 when ,jell was a child1 the ,seyyid was his governor and tutor4 ,he had often taken ,jell up on his shoulder1 and so carried him to the empyrean4 8,but now10 he would add1 8,jell has attained to such eminence of station that he carries me up40 ,these sayings of the ,seyyid were repeated to ,jell1 who confirmed them with the remark3 8,it is quite true2 and a hundredfold more also2 the services rendered to me by that man are infinite40 #g4 ,when ,jell went to ,damascus to study1 he passed by ,ss in ,upper ,cilicia4 ,there1 in a cave1 dwelt forty ,christian monks1 who had a great reputation for sanctity1 but in reality were mere jugglers4 ,on the approach of ,jell's caravan to the cave1 the monks caused a little boy to ascend into the air1 and there remain standing between heaven and earth4 ,jell noticed this exhibition1 and fell into a reverie4 ,hereupon1 the child began to weep and wail1 saying that the man in the reverie was frightening him4 ,the monks told him not to be afraid1 but to come down4 8,oh60 cried the child1 8,i am as though nailed here1 unable to move hand or foot40 ,the monks became alarmed4 ,they flocked around ,jell1 and begged him to release the child4 ,after a time1 he seemed to hear and understand them4 ,his answer was3 8,only through the acceptance of ,islm by yourselves1 all of you1 as well as by the child1 can he be saved40 ,in the end they all embraced ,islm1 and wished to follow ,jell as his disciples4 ,he recommended them1 however1 to remain in their cave1 as before1 to cease from practising jugglery1 and to serve ,god in the spirit and in truth4 ,so he proceeded on his journey4 #h4 ,jell remained seven years1 or four years1 at ,damascus2 and there he first saw his great friend ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz1 clothed in his noted black felt and peculiar cap4 ,shems addressed him2 but he turned away1 and mixed in the crowd4 ,soon afterwards1 he returned to ,qonya by way of ,qaysariyya4 ,at this latter place1 under the guiding supervision of his spiritual teacher1 the ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dn1 ,jell fasted three consecutive periods of forty days each1#ab with only a pot of water and two or three loaves of barley bread4 ,he showed no signs of suffering4 ,burhn now pronounced him perfect in all science1 patent and occult1 human and spiritual4 7,compare chap4 ii4 ,no4 #c47 #i4 ,in the year ,a4,h4 #fdb 7,a4,d4 #abdd71 ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz came to ,qonya4 ,this great man1 after acquiring a reputation of superior sanctity at ,tebrz1 as the disciple of a certain holy man1 a basket-maker by trade1 had travelled about much in various lands1 in search of the best spiritual teachers1 thus gaining the nickname of ,perenda 7the ,flier1 ,bird1 c474 ,he prayed to ,god that it might be revealed to him who was the most occult of the favourites of the divine will1 so that he might go to him and learn still more of the mysteries of divine love4 ,the son of ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled1 of ,balkh1 was designated to him as the man most in favour with ,god4 ,shems went1 accordingly1 to ,qonya2 arriving there on ,saturday1 the #bfth of ,jemd-'l-khir1 ,a4,h4 #fdb 7,december ,a4,d4 #abdd74 ,he engaged a lodging at an inn1 and pretended to be a great merchant4 ,in his room1 however1 there was nothing but a broken water-pot1 an old mat1 and a bolster of unbaked clay4 ,he broke his fast once in every ten or twelve days1 with a damper soaked in broth of sheep's trotters4 ,one day1 as he was seated at the gate of the inn1 ,jell came by1 riding on a mule1 in the midst of a crowd of students and disciples on foot4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn arose1 advanced1 and took hold of the mule's bridle1 addressing ,jell in these words3 8,exchanger of the current coins of recondite significations1 who knowest the names of the ,lord6 ,tell me3 ,was ,muhammed the greater servant of ,god1 or ,byezd of ,bestm80 ,jell answered him3 8,muhammed was incomparably the greater--the greatest of all prophets and all saints40 8,then10 rejoined ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 8how is it that ,muhammed said3 #8,we have not known ,thee1 ,o ,god1 as ,thou rightly shouldest be known1' whereas ,byezd said3 #8,glory unto me6 ,how very great is my glory'80 ,on hearing this question1 ,jell fainted away4 ,on recovering his consciousness1 he took his new acquaintance home with him4 ,they were closeted together for weeks or months in holy communications4 ,jell's disciples at length became impatient1 raising a fearful and threatening tumult2 so that1 on ,thursday1 the #bast of ,shewwl1 ,a4,h4 #fdc 7,march ,a4,d4 #abdf71 ,shemsu-'d-,dn mysteriously disappeared2 and ,jell adopted1 as a sign of mourning for his loss1 the drab hat and wide cloak since worn by the dervishes of his order4 ,it was about this time1 also1 that he first instituted the musical services observed by that order1 as they perform their peculiar waltzing4 ,all men took to music and dancing in consequence4 ,fanatics objected1 out of envy4 ,they said ,jell was gone mad1 even as the chiefs of ,mekka had said of old of the ,prophet4 ,his supposed malady was attributed to the malefic influence of ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz4 #aj4 ,the widow of ,jell1 ,kir 7or ,gir7 ,khtn1 a model of virtue1 the ,mary of her age1 is related to have seen1 through a chink in the door of the room where he and ,shems were closeted in spiritual communion1 that the wall suddenly opened1 and six men of majestic mien entered by the cleft4 ,these strangers1 who were of the occult saints1 saluted1 bowed1 and laid a nosegay at the feet of ,jell1 although it was then in the depth of the midwinter season4 ,they remained until near the hour of dawn worship1 when they motioned to ,shemsu-'d-,dn to act as leader on the occasion of the service4 ,he excused himself1 and ,jell performed the office4 ,the service of worship over1 the six strangers took leave1 and passed out by the same cleft in the wall4 ,jell now came forth from the chamber1 bringing the nosegay in his hand4 ,seeing his wife in the passage1 he gave her the nosegay1 saying that the strangers had brought it as an offering to her4 ,the next day1 she sent her servant1 with a few leaves from her nosegay1 to the perfumers' mart of the city1 to inquire what might be the flowers composing it1 as she had never seen their like before4 ,the merchants were all equally astonished2 no one had ever seen such leaves4 ,at length1 however1 a spice merchant from ,india1 who was then sojourning in ,qonya1 saw those leaves1 and knew them to be the petals of a flower that grows in the south of ,india1 in the neighbourhood of ,ceylon4 ,the wonder now was3 ,how did these ,indian flowers get to ,qonya2 and in the depth of winter1 too8 ,the servant carried the leaves back1 and reported to his lady what he had learnt4 ,this increased her astonishment a hundredfold4 ,just then ,jell made his appearance1 and enjoined on her to take the greatest care of the nosegay1 as it had been sent to her by the florists of the lost earthly paradise1 through those ,indian saints1 as a special offering4 ,it is related that she preserved them as long as she lived1 merely giving a few leaves1 with ,jell's express permission1 to the ,georgian wife of the king4 ,if any one suffered with any disease of the eyes1 one leaf from that nosegay1 applied to the ailing part1 was an instant cure4 ,the flowers never lost their fragrance or freshness4 ,what is musk compared with such8 #aa4 ,to prove that man lives through ,god's will alone1 and not by blood1 ,jell one day1 in the presence of a crowd of physicians and philosophers1 had the veins of both his arms opened1 and allowed them to bleed until they ceased to flow4 ,he then ordered incisions to be made in various parts of his body2 but not one drop of moisture was anywhere obtainable4 ,he now went to a hot bath1 washed1 performed an ablution1 and then commenced the exercise of the sacred dance4 #ab4 ,one of ,jell's disciples died1 and there was a consultation among his friends as to whether he should be buried in a coffin or without one4 ,another disciple1 after ,jell had been consulted1 and had told them to do as they pleased1 made the observation that it would be better to bury their relative without a coffin4 ,on being asked why1 he answered3 8,a mother can better nurse her child1 than can her child's brother4 ,the earth is the mother of the human race1 and the wood of a coffin is also the earth's child2 therefore1 the coffin is the man's brother4 ,man's corpse should be committed1 then1 not to a coffin1 but to mother earth1 his loving1 affectionate parent40 ,jell expressed his admiration for this apposite and sublime doctrine1 which1 he said1 was not to be found written in any then extant book4 ,the name of the disciple who made this beautiful remark was ,kermu-'d-,dn1 son of ,begh-,tmr4 #ac4 ,many of the chief disciples of ,jell have related that he himself explained to them1 as his reasons for instituting the musical service of his order1 with their dancing1 the following reflections3-- 8,god has a great regard for the ,roman people4 ,in answer to a prayer of the first ,caliph1 ,ab-,bekr1 ,god made the ,romans a chief receptacle of ,his mercy2 and the land of the ,romans 7,asia ,minor7 is the most beautiful on the face of the earth4 ,but the people of the land were utterly void of all idea of the riches of a love towards ,god1 and of the remotest shade of a taste for the delights of the inner1 spiritual life4 ,the great ,causer of all causes caused a source of affection to arise1 and out of the wilderness of causelessness raised a means by which ,i was attracted away from the land of ,khursn to the country of the ,romans4 ,that country ,he made a home for my children and posterity1 in order that1 with the elixir of ,his grace1 the copper of their existences might be transmuted into gold and into philosopher-stone1 they themselves being received into the communion of saints4 ,when ,i perceived that they had no inclination for the practice of religious austerities1 and no knowledge of the divine mysteries1 ,i imagined to arrange metrical exhortations and musical services1 as being captivating for men's minds1 and more especially so for the ,romans1 who are naturally of a lively disposition1 and fond of incisive expositions4 ,even as a sick child is coaxed into taking a salutary1 though nauseous medicine1 so1 in like manner1 were the ,romans led by art to acquire a taste for spiritual truth40 #ad4 ,as an instance of the great value attached to the poetry of ,jell1 the following anecdote is related3-- ,shemsu-'d-,dn ,hind1 7,prince of ,shrz in the province of ,fars1 ,southern ,persia71 wrote a flattering letter to the renowned poet1 ,sheykh ,sa'd1 of ,shrz 7who lived ,a4,h4 #ega-fia1 ,a4,d4 #aage-abia1 and was consequently a contemporary of ,jell's71 begging him to select the best ode1 with the most sublime thoughts1 that he knew of as existing in ,persian1 and to send it to him1 for presentation to the great ,khn of the ,moguls 7who then ruled over nearly all ,asia74 ,it so happened that the ode by ,jell had just become known at ,shrz1 which commences3-- 8,divine love's voice each instant left and right is heard to sound1 ,we're bound for heaven4 ,to witness our departure who'll be found80 ,this ode had captivated the minds of all the men of culture in the city2 and this ode ,sa'd selected1 wrote it out1 and sent it to the prince1 with the remark3 8,a monarch1 of auspicious advent1 has sprung up in the land of ,rome1 from whose privacy these are some of the breathings4 ,never have more beautiful words been uttered1 and never will be4 ,would that ,i could go to ,rome1 and rub my face in the dust under his feet60 ,the prince thanked ,sa'd exceedingly1 and sent him valuable presents in return4 ,eventually1 ,sa'd did go to 8,rome10 arrived in ,qonya1 and had the gratification to kiss the hand of ,jell4 ,he was well received in that city by the dervish circle4 ,the prince was himself a disciple of ,sheykh 444 'd-,dn1 of ,bakharz 7in ,khursn1 about midway between ,trshz and ,hert71 to whom he sent a copy of the ode1 to learn what the ,sheykh would think of it4 ,all the learned men of ,bakharz assembled round the ,sheykh4 ,he read the ode attentively1 and then burst out into exclamations of the wildest delight and most fervid admiration1 rending his garments1 and acting as though mad4 ,at length he calmed down and said3 8,o wonderful man6 ,o thou champion of the ,faith6 ,thou pole of the heavens and of the earth6 ,verily1 thou art a wonderful ,sultan1 who hast appeared on earth6 ,in good sooth1 all the ,sheykhs of bygone ages who were seers1 have been frustrated in not having seen this man6 ,they would have supplicated the ,lord of ,truth to allow them to meet him6 ,but it was not to be2 and this mercy will last until the end of time1 as has been sung3-- 8,a fortune1 by the men of ancient times in dreams long sought1 ,has been vouchsafed to modern men2 without their efforts caught40 8,one ought to put on ironed shoes1 and take in hand an ironed staff1 to set out at once and visit this great light4 ,i make it a legacy to all my friends to do so without the least delay1 if they have the means and the strength1 so as to achieve the happiness and secure the honour of making the acquaintance of this prince1 so obtaining the grace and favour of hearing him4 ,his father1 ,bah ,veled1 and his ancestors1 were great ,sheykhs and most illustrious2 their great progenitor having been the first ,caliph1 ,ab-,bekr1 the glorious ,confirmer of the truth spoken by the ,apostle of ,god4 ,i am myself old and infirm1 unequal to the fatigues of travel4 ,otherwise1 ,i would have walked1 not on the soles of my feet1 but on the tips of my great toes1 to visit that eminent man40 ,the ,sheykh's eldest son1 ,muzahhiru-'d-,dn1 was there present4 ,to him the ,sheykh addressed himself1 saying3 8,my son1 ,i do hope that thy eyes will behold this sacred visage2 and1 if ,god so will1 convey to him my salutation and my respects40 ,after the death of the old man1 his son went to ,rome1 had the felicity to see ,jell1 and presented his father's message4 ,he returned to ,bakharz2 but it is said that a son of his lies buried at ,qonya4 #ae4 ,kir ,khtn1 the widow of ,jell1 is reported to have related to a friend that there was in their household a candlestick of the height of a man1 before which ,jell used to stand on foot the night through1 until daydawn1 studying the writings of his father4 ,one night1 a company of the genii1 dwellers in the college where ,jell and his wife lived1 appeared to her in a body1 to complain of the great inconvenience and suffering to which they were subjected by this practice of ,jell's1 and saying3 8,we can put up with it no longer4 ,take care1 lest we do a mischief to some one in the college40 ,the lady reported this complaint of the genii to her husband4 ,he merely smiled1 and took no further notice of the matter for several days4 ,at the end of that time1 however1 he spoke of it1 and told his wife to trouble herself no more about the threat of the genii1 as he had converted them all4 ,they had become disciples of his1 and would certainly do no harm to any friend or dependent of their teacher4 #af4 ,it was related by one of the chief of ,jell's disciples1 a butcher by trade1 a trainer of dogs for the chase1 and a purveyor of horses of the best kind1 which he used to sell to princes and grandees at high prices1 that1 at a certain time1 ,jell was much exercised by visions from the spiritual world1 so that for forty days he was as though beside himself1 passing through the streets with his head bare1 and his turban twisted round his neck4 ,after that1 he came suddenly one day1 bathed in perspiration1 to the butcher1 and said he wanted a certain unbroken horse to be saddled for him immediately4 ,the butcher1 with the help of three stable-men1 managed with the utmost difficulty to saddle the horse and bring him out4 ,jell mounted him without opposition1 and set off in a southerly direction4 ,the butcher asked whether he should accompany him1 and ,jell replied3 8,give me your prayers and holy good wishes40 ,in the evening ,jell returned covered with dust4 ,the poor horse1 though of gigantic frame1 was reduced to mere skin and bone1 being nearly broken-backed with fatigue4 ,the next day he came again1 and asked for another horse1 better than the one of yesterday1 mounted it1 and rode off4 ,he returned at the hour of sunset devotions1 and this horse also was reduced to a pitiable condition4 ,the butcher dared not offer a word of remonstrance4 ,on the third day he came again1 mounted a third horse1 and returned as before1 at sunset4 ,he sat down now in the most composed manner possible1 and called out cheerily3 8,good news6 ,glad tidings1 ,o ye of the ,faith6 ,that dog of hell has gone back to his pit of fire60 ,the butcher was too much astonished at his manner to feel any inclination to inquire what these words might mean2 but a certain number of days afterwards1 a large caravan came into ,qonya from ,syria1 and brought news that the ,mogul army had besieged ,damascus1 and had reduced it to straits4 ,helaw ,khan 7,holagu1 ,helagu7 had taken ,bagdad in ,a4,h4 #fee 7,a4,d4 #abeg-eh74 ,two years later1 ,a4,h4 #feg 7,a4,d4 #abei-fj71 he advanced against ,aleppo and ,syria1 sending his general1 ,ketbuga1 against ,damascus with a numerous army4 ,he laid siege to the city4 ,but the inhabitants witnessed1 with their very own eyes1 that ,jell came and joined himself there to the forces of ,islm4 ,he inflicted defeat on the ,mogul forces1 who were compelled to retreat1 totally frustrated4 ,the butcher was overjoyed at this welcome intelligence1 and went forthwith to communicate the news to ,jell4 ,the latter smilingly replied3 8,yes1 yes6 ,jellu-'d-,dn was the horseman who obtained a victory over the enemy1 and showed himself a ,sultan in the eyes of the people of ,islm40 ,on hearing this1 his disciples rent the air with their shouts of joy and triumph1 and the townspeople of ,qonya decked out and illuminated the city1 holding public rejoicings4 ,this miracle of power became noised abroad1 and everywhere ,jell's friends and adherents were transported with ecstasy at its occurrence4 #ag4 ,on one occasion a rich merchant of ,tebrz came to ,qonya4 ,he inquired of his agents there who was the most eminent man of learning and piety in the city1 as he wished to go and pay his respects to him4 ,he remarked to them3 8,it is not merely for the sake of making money that ,i travel about in every country on earth2 ,i desire also to make the acquaintance of every man of eminence ,i can find in each city40 ,his correspondents told him that the ,sheykhu-'l-,islm of the capital had a great reputation for learning and piety1 and that they would be proud to present him to that celebrated luminary4 ,accordingly1 he selected a number of rarities from among his store1 to the value of thirty sequins2 and the party set out to visit the great lawyer4 ,the merchant found the dignitary lodged in a great palace1 with guards at the gate1 crowds of servants and attendants in the courtyard1 and eunuchs1 pages1 grooms1 ushers1 chamberlains1 and the like1 in the halls4 ,turning to his conductors1 he expressed some doubt as to whether they had not1 by mistake1 brought him to the king's palace4 ,they quieted his fears1 and led him into the presence of the great fountain of legal erudition4 ,he felt a very great dislike for all he saw2 and he remarked to his friends3 8,a great lawyer is never anything the worse for possessing a clear conscience4 ,a physician may himself indulge in sweetmeats2 but he does not prescribe them to a patient suffering with fever40 ,he now offered his presents2 and then inquired of the great lawyer whether he could solve a doubt under which he was then labouring4 ,this he stated as follows3--8,of late1 ,i have been sustaining a series of losses4 ,can you indicate a way by which ,i may escape from that unfortunate position8 ,i give1 every year1 the fortieth part of my liable possessions to the poor2 and ,i distribute alms besides1 to the extent of my power4 ,i cannot conceive1 therefore1 why ,i am unfortunate40 ,other remarks he made also to the same effect4 ,they appeared to be lost on the great luminary1 who affected to be otherwise preoccupied4 ,at length the merchant took leave without obtaining a solution to his difficulty4 ,the day following he inquired of his friends whether there did not chance to be1 in the great city1 some poor mendicant of exemplary piety1 to whom he might offer his respects1 and from whom he might1 haply1 learn what he longed to know1 together with advice that would be of service to him4 ,they answered3 8,just such a man as thou describest is our ,lord1 ,jellu-'d-,dn4 ,he has forsaken all pleasures1 save only his love towards ,god4 ,not only has he given up all concern for worldly matters1 he has also renounced all care as to a future state4 ,he passes his nights1 as well as his days1 in the worship of ,god2 and he is a very ocean of knowledge in all temporal and spiritual subjects40 ,the ,tebrz merchant was enchanted with this information4 ,he begged to see that holy man1 the bare mention of whose virtues had filled him with delight4 ,they accordingly conducted him to the college of ,jell1 the merchant having privately furnished himself with a rouleau of fifty sequins in gold as his offering to the saint4 ,when they reached the college1 ,jell was sitting alone in the lecture-hall1 immersed in the study of some books4 ,the party made their obeisances1 and the merchant felt himself completely overpowered at the aspect of the venerable teacher2 so that he burst into tears1 and could not utter a word4 ,jell addressed him1 therefore1 as follows3-- 8,the fifty sequins thou hast provided as thy offering are accepted4 ,but better for thee than these are the two hundred sequins thou hast lost4 ,god1 whose glory be exalted1 had determined to visit thee with a sore judgment and a heavy trial2 but1 through this thy visit here1 ,he hath pardoned thee1 and the trial is averted from thee4 ,be not dismayed4 ,from this day forth thou shalt not suffer loss2 and that which thou hast already suffered shall be made up to thee40 ,the merchant was equally astonished and delighted at these words2 more so1 however1 when ,jell proceeded with his discourse3 8,the cause and reason of thy bygone losses and misfortunes was1 that1 on a certain day thou wast in the west of ,firengistn 7,europe71 where thou wentest into a certain ward of a certain city1 and there sawest a poor ,fireng 7,european7 man1 one of the greatest of ,god's cherished saints1 who was lying stretched out at the corner of a market-place4 ,as thou didst pass by him1 thou spattest on him1 evincing aversion from him4 ,his heart was grieved by thy act and demeanour4 ,hence the visitations that have afflicted thee4 ,go thou1 then1 and make thy peace with him1 asking his forgiveness1 and offering him our salutations40 ,the merchant was petrified at this announcement4 ,jell then asked him3 8,wilt thou that we this instant show him to thee80 ,so saying1 he placed his hand on the wall of the apartment1 and told the merchant to behold4 ,instantly1 a doorway opened in the wall1 and the merchant thence perceived that man in ,firengistn1 lying down in a market-place4 ,at this sight he bowed down his head and rent his garments1 coming away from the saintly presence in a state of stupor4 ,he remembered all these incidents as facts4 ,immediately commencing his preparations1 he set out without delay1 and reached the city in question4 ,he inquired for the ward he wished to visit1 and for the man whom he had offended4 ,him he discovered lying down1 stretched out as ,jell had shown him4 ,the merchant dismounted from his beast1 and made his obeisance to the prostrate ,fireng dervish1 who at once addressed him thus3 8,what wilt thou that ,i do8 ,our ,lord ,jell suffereth me not2 or otherwise1 ,i had a desire to make thee see the power of ,god1 and what ,i am4 ,but now1 draw near40 ,the ,fireng dervish then clasped the merchant to his bosom1 kissed him repeatedly on both cheeks1 and then added3 8,look now1 that thou mayest see my ,lord and ,teacher1 my spiritual ,master1 and that thou mayest witness a marvel40 ,the merchant looked4 ,he saw the ,lord ,jell immersed in a holy dance1 chanting this hymn1 and entranced with sacred music3-- 8,his kingdom's vast and pure2 each sort its fitting place finds there2 ,cornelian1 ruby1 clod1 or pebble be thou on ,his hill4 ,believe1 ,he seeks thee2 disbelieve1 ,he'll haply cleanse thee fair2 ,be here a faithful ,ab-,bekr2 ,fireng there2 at will40 ,when the merchant happily reached ,qonya on his return1 he gave the salutations of the ,fireng saint1 and his respects1 to ,jell2 and distributed much substance among the disciples4 ,he settled at ,qonya1 and became a member of the fraternity of the ,pure ,lovers of ,god4 #ah4 ,jell was one day passing by a street1 where two men were quarrelling4 ,he stood on one side4 ,one of the men called out to the other3 8,say what thou will2 thou shalt hear from me a thousandfold for every word thou mayest utter40 ,hereupon ,jell stepped forward and addressed this speaker1 saying3 8,no1 no6 ,whatsoever thou have to say1 say it to me2 and for every thousand thou mayest say to me1 thou shalt hear from me one word40 ,on hearing this rebuke1 the adversaries were abashed1 and made their peace with one another4 #ai4 ,one day1 a very learned professor brought all his pupils to pay their respects to ,jell4 ,on their way to him1 the young men agreed together to put some questions to ,jell on certain points of ,arabic grammar1 with the design of comparing his knowledge in that science with that of their professor1 whom they looked upon as unequalled4 ,when they were seated1 ,jell addressed them on various fitting subjects for a while1 and thereby paved the way for the following anecdote3-- 8,an ingenuous jurist was once travelling with an ,arabic grammarian1 and they chanced to come to a ruinous well4 8,the jurist hereupon began to recite the text 7of ,qur'n xxii4 #dd73 #8,and of a ruined well4' 8,the ,arabic word for #8well' he pronounced #8br1' with the vowel long4 ,to this the grammarian instantly objected1 telling the jurist to pronounce that word with a short vowel and hiatus--bi'r1 so as to be in accord with the requirements of classical purity4 8,a dispute now arose between the two on the point4 ,it lasted all the rest of the day1 and well on into a pitchy dark night2 every author being ransacked by them1 page by page1 each sustaining his own theory of the word4 ,no conclusion was arrived at1 and each disputant remained of his own opinion still4 8,it so happened in the dark1 that the grammarian slipped into the well1 and fell to the bottom4 ,there he set up a wail of entreaty3 #8,o my most courteous fellow-traveller1 lend thy help to extricate me from this most darksome pit4' 8,the jurist at once expressed his most pleasurable willingness to lend him that help1 with only one trifling condition--that he should confess himself in error1 and consent to suppress the hiatus in the word #8bi'r4' ,the grammarian's answer was #8,never4' ,so in the well he remained40 8,now10 said ,jell1 8to apply this to yourselves4 ,unless you will consent to cast out from your hearts the #8hiatus' of indecision and of self-love1 you can never hope to escape from the noisome pit of self-worship1--the well of man's nature and of fleshly lusts4 ,the dungeon of #8,joseph's well' in the human breast is this very #8self-worship2' and from it you will not escape1 nor will you ever attain to those heavenly regions--#8the spacious land of ,god'0 7,qur'n iv4 #ii1 xxix4 #ef1 xxxix4 #ac74 ,on hearing these pregnant words1 the whole assembly of undergraduates uncovered their heads1 and with fervent zeal professed themselves his spiritual disciples4 #bj4 ,there was a great and good governor 7apparently7 of ,qonya1 of the name of ,mu'nu-'d-,dn1 whose title was the ,perwna 7moth or fly-wheel1 viz41 of the far-distant ,mogul ,emperor1 resident at the court of the king74 ,he was a great friend to the dervishes1 to the learned1 and to ,jell1 whose loving disciple he was4 ,one day1 a company of the dervishes and learned men united in extolling the ,perwna to the skies1 in ,jell's presence4 ,he assented to all they advanced in that respect1 and added3 8,the ,perwna merits a hundredfold all your eulogiums4 ,but there is another side to the question1 which may be exemplified by the following anecdote3-- 8,a company of pilgrims were once proceeding towards ,mekka1 when the camel of one of the party fell down in the desert1 totally exhausted4 ,the camel could not be got to rise again4 ,its load was1 therefore1 transferred to another beast1 the fallen brute was abandoned to its fate1 and the caravan resumed its journey4 8,ere long the fallen camel was surrounded by a circle of ravenous wild beasts1--wolves1 jackals1 c4 ,but none of these ventured to attack him4 ,the members of the caravan became aware of this singularity1 and one of them went back to investigate the matter4 ,he found that an amulet had been left suspended on the animal's neck2 and this he removed4 ,when he had retreated to a short distance1 the hungry brutes fell upon the poor camel1 and soon tore him piecemeal40 8,now10 said ,jell1 8this world is in an exactly similar category with that poor camel4 ,the learned of the world are the company of pilgrims1 and our 7,jell's7 existence among them is the amulet suspended round the neck of the camel--the world4 ,so long as we remain so suspended1 the world will go on1 the caravan will proceed4 ,but so soon as the divine mandate shall be spoken3 #8,o thou submissive spirit1 come thou back to thy ,lord1 content and approved' 7,qur'n lxxxix4 #bg-h71 and we be removed from the neck of the world-camel1 people will see how it shall fare with the world1--how its inhabitants shall be driven1--what shall become of its sultans1 its doctors1 its scribes40 ,it is said that these words were spoken a short time before ,jell's death4 ,when he departed this life1 not much time elapsed ere the ,sultan1 with many of his great men of learning and nobles1 followed him to the grave1 while troubles of all kinds overwhelmed the land for a season1 until ,god again vouchsafed it peace4 #ba4 ,during one of his expositions1 ,jell said3 8,thou seest naught1 save that thou seest ,god therein40 ,a dervish came forward and raised the objection that the term 8therein0 indicated a receptacle1 whereas it could not be predicated of ,god that ,he is comprehensible by any receptacle1 as this would imply a contradiction in terms4 ,jell answered him as follows3-- 8,had not that unimpeachable proposition been true1 we had not proffered it4 ,there is therein1 forsooth1 a contradiction in terms2 but it is a contradiction in time1 so that the receptacle and the recepted may differ1--may be two distinct things2 even as the universe of ,god's qualities is the receptacle of the universe of ,god's essence4 ,but1 these two universes are really one4 ,the first of them is not ,he2 the second of them is not other than ,he4 ,those1 apparently1 two things are in truth one and the same4 ,how1 then1 is a contradiction in terms implied8 ,god comprises the exterior and the interior4 ,if we cannot say ,he is the interior1 ,he will not include the interior4 ,but ,he comprises all1 and in ,him all things have their being4 ,he is1 then1 the receptacle also1 comprising all existences1 as the ,qur'n 7xli4 #ed7 says3 #8,he comprises all things4'0 ,the dervish was convinced1 bowed1 and declared himself a disciple4 #bb4 ,jell was one day seated in the shop of his great disciple the ,goldbeater1 ,salhu-'d-,dn2 and was surrounded by a circle of other disciples1 listening to his discourse2 when an old man came rushing in1 beating his breast1 and uttering loud lamentations4 ,he entreated ,jell to help him in his endeavours to recover his little son1 a child seven years old1 lost for several days past1 in spite of every effort made to find him4 ,jell expressed his disapprobation at the extreme importance the old man appeared to attach to his loss2 and said3 8,mankind in general have lost their ,god4 ,still1 one does not hear that they go about in quest of ,him1 beating their breasts and making a great noise4 ,what1 then1 has happened to thee so very particular1 that thou makest all this fuss1 and degradest thyself1 an elder1 by these symptoms of grief for the loss of a little child8 ,why seekest thou not for a time the ,lord of the whole world1 begging assistance of ,him1 that peradventure thy lost ,joseph may be found1 and thou be comforted1 as was ,jacob on the recovery of his child80 ,the old man at once followed ,jell's advice1 and begged forgiveness of ,god4 ,just then1 news was brought him there that his son had been found4 ,many who were witnesses of these circumstances became devoted followers of ,jell4 #bc4 ,jell was one day lecturing1 when a young man of distinction came in1 pushed his way1 and took a seat higher up than an old man1 one of the audience4 ,jell at once remarked3 8,in days of yore it was the command of ,god1 that1 if any young man should take precedence of an elder1 the earth should at once swallow him up2 such being the divine punishment for that offence4 ,now1 however1 ,i see that young men1 barely out of leading-strings1 show no respect for age1 but trample over those in years4 ,they have no dread of the earth's swallowing them up1 nor any fear of being transformed into apes4#ac ,it happened1 however1 that one morning the ,victorious ,lion of ,god1 #8,al1 son of ,ab-,tlib1 was hasting from his house to perform his devotions at dawn in the mosque of the ,prophet4 ,on his way1 he overtook an old man1 a ,jew1 who was going in the same direction4 ,the future ,caliph1 out of innate nobility and politeness of nature1 had respect for the ,jew's age1 and would not pass him1 though the ,jew's pace was slow4 ,when #8,al reached the mosque1 the ,prophet was already bowed down in his devotions1 and was about to chant the #8,gloria2' but1 by ,god's command1 ,gabriel came down1 laid his hand on the ,prophet's shoulder1 and stopped him1 lest #8,al should lose the merit attaching to his being present at the opening of the dawn service2 for it is more meritorious to perform that early service once1 than to fulfil the devotions of a hundred years at other hours of the day4 ,the ,prophet has said3 #8,the first act of reverence at dawn worship is of more value than the world and all that is therein4' 8,when the ,apostle of ,god had concluded his worship1 offered up his customary prayers1 and recited his usual lessons from the ,qur'n1 he turned1 and asked of ,gabriel the occult cause of his interruption at that time4 ,gabriel replied that ,god had not seen fit that #8,al should be deprived of the merit attaching to the performance of the first portion of the dawn worship1 through the respect he had shown to the old ,jew he had overtaken1 but whom he would not pass4 8,now10 remarked ,jell1 8when a saint like #8,al showed so much respect for a poor old misbelieving ,jew1 and when ,god viewed his respectful consideration in so highly favourable a manner1 you may all infer how ,he will view any honour and veneration shown to an elderly saint of approved piety1 whose beard has grown grey in the service of ,god1 and whose companions are the elect of their ,maker1 whose chosen servant he is2 and what reward ,he will mete out in consequence4 ,for1 in truth1 glory and power belong to ,god1 to the ,apostle1 and to the believers1 as ,god hath ,himself declared 7,qur'n lxiii4 #h73 #8,unto ,god belongeth the power1 and to the apostle1 and to the believers4' 8,if then10 added he1 8ye wish to be prosperous in your affairs1 take fast hold on the skirts of your spiritual elders4 ,for1 without the blessing of his pious elders1 a young man will never live to be old1 and will never attain the station of a spiritual elder40 #bd4 ,one day ,jell took as his text the following words 7,qur'n xxxi4 #ah73--8,verily1 the most discordant of all sounds is the voice of the asses40 ,he then put the question3 8,do my friends know what this signifies80 ,the congregation all bowed1 and entreated him to expound it to them4 ,jell therefore proceeded3-- 8,all other brutes have a cry1 a lesson1 and a doxology1 with which they commemorate their ,maker and ,provider4 ,such are1 the yearning cry of the camel1 the roar of the lion1 the bleat of the gazelle1 the buzz of the fly1 the hum of the bee1 c4 8,the angels in heaven1 and the genii1 have their doxologies also1 even as man has his doxology--his ,magnificat1 and various forms of worship for his heart 7or mind7 and for his body4 8,the poor ass1 however1 has nothing but his bray4 ,he sounds this bray on two occasions only3 when he desires his female1 and when he feels hunger4 ,he is the slave of his lust and of his gullet4 8,in like manner1 if man have not in his heart a doxology for ,god1 a cry1 and a love1 together with a secret and a care in his mind1 he is less than an ass in ,god's esteem2 for ,he has said 7,qur'n vii4 #agh73 #8,they are like the camels2 nay1 they are yet more erring4'0 ,he then related the following anecdote3-- 8,in bygone days there was a monarch1 who1 by way of trial1 requested another sovereign to send him three things1 the worst of their several kinds that he could procure2 namely1 the worst article of food1 the worst dispositioned thing1 and the worst animal4 8,the sovereign so applied to sent him some cheese1 as the worst food2 an ,armenian slave1 as the worst-dispositioned thing2 and an ass1 as the worst of animals4 ,in the superscription to the epistle sent with these offerings1 the sovereign quoted the verse of ,scripture pointed out above40 #be4 ,on a certain day1 the ,lord ,jellu-'d-,dn went forth to the country residence of the saint ,husmu-'d-,dn1 riding on an ass4 ,he remarked3 8,this is the saddle-beast of the righteous4 ,several of the prophets have ridden on asses3 as ,seth1 ,ezra1 ,jesus1 and ,muhammed40 ,it so chanced that one of his disciples was also mounted on an ass4 ,the creature suddenly began to bray2 and the rider1 annoyed at the occurrence1 struck the ass on the head several times4 ,jell remonstrated3 8,why strike the poor brute8 ,strikest thou him because he bears thy burden8 ,returnest thou not thanks for that thou art the rider1 and he the vehicle8 ,suppose now1 which ,god forbid1 that the reverse were the case4 ,what wouldst thou have done8 ,his cry arises from one or the other of two causes1 his gullet or his lust4 ,in this respect1 he shares the common lot of all creatures4 ,they are all continually thus actuated4 ,all1 then1 would have to be scolded and beaten over the head40 ,the disciple was abashed4 ,he dismounted1 kissed the hoof of his ass1 and caressed him4 #bf4 ,on a certain occasion1 one of his disciples complained to ,jell of the scantiness of his means and the extent of his needs4 ,jell answered3 8,out upon thee6 ,get thee gone6 ,henceforward1 count me not a friend of thine2 and so1 peradventure1 wealth may come to thee40 ,he then related the following anecdote3-- 8,it happened1 once1 that a certain disciple of the ,prophet said to him3 #8,i love thee6' ,the ,prophet answered3 #8,why tarriest thou1 then8 ,haste to put on a breastplate of steel1 and set thy face to encounter misfortunes4 ,prepare thyself1 also1 to endure straitness1 the special gift of the friends and lovers 7of ,god and ,his ,apostle76'0 ,another anecdote1 also1 he thus narrated3 8,a ,gnostic adept once asked of a rich man which he loved best1 riches or sin4 ,the latter answered that he loved riches best4 ,the other replied3 #8,thou sayest not the truth4 ,thou better lovest sin and calamity4 ,seest thou not that thou leavest thy riches behind1 whilst thou carriest thy sin and thy calamity about with thee1 making thyself reprehensible in the sight of ,god6 ,be a man6 ,exert thyself to carry thy riches with thee1 and sin not2 since thou lovest thy riches4 ,what thou hast to do is this3 ,send thy riches to ,god ere thou goest before ,him thyself2 peradventure1 they may work thee some advantage2 even as ,god hath said 7,qur'n lxxiii4 #bj73 #8,and that which ye send before1 for your souls1 of good works1 shall ye find with ,god4 ,he is the best and the greatest in rewarding40 #bg4 ,it is related that one day the ,perwna1 ,mu'nu-'d-,dn1 held a great assembly in his palace4 ,to this meeting were collected together all the ,doctors of the ,law1 the ,sheykhs1 the men of piety1 the recluses1 and the strangers who had congregated from various lands4 ,the chiefs of the law had taken their places in the highest seats4 ,the ,perwna had had a great desire that ,jell should honour the assembly with his presence4 ,he had a son-in-law1 ,mejdu-'d-,dn1 governor to the young princes1 the sons of the king4 ,this son-in-law of his was a disciple of ,jell's1 and a man of very eminent qualities1 with great faith in his teacher4 ,he offered to go and invite ,jell to the meeting4 ,hereupon1 the arch-sower of doubts and animosities in the human breast spread among the chiefs of the law1 there present1 the suspicion that1 if ,jell should come1 the question of precedence would arise3 8,where should he be seated80 ,they all agreed that they were themselves in their proper places1 and that ,jell must find a seat where he could4 ,mejdu-'d-,dn delivered the ,perwna's courteous message to his teacher4 ,jell1 inviting ,husmu-'d-,dn and others of his disciples to accompany him1 set out for the ,perwna's palace4 ,the disciples went on a little ahead1 and ,jell brought up the procession4 ,when ,husm entered the apartment of the ,perwna1 all present rose to receive him1 making room for him in the upper seats4 ,lastly1 ,jell made his appearance4 ,the ,perwna and other courtiers crowded forward to receive ,jell with honour1 and kissed ,his ,lordship's blessed hands with reverence1 expressing regret that he had been put to inconvenience by his condescension4 ,he returned compliment for compliment1 and was shown upstairs4 ,on reaching the assembly room1 he saw that the grandees had occupied the whole of the sofa1 from end to end4 ,he saluted them1 and prayed for ,god's grace to be showered upon them2 seating himself then in the middle of the floor4 ,husmu-'d-,dn immediately rose from his seat1 descended from the sofa1 and took a place by the side of ,jell4 ,the grandees of the assembly now arose also1 excepting those who1 in spite and pride1 had formed the confederacy mentioned above4 ,these kept their seats4 ,some of them were of the greatest eminence in learning2 and one1 especially1 was not only very learned1 but also eloquent1 witty1 and bold4 ,he1 seeing what had taken place1 and that all the men of rank had quitted the sofa1 to seat themselves on the floor1 asked in a jocose manner3 8,where1 according to the rules of the ,order1 is the chief seat in an assembly80 ,some one answered him3 8,in an assembly of the learned1 the chief seat is in the middle of the sofa1 where the professor always sits40 ,another added3 8,with recluses1 the cell of solitude is the chief seat40 ,a third said3 8,in the convents of dervish brethren1 the chief seat is the lower end of the sofa1 where1 in reality1 people put off their shoes40 ,after these remarks1 some one present1 as an experiment1 asked ,jell1 saying3 8,in your rule and opinion1 where is the chief seat80 ,his answer was3 8,the chief seat is that where one's beloved is found40 ,the interrogator now asked3 8,and where is your beloved80 ,jell replied3 8,thou must be blind1 not to see40 ,jell then arose1 and began to sing4 ,many joined2 and the singing became so enthusiastic1 that the nobles rent their garments4 ,it so happened that1 after ,jell's death1 this interlocutor of his went to ,damascus1 and there became blind4 ,friends flocked to visit him1 and to condole with him4 ,he wept bitterly1 and cried aloud3 8,alas1 alas6 what have ,i not suffered8 ,that very moment1 when ,jell gave me that fatal answer1 a black veil seemed to fall down over my eyes1 so that ,i could not distinguish objects clearly1 or their colours4 ,but ,i have hope and faith in him1 that1 out of his sublime generosity1 he will yet take pity on me1 and pardon my presumption4 ,the goodness of the saints is infinite2 and ,jell himself hath said3 #8,despair not because of one sin2 for the ocean of divine mercy accepteth penitence4'0 ,the foregoing incident is also related with the following variation3-- ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz had just then returned to ,qonya1 and was among those who accompanied ,jell to the ,perwna's palace1 sitting down near him on the floor4 ,when the question was put3 8,where is your beloved80 ,jell arose1 and cast himself on the breast of ,shems4 ,that occurrence it was that made ,shems1 from that time forward1 a man of mark in all ,qonya4 #bh4 ,there was in ,qonya a great physician1 of eminence and ability1 who used occasionally to visit ,jell4 ,on one of those days1 ,jell requested him to prepare seventeen purgative draughts by a certain time1 propitious for taking medicine1 as that number of his friends required them4 ,when the specified time came1 ,jell went to the physician's house1 and received the seventeen draughts4 ,he immediately began1 and1 in the physician's presence1 drank off the whole seventeen in succession1 thence returning home4 ,the physician followed him there1 to render the assistance he felt sure would be wanted4 ,he found ,jell seated as usual1 in perfect health1 and lecturing to his disciples4 ,on inquiring how he felt1 ,jell answered1 in the words so often repeated in the ,qur'n 7ii4 #bc1 c473 8,beneath which rivers flow40 ,the physician recommended ,jell to abstain from water4 ,jell instantly ordered ice to be brought and broken up small4 ,of this he swallowed an inordinate quantity1 while the physician looked on4 ,jell then went to a hot-bath4 ,after bathing1 he began to sing and dance2 continuing in those exercises three whole days and nights1 without intermission4 ,the physician declared this to be the greatest miracle ever wrought by prophet or by saint4 ,with his whole family1 and with many of the greatest in the medical profession1 he joined himself to the multitude of ,jell's disciples of the most sincere4 #bi4 ,the ,perwna is related to have said publicly1 in his own palace1 that ,jell was a matchless monarch1 no sovereign having ever appeared in any age like unto him2 but that his disciples were a very disreputable set4 ,these words were reported to them1 and the company of disciples were greatly scandalised at the imputation4 ,jell sent a note to the ,perwna1 of which the following is the substance3-- 8,had my disciples been good men1 ,i had been their disciple4 ,inasmuch as they were bad1 ,i accepted them as my disciples1 that they might reform and become good1--of the company of the righteous4 ,by the soul of my father1 they were not accepted as disciples1 until ,god had made ,himself responsible that they would attain to mercy and grace1 admitted among those accepted of ,him4 ,until that assurance was given1 they were not received by me1 nor had they any place in the hearts of the servants of ,god4 #8,the sons of grace are saved2 the children of wrath are sick2 for the sake of ,thy mercy1 we1 a people of wrath1 have come to ,thee4'0 ,when the ,perwna had read and considered these words1 he became still more attached to ,jell2 arose1 came to him1 asked pardon1 and prayed for forgiveness of ,god1 distributing largely of his bounty among the disciples4 #cj4 ,another great and good man once observed3 8,jell is a great saint and a sovereign2 but he must be dragged forth from among his disciples40 ,this was reported to ,jell1 who smiled1 and said3 8,if he can60 ,soon afterwards he added3 8,why1 then1 is it that my followers are looked upon with spite by the men of the world8 ,it is because they are beloved of ,god1 and favourably regarded by ,him4 ,i have sifted all mankind2 and all have fallen through my sieve1 excepting these friends of mine4 ,they have remained4 ,my existence is the life of my friends1 and the existence of my friends is the life of the men of the world1 whether they know this1 or whether they ignore it40 #ca4 ,there was a young merchant1 whose house was near ,jell's college1 and who had professed himself a sincere and ardent disciple4 ,he conceived a desire and intention to make a voyage to ,egypt2 but his friends tried to dissuade him4 ,his intention was reported to ,jell1 who strictly and rigorously prohibited his undertaking the voyage4 ,the young man could not divest himself of his desire1 and had no peace of mind2 so one night he clandestinely stole away1 and went off to ,syria4 ,arrived at ,antioch1 he embarked in a ship1 and set sail4 ,as ,god had willed1 his ship was taken by ,fireng pirates4 ,he was made prisoner1 and was confined in a deep dungeon1 where he had a daily portion of food doled out to him1 barely sufficient to keep his body and soul together4 ,he was thus kept imprisoned forty days1 during which he wept bitterly1 and reproached himself for having been disobedient to the injunction of ,jell2 saying3 8,this is the reward of my crime4 ,i have disobeyed the command of my sovereign1 following after my own evil propensity40 ,precisely on the night of the fortieth day1 he saw ,jell in a dream1 who addressed him1 and said3 8,to-morrow1 to whatever questions these misbelievers may ask thee1 do thou return the answer3 #8,i know4' ,by that means shalt thou be released40 ,he awoke bewildered1 returned thanks to ,heaven1 and sat down in holy meditation1 awaiting the solution of the dream4 ,shortly1 he saw a company of ,fireng people come to him1 with whom was an interpreter4 ,they asked him3 8,knowest thou aught of philosophy1 and canst thou practise therapeutics8 ,our prince is sick40 ,his answer was3 8,i know40 ,they immediately took him out of the pit1 led him to a bath1 and dressed him in a handsome vestment of honour4 ,they then conducted him to the residence of the sick man4 ,the young merchant1 inspired of ,god1 ordered them to bring him seven fruits4 ,these he prepared with a little scammony1 and made the whole into a draught1 which he administered to the patient4 ,by the grace of ,god1 and the intercession of the saints1 his treatment was crowned with success1 after two or three visits4 ,the ,fireng prince recovered2 and by reason that the favour of ,jell was upon that young merchant1 though he was utterly illiterate1 he became a philosopher4 ,jell assisted him4 ,when the ,fireng prince had entirely recovered his health1 and had arisen from his sick-bed1 he told the young merchant to ask of him whatsoever he might wish4 ,he asked for his freedom1 and for leave to return home1 that he might rejoin his teacher4 ,he then related all that had befallen him2--his disobedience1 his vision1 and the assistance of ,jell4 ,the whole audience of ,firengs1 without sight of ,jell1 became believers in him1 and wooers of him4 ,they set the young merchant free1 and allowed him to depart1 bestowing on him rich presents and a bountiful outfit4 ,on his arrival at the metropolis1 before going to his own house1 he hastened to pay his respects to ,jell4 ,on beholding the sacred features from afar1 he threw himself on the earth1 embraced ,jell's two feet1 kissed them1 rubbed his face upon them1 and wept4 ,jell raised him1 kissed both his cheeks1 and said3 8,it was a narrow escape through thy curing the ,fireng prince4 ,thou didst abscond2 but henceforward1 do thou remain at home1 and occupy thyself in earning what is lawful4 ,take contentment as thy exemplar4 ,the sufferings of the sea1 the commotion of the ship1 the calamity of captivity1 and the darkness of the dungeon1 are so many evils4 ,contentment is a very blessing from ,god40 #cb4 ,jell one day was going from his college into the town1 when by chance he met a ,christian monk1 who made him an obeisance4 ,jell asked him which was the elder1 himself or his beard4 ,the monk replied3 8,i am twenty years older than my beard4 ,it came forth that number of years later40 ,jell answered him3 8,then ,i pity thee4 ,thy young beard has attained to maturity1 whereas thou hast remained immature1 as thou wast4 ,thou art as black1 and as weak1 and as untutored as ever4 ,alas for thee1 if thou change not1 and ripen not60 ,the poor monk at once renounced his rope girdle1 threw it away1 professed the faith of ,islm1 and became a believer4 #cc4 ,a company of black-habited ones 7,christian priests or monks7 chanced to meet ,jell one day1 as they came from a distant place4 ,when his disciples espied them afar off1 they expressed their aversion from them by exclaiming3 8,o the dark-looking1 disagreeable things60 ,jell remarked3 8,in the whole world1 none are more generous than they are4 ,they have given over to us1 in this life1 the faith of ,islm1 purity1 cleanliness1 and the various modes of worshipping ,god2 while1 in the world to come1 they have left to us the everlasting abodes of paradise1 the large-eyed damsels1 and the pavilions1 as well as the sight of ,god1 of which they will enjoy no share2 for ,god hath said 7,qur'n vii4 #dh73 #8,verily ,god hath made both of them forbidden things to the misbelievers6' ,they walk in darkness and misbelief1 willingly incurring the torments of hell4 ,but1 let only the sun of righteousness rise upon them suddenly1 and they will become believers40 ,being now come near enough1 they all made their obeisances to ,jell1 entered into conversation with him1 and professed themselves true ,muslims4 ,jell now turned to his disciples1 and added3 8,god swallows up the darkness in the light1 and the light in the darkness4 ,he also makes in the darkness a place for the light40 ,the disciples bowed1 and rejoiced4 #cd4 ,a certain well-known disciple related that1 on one occasion1 ,jell and his friends went forth to the country-seat of ,husm1 and there held a grand festival of holy music and dancing until near daybreak4 ,jell then left off1 to give his followers a little rest4 ,they dispersed about the grounds2 and the narrator took a seat in a spot from whence he could see and observe ,jell4 ,the others all fell asleep2 but he occupied himself with reflections on the miracles performed by various of the prophets and of the saints4 ,he thought to himself3 8,i wonder whether this holy man works miracles4 ,of course he does2 only1 he keeps the fact quiet1 to avoid the inconveniences of notoriety40 ,hardly had the thought crossed his mind1 when ,jell called him by name4 ,on his approaching ,jell1 the latter stooped1 picked up a pebble from the earth1 placed it on the back of his own hand1 and said to him3 8,here1 take this2 it is thy portion2 and be thou one of the thankful0 7,qur'n vii4 #ada74 ,the disciple examined the pebble by the light of the moon1 and saw that it was a large ruby1 exceedingly clear and brilliant1 not to be found in the treasuries of kings4 ,utterly astounded1 he shrieked out1 and swooned away2 awaking the whole company with his shout2 for he was a very loud-voiced man4 ,on recovery1 he told the others what had occurred4 ,he also expressed to ,jell his contrition for the temerity of his reflections4 ,jell told him to carry the stone to the queen1 and to mention how he had become possessed of it4 ,the queen accepted it1 had it valued1 and gave to him a hundred and eighty thousand pieces of silver in return1 besides rich gifts4 ,she also distributed presents to all the members of the fraternity4 #ce4 ,a certain sheykh1 son of a sheykh1 and a man of great reputation for learning1 came to ,qonya1 and was respectfully visited by all the people of eminence residing there4 ,it so happened that ,jell and his friends were gone that day to a mosque in the country2 and the new-comer1 offended at ,jell's not hasting to visit him1 made the remark in public3 8,has ,jell never heard the adage3 #8,the newly-arrived one is visited'80 ,one of ,jell's disciples chanced to be present1 and heard this remark4 ,on the other hand1 ,jell was expounding sublime truths in the mosque to his disciples1 when suddenly he exclaimed1 8,my dear brother6 ,i am the newly-arrived one1 not thou4 ,thou and those like thee are bound to visit me1 and so gain honour to yourselves40 ,all his audience were surprised at this apostrophe2 wondering to whom it was addressed4 ,jell then spake a parable3 8,one man came from ,bagdd1 and another went forth out of his house and ward2 which of the two ought to pay the first visit to the other80 ,all agreed in opinion that the man from ,bagdd ought to be visited by the other4 ,then ,jell explained1 thus3 8,in reality1 ,i am returned from the ,bagdd of nulliquity1 whereas this dearly beloved son of a sheykh1 who has come here1 has gone forth from a ward of this world4 ,i am better entitled1 therefore1 to be visited than is he4 ,i have been hymning in the ,bagdd of the world of spirits the heavenly canticle3 #8,i am the ,truth1' since a time anterior to the commencement of the present war1 ere the truth obtained its victory40 ,the disciples expressed their concurrence1 and rejoiced exceedingly4 ,by and by1 the sheykh's son was informed of this wonder4 ,he at once arose1 went on foot to visit ,jell1 uncovered his head1 and owned that ,jell was right4 ,he further declared himself ,jell's disciple1 and said3 8,my father enjoined me to put on ironed sandals1 taking an iron-shod staff in my hand1 and go forth in quest of ,jellu-'d-,dn1 since it is a duty of all to visit and reverence him who has spoken the truth and reposes on the truth4 ,but the majesty of ,jell is a hundredfold greater than what my father explained to me40 #cf4 ,jell once commanded one of his attendants to go and arrange a certain matter4 ,the attendant answered3 8,god willing40 ,upon this1 ,jell was wroth1 and shouted to him3 8,stupid1 garrulous fool60 ,the attendant fainted and foamed at the mouth4 ,the disciples interceded4 ,jell expressed his forgiveness2 and the attendant recovered4 #cg4 ,on the occasion of a grand religious commemoration at the house of the ,perwna1 in the presence of the ,sultan ,ruknu-'d-,dn1 this monarch was taken unwell1 and the exercises were suspended1 only1 one of the disciples continued to sing and shout4 ,the ,sultan remarked3 8,how ill-behaved is that man6 ,does he pretend to be more ecstatic than his teacher ,jellu-'d-,dn80 ,jell heard this1 and answered the king3 8,thou art unable to withstand an attack of fever4 ,how then canst thou expect a man devoured with an enthusiasm that threatens to swallow up even heaven itself1 to calm down on a sudden80 ,when the disciples heard this1 they set up a shout2 and the ,sultan1 after himself witnessing one or two of the mighty signs wrought by ,jell1 made his obeisance to him1 and became a disciple4 #ch4 ,it has been related by some that the final overthrow of the rule of the ,seljq dynasty in ,asia ,minor 7in ,a4,h4 #gjj1 ,a4,d4 #acjj71 was in this manner3-- ,the ,sultan ,ruknu-'d-,dn had adopted ,jell as his 7spiritual7 father4 ,after a while1 he held a great dervish festival in the palace4 ,but1 about that period1 a certain ,sheykh ,bba had created for himself a great name in ,qonya1 and certain intriguers had led the king to visit him4 ,it was shortly after that visit that the king held the revival in honour of ,bba in the ,hall of the ,bowls4 ,the sheykh was met and introduced in state by the court officials1 and was then installed on the throne1 with the ,sultan seated on a chair by his side4 ,jell now made his appearance1 saluted1 and took his seat in a corner of the hall4 ,portions of the ,qur'n were recited1 and exhortations were delivered1 with hymns4 ,the ,sultan then turned to ,jell1 and spoke3 8,be it known to the ,lord ,jell1 to the ,doctors of the ,law1 and to the grandees1 that ,i have adopted the ,sheykh ,bba as my 7spiritual7 father1 who has accepted me as his dutiful and affectionate son40 ,all present shouted their approval1 and prayed for a blessing on the arrangement4 ,but ,jell1 burning with divine jealousy1 instantly exclaimed 7in words traditionally related of the prophet1 ,muhammed73 8,verily1 ,sa'd is a jealous man2 but ,i am more jealous than ,sa'd2 and ,god is still more jealous than ,i am40 ,to this he further added3 8,since the ,sultan has made the sheykh his father1 we will make some other our son40 ,so saying1 he gave his usual religious shout of ecstasy1 and stalked out from the assembly4 ,husmu-'d-,dn related that he saw the ,sultan1 when ,jell thus quitted the presence1 turn pale1 as though shot with an arrow4 ,the grandees ran to stop ,jell2 but he would not return4 ,a few days afterwards1 the officers of state adopted the resolution to invite the ,sultan to go to another city1 that they might take measures to get rid of ,sheykh ,bba4 ,the ,sultan now went to consult ,jell1 and ask for his blessing before setting out4 ,jell advised him not to go4 ,the matter had1 however1 been officially promulgated1 and there was no possibility to alter arrangements4 ,on arriving at the other town1 the ,sultan was conducted to a private apartment1 and forthwith strangled with a bowstring4 ,ere his breath failed1 he invoked the name of ,jell4 ,at that moment ,jell was at his college1 lost to consciousness in the enthusiasm of a musical service4 ,suddenly1 he put his two forefingers into his two ears1 and ordered the trumpets and chorus to join in4 ,he then shouted vociferously1 and recited aloud two of his own odes1 of which one commences thus3 8,my words were3 #8,go not2 ,i'm thy friend2 the world is rife ,with threats of dire destruction2 ,i'm the ,fount of ,life4'0 99 99 99 99 99 ,when the service was over1 the disciples requested ,jell's son1 ,sultan ,veled1 to inquire of his father what all this might signify4 ,in reply1 he merely put off his cloak1 and said aloud3 8,let us perform the service for the burial of the dead40 ,he acted as ,precentor in the service1 and all present joined in4 ,then1 without waiting for his son to put any question1 he addressed the assembly1 saying3 8,yea1 ,bah'u-'d-,dn and my friends6 ,they have strangled the poor ,sultan ,ruknu-'d-,dn4 ,in his agony1 he called on me1 and shrieked4 ,god had so ordained4 ,i did not wish his voice to ring in my ears1 and interrupt my devotions4 ,he will fare better in the other world40 7,there is a serious anachronism in the foregoing account4 ,sultan ,ruknu-'d-,dn1 whose name was ,suleyman son of ,key-,khusrew1 was put to death by order of the ,mogul emperor ,abaqa ,khn1 in ,a4,h4 #ffd 7,a4,d4 #abfe71 thirty-six years before the final extinction of the dynasty by order of ,qzn ,khn1 between ,abaqa and whom no less than four emperors reigned4 ,besides this1 ,jell himself died in ,a4,h4 #fgb 7,a4,d4 #abgc71 twenty-seven years before the last of the ,seljq sovereigns1 ,key-,qubd son of ,fermurz son of ,key-,kwus1 was slaughtered1 together with all living members of the race4 ,historians differ much respecting the names and order of succession of the last sovereigns of the dynasty2 and the present anecdote shows how confused had become on the spot the legend of these puppets4 ,ruknu-'d-,dn caused his own brother to be poisoned1 as he had become jealous of the favour shown to that brother by the ,mogul emperor4 ,his own death was the reward of that act47 #ci4 ,one day1 in lecturing on self-abasement and humility1 ,jell spake a parable from the trees of the field1 and said3 8,every tree that yields no fruit1 as the pine1 the cypress1 the box1 c41 grows tall and straight1 lifting up its head on high1 and sending all its branches upwards2 whereas all the fruit-bearing trees droop their heads1 and trail their branches4 ,in like manner1 the ,apostle of ,god was the most humble of men4 ,though he carried within himself all the virtues and excellencies of the ancients and of the moderns1 he1 like a fruitful tree1 was more humble1 and more of a dervish1 than any other prophet4 ,he is related to have said3 #8,i am commanded to show consideration to all men1 to be kind to them2 and yet1 no prophet was ever so ill-treated by men as ,i have been4' ,we know that he had his head broken1 and his teeth knocked out4 ,still he prayed3 #8,o our ,lord ,god1 guide ,thou my people aright2 for they know not what they do4' ,other prophets have launched denunciations against the people to whom they were sent2 and certainly1 none have had greater cause to do so1 than ,muhammed40 8,old ,adam's form was moulded first of clay from nature's face2 ,who's not1 as mire1 low-minded's not true son of ,adam's race40 ,in like manner1 ,jell also had the commendable habit to show himself humble and considerate to all1 even the lowest2 especially so to children1 and to old women4 ,he used to bless them2 and always bowed to those who bowed to him1 even though these were not ,muslims4 ,one day he met an ,armenian butcher1 who bowed to him seven times4 ,jell bowed to him in return4 ,at another time he chanced upon a number of children who were playing1 and who left their game1 ran to him1 and bowed4 ,jell bowed to them also2 so much so1 that one little fellow called out from afar3 8,wait for me until ,i come40 ,jell moved not away1 until the child had come1 bowed1 and been bowed to4 ,at that time1 people were speaking and writing against him4 ,legal opinions were obtained and circulated1 to the effect that music1 singing1 and dancing1 are unlawful4 ,out of his kindly disposition1 and love of peace1 ,jell made no reply2 and after a while all his detractors were silenced1 and their writings clean forgotten1 as though they had never been written2 whereas1 his family and followers will endure to the end of time1 and will go on increasing continually4 #dj4 ,jell once wrote a note to the ,perwna1 interceding for a disciple who had been involved in an act of homicide1 and had taken refuge in the house of another4 ,the ,perwna demurred2 saying it was a very grave matter1 a question of blood4 ,jell thereupon facetiously replied3 8,a homicide is popularly termed #8a son of #8,azr'l 7the angel of death74' ,being such1 what on earth is he to do1 unless he kill some one80 ,this repartee so pleased the ,perwna1 that he pardoned the culprit1 and paid himself to the heirs of the slain man the price of his blood4 #da4 ,jell one day went forth and preached in the market4 ,crowds collected round him4 ,but he continued until night fell around him2 so he was at length left alone4 ,the dogs of the market-place now collected in a circle about him1 wagging their tails and whining4 ,seeing this1 ,jell exclaimed3 8,by the ,lord1 the ,highest1 the ,strongest1 the ,all-,compelling ,one1 besides whom none is high1 or strong1 or powerful6 ,these dogs comprehend my discourse1 and the truths ,i expound4 ,men call them dogs2 but henceforward let them not be so termed4 ,they are of the family of the #8,seven ,sleepers4'0#ad #db4 ,the ,perwna much wished ,jell to give him private instruction at his palace2 and requested ,jell's son1 ,sultan ,veled1 to intercede for him in the matter2 which he did4 ,jell replied to his son3 8,bah'u-'d-,dn6 ,he cannot bear that burden40 ,this was thrice repeated4 ,jell then remarked to his son3 8,bah'u-'d-,dn6 ,a bucket1 the water of which is enough for forty1 cannot be drained by one40 ,bah made the reflection3 8,had ,i not pressed the matter1 ,i had never heard this wonderful saying40 #dc4 ,at another time1 the ,perwna1 through ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 requested ,jell to give a public lecture to all the men of science of the city1 who were desirous to hear him4 ,his answer was3 8,a tree laden with fruit1 had its branches bowed down to the earth therewith4 ,at the time1 doubts and gainsayings prevented the gardeners from gathering and enjoying the fruit4 ,the tree has now raised its head to the skies1 and beyond4 ,can they hope1 then1 to pluck and eat of its fruit80 #dd4 ,again1 the ,perwna requested ,jell himself to instruct him and give him counsel4 ,after a little reflection1 ,jell said3 8,i have heard that thou hast committed the ,qur'n to memory4 ,is it so80 8,i have40 8,i have heard that thou hast studied1 under a great teacher1 the ,jmi'u-'l-,usl1 that mighty work on the #8,elements of ,jurisprudence4' ,is it so80 8,it is40 8,then10 answered ,jell1 8thou knowest the ,word of ,god1 and thou knowest all the words and acts reported of ,his ,apostle4 ,but thou settest them at naught1 and actest not up to their precepts4 ,how1 then1 canst thou expect that words of mine will profit thee80 ,the ,perwna was abashed1 and burst into tears4 ,he went his way2 but from that day he began to execute justice1 so as to become a rival of the great ,chosroes4 ,he made himself the phnix of the age1 and ,jell accepted him as a disciple4 #de4 ,a company of pilgrims arrived one year at ,qonya from ,mekka1 on their way home elsewhere4 ,they were taken in succession to visit all the chief men of rank and learning in the capital1 and were received with every demonstration of respect4 ,at last they were conducted to ,jell also1 in his college4 ,on seeing him seated there1 they all screamed out and fainted away4 ,when they were recovered1 ,jell began to offer excuses1 saying to them3 8,i fear you have been deceived1 either by an impostor1 or by some person resembling me in feature4 ,there are men who strongly resemble one another40 ,the pilgrims one and all objected3 8,why talks he thus8 ,why strive to make us doubt our eyes8 ,by the ,god of heaven and earth1 he was with us in person1 habited in the very dress he now wears1 when we all assumed the pilgrim garb at ,mekka4 ,he performed with us all the ceremonies of the pilgrimage1 there and at #8,araft4#ae ,he visited with us the tomb of the ,prophet at ,medna2 though he never once ate or drank with us4 ,now he pretends that he does not know us or we know him40 ,on hearing this declaration1 ,jell's disciples were transported with joy1 a musical festival ensued1 and all those pilgrims became disciples4 #df4 ,a certain rich merchant of ,qonya1 a disciple1 as was his wife1 of ,jell's1 went to ,mekka one year for the pilgrimage4 ,on the day when the victims are slaughtered1 the lady had a dish of sweetmeat prepared1 and sent some of it in a china bowl to ,jell1 to be eaten at dinner4 ,she made the request that1 when he partook of the food1 he would favour her absent husband with his remembrance1 his prayers1 and his blessing4 ,jell invited his disciples to the feast2 and all ate of the lady's sweetmeat to repletion4 ,but the bowl still remained full4 ,jell then said3 8,oh1 he too must partake of it40 ,he took the bowl1 ascended to the terraced roof of the college with it1 returning immediately empty-handed4 ,his friends asked him what he had done with the bowl and the food4 8,i have handed them10 said ,jell1 8to her husband1 whose property they are40 ,the company remained bewildered4 ,in due course of time1 the pilgrims from ,qonya returned home from ,mekka2 and out of the baggage of the merchant1 the china bowl was produced1 and sent in to the lady1 who was much astonished at sight of it4 ,she inquired of her husband how he had become possessed of that identical dish4 ,he replied3 8,ah6 ,i also am at a loss to know how it happened4 ,but1 on the eve of the slaughter of the victims1 ,i was seated in my tent1 at #8,araft1 with a company of other pilgrims1 when an arm projected into the tent1 and placed this dish before me1 filled with sweetmeat4 ,i sent out servants to see who had brought it to me2 but no one was found40 ,the lady at once inferred the truth1 and guessed what had happened4 ,her husband was more and more astonished at such miraculous power4 ,next day1 husband and wife went to ,jell1 stood bare-headed before him1 wept for joy1 and related what had occurred4 ,he answered3 8,the whole thing is the effect of your trust and belief4 ,god has merely made use of my hand as the instrument wherewith to make manifest ,his power40 #dg4 ,jell was accustomed to go every year for about six weeks to a place near ,qonya1 called 8,the ,hot ,waters10 where there is a lake or marsh inhabited by a large colony of frogs4 ,a religious musical festival was arranged one day near the lake1 and ,jell delivered a discourse4 ,the frogs were vociferous1 and made his words inaudible4 ,he therefore addressed himself to them1 with a loud shout1 saying3 8,what is all this noise about8 ,either do you pronounce a discourse1 or allow me to speak40 ,complete silence immediately ensued2 nor was a frog ever once heard to croak again1 so long as ,jell remained there4 ,before leaving1 he went to the marsh1 and gave them his permission to croak again now as much as they pleased4 ,the chorus instantly began4 ,numbers of people1 who were witnesses of this miraculous power over the frogs1 became believers in ,jell1 and professed themselves his disciples4 #dh4 ,a party of butchers had purchased a heifer1 and were leading her away to be slaughtered1 when she broke loose from them1 and ran away1 a crowd following and shouting after her1 so that she became furious1 and none could pass near her4 ,by chance ,jell met her1 his followers being at some distance behind4 ,on beholding him1 the heifer became calm and quiet1 came gently towards him1 and then stood still1 as though communing with him mutely1 heart to heart1 as is the wont with saints2 and as though pleading for her life4 ,jell patted and caressed her4 ,the butchers now came up4 ,jell begged of them the animal's life1 as having placed herself under his protection4 ,they gave their consent1 and let her go free4 ,jell's disciples now joined the party1 and he improved the occasion by the following remarks3--8,if a brute beast1 on being led away to slaughter1 break loose and take refuge with me1 so that ,god grants it immunity for my sake1 how much more so would the case be1 when a human being turns unto ,god with all his heart and soul1 devoutly seeking ,him4 ,god will certainly save such a man from the tormenting demons of hell-fire1 and lead him to heaven1 there to dwell eternally40 ,those words caused such joy and gladness among the disciples that a musical festival1 with dancing1 at once commenced1 and was carried on into the night4 ,alms and clothing were distributed to the poor singers of the chorus4 ,it is related that the heifer was never seen again in the meadows of ,qonya4 #di4 ,a meeting was held at the ,perwna's palace1 each guest bringing his own waxlight of about four or five pounds' weight4 ,jell came to the assembly with a small wax-taper4 ,the grandees smiled at the taper4 ,jell1 however1 told them that their imposing candles depended on his taper for their light4 ,their looks expressed their incredulity at this4 ,jell1 therefore1 blew out his taper1 and all the candles were at once extinguished2 the company being left in darkness4 ,after a short interval1 ,jell fetched a sigh4 ,his taper took fire therefrom1 and the candles all burnt brightly as before4 ,numerous were the conversions resulting from this miraculous display4 #ej4 ,one day1 the poet-laureate1 ,qni'1 came to visit ,jell at his college4 ,he was the very ,khqn#af of the age1 and was accompanied by a crowd of noble admirers4 ,after much conversation1 ,qni' remarked that he did not like the writings of the poet ,san'1#ag and ,jell inquired the reason4 ,the poet-laureate replied3 8,san' was not a ,muslim40 ,again ,jell asked why he had formed that opinion2 and ,qni' replied3 8,he has quoted passages from the ,qur'n in his poetry1 and has even used them as his rhymes40 ,jell hereupon rebuked him most severely1 as follows3-- 8,do hold thy peace4 ,what sort of a ,muslim art thou8 ,could a ,muslim perceive the grandeur of that poet1 his hair would stand on end1 and his turban would fall from his head4 ,that ,muslim1 and thousands such as he1--such as thee1--out of this lower world1 and out of the land of spirits1 would become real ,muslims4 ,his poetry1 which is an exposition of the mysteries of the ,qur'n1 is so beautifully embellished1 that one may apply to it the adage3 #8,we have drawn from the ocean1 and we have poured out again into the ocean4' ,thou hast not understood his philosophy2 thou hast not studied it2 for thou art a ,qni' 7,follower of one who is satisfied74 ,the vicars of ,god have a technology1 of which the rhetoricians have no knowledge4 ,hence these truths appear to be imperfect1 because men of crude minds are prevented from comprehending them4 ,though thou hast no part in the lot of the recondite mysteries of the saints1 it does not thence follow that thou shouldest deny their position1 and so place thyself in a position where destruction may be brought down upon thee4 ,on the contrary1 shouldest thou fix thy faith upon them1 and act with true sincerity1 thou shalt find in the day of judgment no heavy burden on thy shoulders4 ,in lieu thereof1 a burden-bearer will be present at thy side1--a refuge1 who will prove thy most earnest intercessor40 ,struck with these words1 the poet-laureate arose1 uncovered1 begged forgiveness1 confessed contrition for his disrespect1 and became one of ,jell's disciples4 #ea4 ,a disciple of ,husmu-'d-,dn wished to make a vow never to do an act not expressly authorised by the ,canon ,law of ,islm4 ,for the purpose of administering the oath to him1 instead of the ,qur'n1 a copy of the ,ilh-nma 7,divine ,hymns7 of the philosopher ,san' was placed on a lectern1 covered over with a cloth1 and tendered as 8the ,book0 on which he was to swear4 ,just then1 ,jell came into the room1 and asked what was going on4 ,husm replied3 8,one of my disciples is going to make a vow against backsliding4 ,we shrank from swearing him on the ,qur'n1 and have therefore prepared a copy of the ,ilh-nma for the occasion40 ,jell observed3 8,indeed6 ,why1 the ,ilh-nma would draw down on a forswearer a more severe chastisement than the ,qur'n itself4 ,the ,word of ,god is but milk1 of which the ,ilh-nma is the cream and the butter60 #eb4 ,when ,adam was created1 ,god commanded ,gabriel to take the three most precious pearls of the divine treasury1 and offer them in a golden salver to ,adam1 to choose for himself one of the three4 ,the three pearls were3 wisdom1 faith1 and modesty4 ,adam chose the pearl of wisdom4 ,gabriel then proceeded to remove the salver with the remaining two pearls1 in order to replace them in the divine treasury4 ,with all his mighty power1 he found he could not lift the salver4 ,the two pearls said to him3 8,we will not separate from our beloved wisdom4 ,we could not be happy and quiet away from it4 ,from all eternity1 we three have been the three compeers of ,god's glory1 the pearls of ,his power4 ,we cannot be separated40 ,a voice was now heard to proceed from the divine presence1 saying3 8,gabriel6 leave them1 and come away40 ,from that time1 wisdom has taken its seat on the summit of the brain of ,adam2 faith took up its abode in his heart2 modesty established itself in his countenance4 ,those three pearls have remained as the heirlooms of the chosen children of ,adam4 ,for1 whoever1 of all his descendants1 is not embellished and enriched with those three jewels1 is lacking of the sentiment and lustre of his divine origin4 ,so runs the narrative reported by ,husm1 ,jell's successor1 as having been imparted to him by the latter4 #ec4 ,a certain flute-player named ,hamza1 much beloved by ,jell1 happened to die4 ,jell sent some of his disciples to array the defunct in his grave-clothes4 ,he himself followed them to the house of the deceased4 ,on entering the room1 ,jell addresses the dead body3 8,my dear friend ,hamza1 arise60 ,instantly1 the deceased arose1 saying3 8,lo1 here ,i am60 ,he then took his flute1 and for three whole days and nights a religious festival was kept up in his house4 ,above a hundred ,roman misbelievers were thereby converted to the faith of ,islm4 ,when ,jell left the house1 life departed from the corpse also4 #ed4 ,among the disciples there was a hunchback1 a devout man1 and a player on the tambourine1 whom ,jell loved4 ,on the occasion of a festival1 this poor man beat his tambourine and shouted in ecstasy to an unusual degree4 ,jell was also greatly moved in the spirit with the holy dance4 ,approaching the hunchback1 he said to him3 8,why erectest thou not thyself like the rest80 ,the infirmity of the hunch was pleaded4 ,jell then patted him on the back1 and stroked him down4 ,the poor man immediately arose1 erect and graceful as a cypress4 ,when he went home1 his wife refused him admittance1 denying that he was her husband4 ,his companions came1 and bare witness to her of what had happened4 ,then she was convinced1 let him in1 and the couple lived together for many years afterwards4 #ee4 ,it was once remarked to ,jell1 with respect to the burial service for the dead1 that1 from the earliest times1 it had been usual for certain prayers and ,qur'nic recitations to be said at the grave and round the corpse2 but1 that people could not understand why he had introduced into the ceremony the practice of singing hymns during the procession towards the place of burial1 which canonists had pronounced to be a mischievous innovation4 ,jell replied3 8,the ordinary reciters1 by their services1 bear witness that the deceased lived a ,muslim4 ,my singers1 however1 testify that he was a ,muslim1 a believer and a lover of ,god40 ,he added also3 8,besides that2 when the human spirit1 after years of imprisonment in the cage and dungeon of the body1 is at length set free1 and wings its flight to the source whence it came1 is not this an occasion for rejoicings1 thanks1 and dancings8 ,the soul1 in ecstasy1 soars to the presence of the ,eternal2 and stirs up others to make proof of courage and self-sacrifice4 ,if a prisoner be released from a dungeon and be clothed with honour1 who would doubt that rejoicings are proper8 ,so1 too1 the death of a saint is an exactly parallel case40 #ef4 ,one of ,jell's chief disciples related that1 when he first began to study under that teacher1 a company of pilgrims from ,mekka came to ,qonya1 and among them was a very handsome young man of this latter city1 son to one of the chief professors there4 ,this young man brought rich presents to ,jell1 and gifts for the disciples1 relating to the latter the following adventure3-- 8,we were travelling in the desert of ,arabia1 and ,i chanced to fall asleep4 ,the caravan went on without me4 ,when ,i awoke1 ,i found myself alone in the trackless sands4 ,i knew not which way to turn4 ,i wept and lamented for a considerable time1 took a direction at hazard1 and walked until ,i was thoroughly exhausted4 8,to my surprise and joy ,i espied a large tent at a distance1 with a great smoke rising by it4 ,i made for the tent1 and there encountered a most formidable-looking personage1 to whom ,i related my misadventure4 ,he bid me welcome1 asked me in1 and invited me to rest myself4 ,within the tent ,i observed a large kettle1 full of fresh-cooked sweetmeat of the finest kind1 and a plentiful supply of cool clear water4 8,my wonder was great4 ,i asked my host what these preparations might mean1 and he answered3 #8,i am a disciple of the great ,jellu-'d-,dn of ,qonya1 son of ,bah'u-'d-,dn of ,balkh4 ,he is used to pass by here every day4 ,i have therefore pitched this tent for him1 and ,i prepare this food4 ,perchance1 he may honour and bless me with his presence1 partaking of hospitality here4' 8,as he yet spake1 in walked ,jell4 ,we saluted2 and he was begged to partake of the food4 ,he took a little morsel1 no larger than a filbert1 giving me some also4 ,i fell at his feet1 and told him ,i was from ,qonya on pilgrimage1 and had missed the caravan by falling asleep4 #8,well1' answered he1 #8as we are fellow-townsmen1 be of good cheer4' ,he then bade me close my eyes4 ,i did so2 and on opening them again ,i found myself in the midst of my companions of the caravan4 ,i am now come here1 on my return home in safety1 to offer my thanks for that miraculous kindness1 and to profess myself a disciple of the holy man40 #eg4 ,a man of great learning came once to visit ,jell4 ,by way of a test1 he asked ,jell two questions3 8,is it correct to speak of ,god as #8a living soul8' since ,god hath said 7,qur'n iii4 #ahb73 #8,every living soul shall taste death6'0 and3 8,if one ought not to call ,god #8a living soul1' what did ,jesus mean when he said 7,qur'n v4 #aaf73 ,thou knowest what is in my soul1 but ,i know not what is in ,thy soul'80 ,the second question was3 8,can ,god properly be called #8a thing'8 ,if ,he can be so called1 what is the signification of ,his word 7,qur'n xxviii4 #hh73 #8,every thing shall perish1 save ,his cause'80 ,jell immediately replied3 8#8,but ,i know not what is in ,thy soul' means in ,thy knowledge1 in ,thy absentness1 or1 as we seers say1 in ,thy secrecy4 ,thus the passage would be paraphrased3 ,thou knowest what is in my secrecy2 but ,i know not what is in the secret of ,thy secrecy2 or1 as #8the people of heart' would put it3 ,thou knowest what issues from me in the world2 but ,i know not the secret of what issues from ,thee in the world to come4 ,it is quite proper to speak of ,god as #8a thing2' for ,he hath said 7,qur'n vi4 #ai73 #8,what thing is greatest in testimony8 ,say thou3 8,god28' i4e41 ,god is the greatest thing in testimony2 #8,god will be a witness between me and you in the day of the resurrection4' ,the signification of the passage #8,every thing shall perish' is3 every created thing shall perish2 not the ,creator1 i4e41 #8save ,he4' ,the thing excepted from the general category is #8,he4' ,but ,god knows best40 ,the man of learning instantly professed himself a disciple1 and composed a panegyric on ,jell4 #eh4 ,the legend goes that ,jell made a practice of seeing the new moon of the ,arabian new year1 and always uttered the following prayer on seeing it3--8,o our ,lord ,god6 ,thou art the ,past-eternal ,one1 the ,future-eternal ,one1 the ,ancient ,one6 ,this is a new year4 ,i beg of ,thee therein steadfastness to withstand the lapidated ,satan1#ah and assistance against the rebellious spirit 7within me72 also1 occupation in what will approximate me to ,thee1 and an avoidance of what might elongate me from ,thee4 ,o ,god6 ,o the ,all-merciful ,one1 the ,all-compassionate ,one6 ,through ,thy mercy1 ,o ,most-compassionate of the merciful ones6 ,o thou ,lord of majesty and of honour60 #ei4 ,it is related that ,jell cured one of his disciples of an intermittent fever by writing down the following invocation on paper1 washing off the ink in water1 and giving this to the patient to drink2 who was1 under ,god's favour1 immediately relieved from the malady3--8,o ,mother of the sleek one 7a nickname of the tertian ague76 ,if thou hast believed in ,god1 the ,most ,great1 make not the head to ache2 vitiate not the swallow2 eat not the flesh2 drink not the blood2 and depart thou out of ,so-and-,so1 betaking thyself to some one who attributes to ,god partners of other false gods4 ,and ,i bear witness that there is not any god save ,god1 and ,i testify that ,muhammed is ,his servant and apostle40 #fj4 ,one day ,jell paid a visit to a great ,sheykh4 ,he was received with the utmost respect1 and seated with the ,sheykh on the same carpet1 both together falling into ecstatic heart-communion with the world of spirits4 ,a certain dervish was there present also1 who had repeatedly performed the pilgrimage at ,mekka4 ,the dervish addressed ,jell1 and inquired3 8,what is poverty80 ,jell returned no answer2 and the question was thrice repeated4 ,when ,jell took his leave1 the great ,sheykh accompanied him to the street door4 ,on his return to his room1 he reprimanded the dervish severely for his insolent intrusion on the guest2 8especially10 said the ,sheykh1 8as he fully answered thy question the first time thou puttest it40 ,the dervish1 surprised1 asked what the answer had been4 8,the poor man10 said the ,sheykh1 8when he hath known ,god1 hath his tongue tied4 ,that is being a real dervish2 who1 when in the presence of saints1 speaks not2 neither with the tongue1 nor with the heart4 ,this is what is signified by 7,qur'n xlvi4 #bh73 #8,hold ye your peace4' ,but now1 prepare thyself for thy end4 ,thou art struck by a shaft from heaven40 ,three days later1 the dervish was met by a gang of reprobates1 who attacked and killed him1 carrying off every thing he had about him4 ,salve fac nos1 ,domine6 #fa4 ,in the days of ,jell there was in ,qonya a lady-saint1 named ,fakhru-'n-,nis 7the ,glory of ,women74 ,she was known to all the holy men of the time1 who were all aware of her sanctity4 ,miracles were wrought by her in countless numbers4 ,she constantly attended the meetings at ,jell's home1 and he occasionally paid her a visit at her house4 ,her friends suggested to her that she ought to go and perform the pilgrimage at ,mekka2 but she would not undertake this duty unless she should first consult with ,jell about it4 ,accordingly she went to see him4 ,as she entered his presence1 before she spoke1 he called out to her3 8,oh1 most happy idea6 ,may thy journey be prosperous6 ,god willing1 we shall be together40 ,she bowed1 but said nothing4 ,the disciples present were puzzled4 ,that night she remained a guest at ,jell's house1 conversing with him till past midnight4 ,at that hour he went up to the terraced roof of the college to perform the divine service of the vigil4 ,when he had completed that service of worship1 he fell into an ecstasy1 shouting and exclaiming4 ,then he lifted the skylight of the room below1 where the lady was1 and invited her to come up on to the roof also4 ,when she was come1 he told her to look upwards1 saying that her wish was come to pass4 ,on looking up1 she beheld the ,cubical ,house of ,mekka in the air1 circumambulating round ,jell's head above him1 and spinning round like a dervish in his waltz1 plainly and distinctly1 so as to leave no room for doubt or uncertainty4 ,she screamed out with astonishment and fright1 swooning away4 ,on coming to herself1 she felt the conviction that the journey to ,mekka was not one for her to perform2 so she totally relinquished the idea4 #fb4 ,jell was once standing at the edge of the moat round the city of ,qonya1 when a company of students1 undergraduates of one of the colleges in the neighbourhood1 seeing him1 agreed to try him by asking the question3 8,of what colour was the dog of the ,seven ,sleepers80 ,jell's immediate1 unpremeditated answer was3 8,yellow4 ,a lover is always yellow 7sallow72 as am ,i2 and that dog was a lover40 ,the students bowed to him1 and all became disciples4 #fc4 ,the ,superior of the monks of the monastery of ,plato was an old man1 and was held in the very highest esteem for his learning in all ,constantinople and ,firengistn1 in ,ss1 ,jnik1 and other lands4 7,ss was capital of the kingdom of ,lower ,armenia1 and ,jnik was the secondary 8,roman ,empire0 of ,trebizond47 ,from all those lands did disciples flock to learn wisdom from him4 ,this ,superior related the following anecdote3-- 8,one day1 ,jell came to the monastery of ,plato1 situated at the foot of a hill1 with a cavern therein1 from whence issued a stream of cold water4 ,jell entered the cavern1 and proceeded to its farther extremity4 ,the ,superior remained at the cavern's mouth1 watching for what might happen4 ,for seven whole days and nights ,jell remained there1 seated in the midst of the cold water4 ,at the end of that period he came forth from the cavern1 and walked away1 singing a hymn4 ,not the slightest change was apparent in his features1 nor in his eyes40 ,the ,superior made oath that all he had read about the person and qualities of the ,messiah1 as also in the books of ,abraham and ,moses1 were found in the person of ,jell1 as well as the grandeur and mien of the prophets1 as set forth in books of ancient history1 and far more besides4 #fd4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz once asserted1 in ,jell's college1 that whosoever wished to see again the prophets1 had only to look on ,jell1 who possessed all their qualifications2 more especially of those to whom revelations were made1 whether by angelic communications1 or whether in visions2 the chief of such qualities being serenity of mind with perfect inward confidence and consciousness of being one of ,god's elect4 8,now10 said he1 8to possess ,jell's approbation is heaven2 while hell is to incur his displeasure4 ,jell is the key of heaven4 ,go then1 and look upon ,jell1 if thou wish to comprehend the signification of that saying #8the learned are the heirs of the prophets1' together with something beyond that1 which ,i will not here specify4 ,he has more learning in every science than any one else upon earth4 ,he explains better1 with greater tact and taste1 as also more exhaustively1 than all others4 ,were ,i1 with my mere intellect1 to study for a hundred years1 ,i could not acquire a tenth part of what he knows4 ,he has intuitively thought out that knowledge1 without being aware of it1 in my presence1 by his own subtlety40 #fe4 ,one of the greatest teachers of ,qonya was one day giving a lecture on a terraced roof1 when suddenly he heard the sound of a lute4 ,he exclaimed3 8,these lutes are an innovation on the prophetic usages4 ,they must be interdicted40 ,forthwith1 the form of ,jell appeared before him1 and answered3 8,that must not be40 ,on this the teacher fainted away4 ,when he regained his consciousness1 he sought to make his peace with ,jell1 by sending an apology and a recantation to him1 through the medium of ,jell's son1 ,sultan ,veled2 but ,jell would not accept them4 ,he answered3 8,it would be easier to convert seventy ,roman bishops to ,islm1 than to clear away from the mind of that teacher the stains of hate1 and so set him on the right road4 ,his soul is as foul as the paper on which children practise their writing exercises40 ,at length1 however1 he allowed himself to be appeased by his son2 so that he permitted the teacher1 with his pupils1 to constitute themselves his disciples4 #ff4 ,jell one day addressed his son1 saying3 8,bah'u-'d-,dn1 dost thou wish to love thy enemy1 and to be loved of him8 ,speak well of him1 and extol his virtues4 ,he will then be thy friend2 and for this reason3 ,in like manner as there is a road open between the heart and the tongue1 so also is there a way from the tongue to the heart4 ,the love of ,god may be found by hearing ,his comely names4 ,god hath said3 #8,o ,my servants1 take ye heed that ye often commemorate ,me1 so that sincerity may abound4' ,the more that sincerity prevails1 the more do the rays of the light of truth shine into the heart4 ,the hotter a baker's oven is1 the more bread will it bake2 if cool1 it will not bake at all40 #fg4 ,sultan ,veled1 ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 is said to have recounted of his father1 ,jell1 this saying3 8,a true disciple is he who holds his teacher to be superior to all others4 ,so much so1 that1 for instance1 a disciple of ,byezd of ,bestm was once asked whether ,byezd or ,ab-,hanfa was the greater1 and he replied that his teacher1 ,byezd1 was the greater4 #8,then1' said the questioner1 #8is ,byezd the greater1 or is ,ab-,bekr8' #8,my teacher is the greater4' #8,byezd or ,muhammed8' #8,byezd4' #8,byezd or ,god8' #8,i only know my teacher2 ,i know no other than him2 and ,i know that he is greater than all others4' 8,another was asked the last question1 and his reply was3 #8,there is no difference between the two4' ,a third was asked it also1 and he replied3 #8,it would require a greater one than either of the two to determine which of them is the greater4' 8,as ,god does not walk in this world of sensible objects1 the prophets are the substitutes of ,god4 ,no1 no6 ,i am wrong6 ,for if thou suppose that those substitutes and their principal are two different things1 thou hast judged erroneously1 not rightly40 #fh4 ,sultan ,veled is reported to have said3 8,my grandfather1 the ,great ,master1 used to recommend to his disciples to honour his son ,jell exceedingly1 as one of noble extraction and exalted pedigree1 of an eternal descent in the past2 since the mother of his mother was the daughter of the ,imm ,sarakhs1 a descendant from ,huseyn1 son of #8,al1 and grandson of the ,prophet40 #fi4 ,sultan ,veled is also reported to have said3 8,my father told his disciples that ,i was seven1 and my brother #8,al'u-'d-,dn eight years old1 when the ,dizdr ,bedru-'d-,dn ,guhertsh had us circumcised at ,qara-,hisr40 7,see chap4 i41 ,no4 #ab47 ,he is also reported to have declared3 8,when the ,sultan invited my grandfather to ,qonya1 a year passed1 and then the ,emr ,msa invited my grandfather to ,larenda1 and took my father to be his own son-in-law2 so that ,i was born in that town40 7,see chap4 i41 ,no4 #b4 ,the account now given here is at variance with that mentioned in the preface1 which makes #8,al'u-'d-,dn and ,bah'u-'d-,dn to have been born at ,larenda before ,jell and his father went to ,qonya4 ,moreover1 their mother1 ,gevher ,khtn1 is there said to have been the daughter of ,lala ,sherefu-'d-,dn of ,samarqand4 ,is that an alias of the ,emr ,msa of the present anecdote2 or did ,jell marry two ladies of ,larenda at different times8 ,there are several difficulties here4 ,sultan ,veled puts only one year as the difference of age between himself and his elder brother4 ,if the daughter of the ,emr ,msa was the mother of both these brothers1 ,jell's stay at ,larenda must have been of about two years at least4 ,if they were by different mothers1 and born1 the one before1 the other after ,bah ,veled's settling at ,qonya1 there must have been a greater difference in their ages4 ,jell's age at his marriage is also variously stated4 ,these discrepancies show that the anecdotes were collected from traditions of various sources1 long after the events recorded47 #gj4 ,sultan ,veled is said to have related that one day1 two ,turks1 law-students1 brought to ,jell an offering of a few lentils1 excusing the paucity of the gift1 as the result of their poverty4 ,jell thereupon narrated the following anecdote3-- 8,god revealed to ,mustafa 7,muhammed7 that the believers should contribute of their possessions1 for the service of ,god1 as much as they could spare4 ,some brought the half1 some the third part2 ,ab-,bekr brought the whole of what he possessed4 ,thus a large treasure was collected1 of money1 beasts1 and arms1 for ,god's service4 8,a poor woman1 too1 brought three dates and a cake of bread--all she had on earth4 8,the disciples smiled4 ,mustafa perceived their action1 and said that ,god had showed him a vision1 which he desired to tell to them4 ,they all begged he would favour them with the recital4 ,he therefore thus proceeded3 8#8,god hath removed the veils from before me4 ,and lo1 ,i saw that the angels had placed in one scale of a balance the whole of your very liberal offerings together1 and in the other scale the three dates and one cake of this poor woman4 ,the latter scale was preponderant2 its contents outweighed all the rest4' 8,the disciples bowed1 thanked the prophet1 and inquired the hidden explanation of this mystery4 ,he answered3 #8,this poor woman has parted with her all1 whereas my disciples have kept back a part of their possessions4 ,proverbs say3 8,the generous one is generous out of what he possesses10 and1 8,a little1 in the eyes of the ,most ,great1 is much40 ,you put into the earth a single date-stone1 intrusting it to ,god4 ,he makes that stone become a tree1 which yields fruits without number2 because the stone was confided to ,him4 ,therefore1 let your alms be given to the poor1 and to ,god's servants1 as a trust committed unto ,god4 ,for it is said3 8,alms fall first into ,god's hand1 before reaching the hands of the poor20 and again3 8,alms for the poor and the destitute40' 8,the poor of ,mekka and ,medna1 refugees and auxiliaries1 shouted their admiration as they heard these words40 ,when the two ,turkish students heard this anecdote related1 they professed themselves disciples of ,jell4 #ga4 ,when ,jell was quite young1 he was one day preaching on the subject of ,moses and ,elias 7,qur'n xviii4 #ei-ha74 ,one of his disciples noticed a stranger seated in a corner1 paying great attention1 and every now and then saying3 8,good6 ,quite true6 ,quite correct6 ,he might have been the third one with us two60 ,the disciple surmised that the stranger might be ,elias4 7,elias is believed by ,muslims to be always visible somewhere1 but that people know him not4 ,did they recognise him1 they could obtain from him a knowledge of the secret of eternal life1 which he possesses47 ,he therefore seized hold of the stranger's skirt1 and asked for his spiritual aid4 8,oh10 said the stranger1 8rather seek assistance from ,jell1 as we all do4 ,every occult saint of ,god is the loving and admiring friend of him40 ,so saying1 he managed to disengage his skirt from the disciple's hold1 and instantly disappeared4 ,the disciple went to pay his respects to ,jell1 who at once addressed him1 saying3 8,elias1 and ,moses1 and the prophets1 are all friends of mine40 ,the disciple understood the allusion1 and became more and more devoted at heart to ,jell than he even was before4 #gb4 ,it is related that when the burial service was about to be performed over the corpse of ,jell1 the precentor gave a shriek1 and swooned away4 ,after a while1 he recovered1 and then performed his office1 weeping bitterly4 ,on being asked the cause of his emotion1 he answered3 8,as ,i stood forward to perform my office1 ,i perceived a row of the most noble of spiritual saints of the spiritual world1 as being present1 and as being engaged in reciting the prayers for the dead over the departed one4 ,those angels of heaven wore robes of blue 7the mourning of some sects of ,muslims71 and wept40 ,for forty days1 that precentor and others daily visited ,jell's grave4 #gc4 ,at ,damascus1 when a young student1 ,jell was frequently seen by others to walk several arrow-flights' distance in the air1 tranquilly returning to the terraced roof on which they were standing4 ,those fellow-pupils were among his earliest believers and disciples4 #gd4 ,a friend of ,jell's once took leave of him at ,qonya1 and went to ,damascus4 ,on his arrival there1 he found ,jell seated in a corner of his room4 ,asking for an explanation of this surprising phenomenon1 ,jell replied3 8,the men of ,god are like fishes in the ocean2 they pop up into view on the surface here and there and everywhere1 as they please40 #ge4 ,jell once met a ,turk in ,qonya1 who was selling fox-skins in the market1 and crying them3 8,dilku6 ,dilku60 7,fox6 ,fox6 in ,turkish47 ,jell immediately began to parody his cry1 calling out in ,persian3 8,dil k6 ,dil k60 7,heart1 where art thou87 ,at the same time he broke out into one of his holy waltzes of ecstasy4 #gf4 ,in the time of ,sultan ,veled 7,a4,d4 #abhd-acab71 a young man1 of the descendants of the ,prophet1 and son of the guardian of the holy tomb of ,muhammed at ,medna1 came to ,qonya with a company of his fellow-descendants1 belonging to that city4 ,he was presented to ,sultan ,veled1 and became his disciple4 ,he wore a most singular head-dress4 ,one end of his turban hung down in front to below his navel2 while the other end was formed into the sheker-vz#ai of the ,mevlev dervishes4 ,when they had become somewhat intimate1 ,sultan ,veled asked him how it happened that he wore the sheker-vz of the ,mevlevis1 when nobody else but those dervishes wear it1 in imitation of their founder1 ,jell4 ,the young man explained that his family were descended from the ,prophet4 ,that the ,prophet1 on the night of his ascension to heaven1 after seeing ,god and many mysteries1 had returned a certain distance1 and1 as is well known1 then went back to intercede with ,god for his people4 ,he now perceived1 on the pinnacle of ,god's throne1 the ideal portrait of a form1 so beautiful1 that he had not hitherto witnessed anything so charming among the angels and inhabitants of heaven4 ,after contemplating the lovely vision1 in amazement1 for some time1 ,muhammed was able to notice that the ideal form wore on its head a sheker-vz4 ,he asked ,gabriel what that ideal portrait might portend1 which was so attractive in its beauty as to surpass all the wonders he had witnessed in all the nine heavens4 8,is it the portrait of an angel1 a prophet1 or a saint80 ,gabriel replied3 8,it is the portrait of a personage of the descendants of ,ab-,bekr1 who will appear in the latter days among the people of thy ,church1 and will fill the whole world with the effulgence of the knowledge of thy mysteries4 ,to him will ,god vouchsafe a precedency1 and a pen1 and a breath1 such that kings and princes will profess themselves his disciples2 and he will be a most pure upholder of thy religion1 being1 in every respect1 the counterpart of thyself in aspect and in morals4 ,his name will be ,muhammed1 as is thine2 and his surname will be ,jellu-'d-,dn4 ,his words will explain thy sayings1 and will expound thy ,qur'n40 ,on his return home1 the ,prophet adopted the form of turban he had seen worn in that ideal portrait1 making one end hang down a span in front1 and binding the other end behind into a sheker-vz4 8,from that day to this10 said the young man1 8the fathers of our family have followed that fashion1 so adopted by the ,prophet2 and we continue to do so too40 ,it is said that when ,ab-,bekr heard this narrative from the ,prophet1 respecting his great descendant that was thus foretold1 he gave the whole of his possessions to the ,prophet1 to be expended in ,god's cause4 ,when ,muhammed died1 ,ab-,bekr wept long and bitterly4 ,but the ,prophet appeared to him1 and consoled him by saying3 8,one day ,i will reappear among my people from out of the collar of one of thy race40 ,the young man continued3 8,from that time onwards1 our family were on the outlook for the manifestation of the holy personage whose ideal portrait the ,prophet so saw4 ,thank ,god that ,i have witnessed the realisation of their hope40 ,the ,qonya pilgrims published this communication to all the disciples there present4 #gg4 ,in the days of ,sultan ,veled1 a great merchant came to ,qonya to visit the tomb of ,jell4 ,he offered many rich gifts to ,sultan ,veled1 making presents also to the disciples4 ,he related to them many anecdotes of adventures encountered by him in his travels1 such as the following3-- ,he once went to ,ksh and ,bahreyn in quest of pearls and rubies4 8,an inhabitant told me10 said he1 8that ,i should find some in the hands of a certain fisherman4 ,i went to him1 and the fisher showed me a chest1 containing pearls of inestimable value1 such as impressed me with astonishment4 ,i asked him how he had collected them2 and he told me1 calling ,god to witness1 that he1 his three brothers1 and his father1 were formerly poor fishermen4 ,one day they hooked something that gave them immense trouble before they could bring it to land4 8,they now found they had captured a #8,lord of the ,waters1' also named a #8,marvel of the ,sea1' as is commonly known4#bj 8,we wondered10 said he1 8what we could do with the beast4 ,we wept for the ill fortune that had brought us such a disappointment4 ,the creature looked at us as we spoke4 ,suddenly my father cried out3 #8,i have it6 ,i will put him on a cart1 and exhibit him all over the country at a penny a head6' 8,through the miraculous power of ,him who has endowed man with speech and ,his creatures with life1 the beast broke forth and exclaimed3 #8,make me not a staring-block in the world1 and ,i will do anything you may wish of me1 so as to suffice for you and your children for many years to come6' 8,our father answered3 #8,how should ,i set thee free1 when thou art so strange and unparalleled a creature8' ,the beast replied3 #8,i will make an oath4' ,our father said3 #8,speak6 ,let us hear thy oath4' 8,the beast now said3 #8,we are of the faith of ,muhammed1 and disciples of the holy ,mevln4 ,by the soul of the ,mevln1 the holy ,jellu-'d-,dn of ,rome1 ,i will go1 and ,i will return4' 8,our father fainted away with astonishment4 ,i1 therefore1 now asked3 #8,how hast thou any knowledge of him8' ,the beast replied3 #8,we are a nation of twelve thousand individuals4 ,we have believed in him1 and he frequently showed himself to us at the bottom of the sea1 lecturing and sermonising to us on the divine mysteries of the truth4 ,he brought us to a knowledge of the true faith2 so that we continually practise what he taught us4' 8,our father instantly told him he was free4 ,he went back1 therefore1 into the water1 and was lost to sight4 ,but two days later he returned1 and brought with him innumerable pearls and precious stones4 ,he asked whether he had been true and faithful to his promise2 and on our expressing our satisfaction on that score1 he took an affectionate farewell from us4 8,we were thus raised from the depths of poverty to the pinnacle of wealth4 ,we became merchant princes1 and our slaves are the great merchants of the earth4 ,every dealer who wishes for pearls and rubies comes to us4 ,we are known as the ,sons of the ,fisherman4 ,our father went to ,qonya1 and paid his respects to the ,mevln4 8,through his narrative1 ,i formed the design1 now carried into effect1 to visit the son of that great saint40 ,this wonderful narrative has been handed down ever since in the mouths of the merchants of ,qonya4 #gh4 7,the following appears to be an account of one of the first visits of the ,perwna to ,jell1 to whom he subsequently became so devotedly attached47 ,one of the most eminent among the men of learning in ,qonya was visited by the ,perwna4 ,the learned man held forth eloquently on several exalted themes1 and then informed the ,perwna that he had1 the night before1 been taken up into the highest heaven1 and had there learnt many mysteries4 ,he said that he there saw ,jell hold a higher station of proximity to ,god than any other saint1 as he stood on a level with ,god's throne4 ,a day or two later1 the ,perwna1 filled with reverence for ,jell's unequalled sanctity1 went and paid him a visit with the utmost deference4 ,before the ,perwna could broach any subject of conversation1 ,jell said to him3 8,mu'nu-'d-,dn6 the vision related to you by your learned friend is quite true in the main facts1 though ,i never saw him there at any time40 ,he then extemporised the following ode3-- 8,fellow-visitant wert thou8 ,then say what thou sawest there last night4 ',twixt my heart and inspiring loved darling what passed in thy sight8 ,and if thou1 in thy dream1 with thy eyes sawest my beautiful love1 ,tell us then1 in the earrings he wore there what jewels were wove4 ,if with me thou be fellow in coat1 as in thoughts and in creeds1 ,let us hear the details of that ragged old mendicant's weeds4 ,if thou poverty's son be1 and unspoken mysteries hear1 ,thou'lt recount all the words that were thought by my silent compeer1 ,if thou'st learnt whence the source of mankind and of souls did proceed4 ,since the source was but one1 what then means all this search1 all this greed8 ,and if thou hast not seen any place of his form and face free1 ,say then what1 in the thoughts of his lovers1 that face and form be4 ,and if ,i head the lists of those lovers1 as thou seemest to say1 ,tell us1 ,what are those lists8 ,what his messages1 words1 answers8 ,pray60 ,a musical service was then got up1 this ode being chanted during its performance4 ,the ,perwna was so utterly bewildered by this incident1 that he could say nothing4 ,he therefore rose1 bowed1 and took his leave4 #gi4 ,one day1 it is said1 the ,prophet 7,muhammed7 recited to #8,al in private the secrets and mysteries of the 8,brethren of ,sincerity0 7who appear to be the 8,freemasons0 of the ,muslim dervish world71 enjoining on him not to divulge them to any of the uninitiated1 so that they should not be betrayed2 also1 to yield obedience to the rule of implicit submission4 ,for forty days1 #8,al kept the secret in his own sole breast1 and bore therewith until he was sick at heart4 ,like a pregnant woman1 his abdomen became swollen with the burden1 so that he could no longer breathe freely4 ,he therefore fled to the open wilderness1 and there chanced upon a well4 ,he stooped1 reached his head as far down into the well as he was able2 and then1 one by one1 he confided those mysteries to the bowels of the earth4 ,from the excess of his excitement1 his mouth filled with froth and foam4 ,these he spat out into the water of the well1 until he had freed himself of the whole1 and he felt relieved4 ,after a certain number of days1 a single reed was observed to be growing in that well4 ,it waxed and shot up1 until at length a youth1 whose heart was miraculously enlightened on the point1 became aware of this growing plant1 cut it down1 drilled holes in it1 and began to play upon it airs1 similar to those performed by the dervish lovers of ,god1 as he pastured his sheep in the neighbourhood4 ,by degrees1 the various tribes of ,arabs of the desert heard of this flute-playing of the shepherd1 and its fame spread abroad4 ,the camels and the sheep of the whole region would gather around him as he piped1 ceasing to pasture that they might listen4 ,from all directions1 north and south1 the nomads flocked to hear his strains1 going into ecstasies with delight1 weeping for joy and pleasure1 breaking forth in transports of gratification4 ,the rumour at length reached the ears of the ,prophet1 who gave orders for the piper to be brought before him4 ,when he began to play in the sacred presence1 all the holy disciples of ,god's messenger were moved to tears and transports1 bursting forth with shouts and exclamations of pure bliss1 and losing all consciousness4 ,the ,prophet declared that the notes of the shepherd's flute were the interpretation of the holy mysteries he had confided in private to #8,al's charge4#ba ,thus it is that1 until a man acquire the sincere devotion of the linnet-voiced flute-reed1 he cannot hear the mysteries of the ,brethren of ,sincerity in its dulcet notes1 or realise the delights thereof2 for 8faith is altogether a yearning of the heart1 and a gratification of the spiritual sense40 8,to whom1 alas1 the pangs my love for thee excites1 to breathe8 ,my sighs1 like #8,al1 ,i'll to some deep well's recess bequeathe4 ,perchance some reeds may spring therefrom1 its brink to overgrow2 ,those reeds may moaning flutes become1 and so betray my woe4 ,who hear will say3 #8,be silent1 flutes6 ,we're not love's confidants2 ,to that sweet tyrant make excuse for us and for those plants6'0 #hj4 ,one of ,jell's disciples possessed a slave girl of ,roman origin1 whom ,jell had named ,siddqa 7after ,muhammed's virgin wife #8'isha74 ,occasionally she had miraculous visions4 ,she used to see aureolas of heavenly light1 green1 red1 and black4 ,various of the angels used to visit her1 and souls of the departed4 ,her master was vexed at her being so favoured above himself4 ,once he was visited by ,jell1 and expressed his chagrin to him on the subject4 ,jell replied3 8,true6 ,there is a heavenly light resides in the pupils of some eyes4 ,these occasionally mislead a few with visions of beauteous form1 with which they fall in love4 ,others they preserve in chastity1 and lead them to their adored ,maker4 ,others1 again1 they may lead to take delight in exterior objects1 so as to cast their eyes on every pretty face they see1 while the wife at home is curtained away from her husband4 ,thus1 whenever ,god opens a way to any one1 appearing to him1 and showing him glimpses of the hidden world1 he is apt to become entranced therewith1 and to lose all power of further progress1 saying to himself3 #8,how greatly in favour am ,i6' ,others1 in short1 use every endeavour2 but nothing is vouchsafed to them in visions1 until they be favoured with a special sight of ,god ,himself1 and they be admitted to a near approach unto ,him40 ,the girl's master was comforted1 and bowed to his teacher1 whose disciples then broke out into a holy service of psalmody and dancing4 #ha4 ,there was once a wise monk in the monastery of ,plato1 who was on very friendly terms with ,jell's grandson #8rif4 ,he was very aged1 and used to be visited by the dervishes of his neighbourhood1 to whom he was very polite1 and towards whom he exhibited great confidence2 so much so that1 one day1 some of them inquired of him how he had found ,jell1 and what he had thought of him4 ,the monk replied to them3 8,what do you know of him1 as to who or what he was8 ,i have seen signs and miracles without number worked by him4 ,i became his devoted servant4 ,i had read in the gospel and in the prophets the lives and the works of the saints of old1 and ,i saw that he compassed them all4 ,i therefore had faith in the truth of his reality4 8,one day he came here1 conferring on me the honour of a visit4 ,for forty days he shut himself up in ecstatic seclusion4 ,when at length he came forth from his privacy1 ,i laid hold of his skirt1 and said to him3 #8,god1 in ,his holy scripture hath said 7,qur'n xix4 #gb73 8,and there is none of you but shall come to it 7hell-fire740 ,now1 since it is incontestable that all shall come to the fire of hell1 what preference is there in ,islm over our faith8' 8,for a little time he made no answer4 ,at length1 however1 he made a sign towards the city1 and went away in that direction4 ,i followed after him leisurely4 ,near the city1 we came to a bakehouse1 the oven of which was being heated4 ,he now took my black cassock1 wrapped it in his own cloak1 and threw the bundle into the oven4 ,he then withdrew for a time into a corner1 sunk in meditation4 8,i saw a great smoke come out of the oven1 such that no one had the power of utterance4 ,after that1 he said to me3 #8,behold6' ,the baker withdrew the bundle from the oven1 and assisted the saint to put on his cloak1 which had become exquisitely clean2 whereas my cassock was1 as it were1 branded and scorched1 so as to fall in pieces4 ,then he said3 #8,thus shall we enter therein1 and thus shall you enter6' 8,that selfsame moment ,i made my bow to him and became his disciple40 #hb4 ,the reason why the ,mesnev was written is related to have been the following3-- ,husmu-'d-,dn learnt that several of the followers of ,jell were fond of studying the ,ilh-nma of ,san'1 the ,hakm1 and the ,mantiqu-'t-,tayr of #8,attr1 as also the ,nasb-nma of the latter4 ,he therefore sought and found an opportunity to propose that ,jell should indite something in the style of the ,ilh-nma1 but in the metre of the ,mantiqu-'t-,tayr2 saying that the circle of friends would then willingly give up all other poetry1 and study that alone4 ,jell immediately produced a portion of the ,mesnev1 saying that ,god had forewarned him of the wishes of the brethren1 in consequence of which he had already begun to compose the work4 ,that fragment consisted of the first eighteen couplets of the introductory verses3-- 8,from reed-flute hear what tale it tells1 ,what plaint it makes of absence' ills10 c4 ,it is of the metre ,remel1 hexameter contracted3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,jell frequently mentions ,husm as the cause of the work's having been begun and continued4 ,in the fourth book he addresses him in the opening couplet3-- 8,of ,truth1 the light2 of ,faith1 the sword2 ,husmu-'d-,dn aye be2 ,above the lunar orb has clomb my ,mesnev1 through thee40 ,and again the sixth book has for its opening verse the following apostrophe3-- 8,o thou1 ,husmu-'d-,dn1 my heart's true life6 ,zeal1 for thy sake1 ,i feel springs up in me sixth book hereby to undertake40 ,often they spent whole nights at the task1 ,jell inditing1 and ,husm writing down his inspirations1 chanting it aloud1 as he wrote it1 with his beautiful voice4 ,just as the first book was completed1 ,husm's wife died1 and an interval ensued4 ,two years thus passed without progress4 ,husm married again2 and in that year1 ,a4,h4 #ffb 7,a4,d4 #abfc71 the second book was commenced4 ,no other interval occurred until the work was brought to a conclusion4 ,the third couplet of the second book mentions ,husm in these terms-- 8,when thou1 of ,truth the light1 ,husmu-'d-,dn1 thy courser's rein ,didst turn1 descending earthward from the zenith's starry plain40 ,the third1 fifth1 and seventh books have similar addresses to ,husm in their opening verses4 ,his name is also mentioned cursorily in the third tale of the first book4 #hc4 ,on the death of ,jell1 a party of zealots went in a body to the ,perwna1 explaining to him that the new practices of music and dancing1 introduced by ,jell1 were innovations altogether contrary to the canonical institutes1 and begging him to use his utmost endeavours to suppress them4 ,the ,perwna called on the learned ,mufti of ,qonya1 ,sheykh ,sadru-'d-,dn1 and consulted him on the subject4 ,the ,mufti's answer was3 8,do nothing of the kind4 ,listen not to such biased suggestions4 ,there is an apostolical saying to this effect3 #8,a laudable innovation1 introduced by a perfect follower of the prophets1 is of the same nature with the customary practices of the prophets themselves4'0 ,the ,perwna resolved1 therefore1 to do nothing towards suppressing ,jell's institutions4 #hd4 ,a certain great man1 who esteemed ,jell1 was nevertheless shocked that he should1 with all his learning and piety1 sanction the use of music and dancing4 ,he had occasion to visit ,jell1 who at once addressed him as follows3--8,it is an axiom in the sacred canons that a ,muslim1 if hard pressed1 and in danger of death1 may eat of carrion and other forbidden food1 so that the life of a man be not sacrificed4 ,this rule is admitted and approved by all the authorities of the law4 ,now1 we men of ,god are exactly in that position of extreme danger to our lives2 and from that danger there is no escape1 save by song1 by music1 and by the dance4 ,otherwise1 through the awful majesty of the divine manifestations1 the bodies of the saints would melt away as wax1 and disappear like snow under the beams of a ,july sun40 ,the personage thus addressed was so struck with the earnestness of ,jell's manner1 and the cogency of his reasoning1 that he became convinced1 and thenceforward was a defender and upholder of ,jell's institutions1 so that these formed1 as it were1 the very nourishment of his heart4 ,many of the learned followed his example1 and joined themselves to ,jell's followers and disciples4 #he4 ,klmn and #8,aynu-'d-,devla were two ,roman painters4 ,they were unrivalled in their art of painting portraits and pictures4 ,both were disciples of ,jell4 ,klmn one day narrated that in ,constantinople1 on a certain tablet1 the portraits of the ,lady ,meryem and of ,jesus were painted1 in such style as to be matchless4 ,from all parts of the world artists came and tried their best2 but none could produce the equal of those two portraits4 #8,aynu-'d-,devla undertook1 therefore1 to journey to ,constantinople1 and see this picture4 ,he made himself an inmate of the great church of ,constantinople for a whole year1 and served the priests thereof in various ways4 ,one night1 then1 he spied his opportunity1 took the tablet under his arm1 and absconded with it4 ,on reaching ,qonya1 he paid his respects to ,jell1 who inquired of him where he had been4 ,he narrated to ,jell all that had occurred with the tablet1 which he exhibited4 ,jell found the picture exceedingly beautiful1 and gazed on it long with the utmost pleasure4 ,he then spake as follows3-- 8,these two beautiful portraits complain of you1 saying that you are not a faithful admirer of theirs1 but are an untrue lover40 ,the artist asked3 8,how80 ,jell replied3 8,they say they are not supplied with food and rest4 ,on the contrary1 they are kept sleepless every night1 and fasting every day4 ,they complain3 #8,aynu-'d-,devla leaves us1 sleeps himself all night1 and takes his meals by day1 never remaining with us to do as we do6'0 ,the artist remarked3 8,food and sleep are to them impossibilities4 ,neither have they speech1 with which to say anything4 ,they are mere lifeless effigies40 ,jell now replied3 8,thou art a living effigy4 ,thou hast acquired a knowledge of various arts4 ,thou art the handiwork of a limner whose hand has framed the universe1 the human race1 and all things on earth and in heaven4 ,is it right that thou forsake ,him1 and enamour thyself of an insignificant lifeless effigy8 ,what profit is there in these portraits8 ,what advantage can accrue to thee from them80 ,touched by these reproaches1 the artist vowed repentance of his sin1 and professed himself a ,muslim4 #hf4 ,when the time of ,jell's death drew near1 he cautioned his disciples to have no fear or anxiety on that account2 8for10 said he1 8as the spirit of ,mansr#bb appeared1 a hundred and fifty years after his death1 to the ,sheykh ,ferdu-'d-,dn #8,attr1 and became the ,sheykh's spiritual guide and teacher1 so1 too1 do you always be with me1 whatever may happen1 and remember me1 so that ,i may show myself to you1 in whatever form that may be2--that ,i may always belong to you1 and ever be shedding in your breasts the light of heavenly inspiration4 ,i will simply remind you now that our dear ,lord1 ,muhammed1 the ,apostle of ,god1 said to his disciples3 #8,my life is a blessing unto you1 and my death will be a blessing unto you4 ,in my life ,i have guided you1 and after my death ,i will send blessings on you4'0 ,jell's friends shed tears all1 and broke out into sighs and lamentations2 but bowed their heads in reverence4 ,it is said that he gave directions to get ready his grave-clothes1 and that his wife1 ,kir ,khtn1 began to wail1 tearing her clothes1 and exclaiming3 8,o thou light of the world1 life of the human race2 unto whom wilt thou commit us8 ,whither wilt thou go80 ,he answered her3 8,whither will ,i go8 ,verily1 ,i shall not quit your circle40 ,she then asked3 8,will there be another like unto thee1 our ,lord8 ,will another become manifest80 ,he replied3 8,if there be1 he will be ,i40 ,after a while he added3 8,while in the body1 ,i have two attachments2 one1 to you2 the other1 to the flesh4 ,when1 by the grace of the unique ,spirit1 ,i become disembodied1--when the world of unbodied spirits1 unity1 and singleness1 shall appear1 my attachment to the flesh will become attachment to you1 and ,i shall then have but one sole attachment40 #hg4 ,with his last breath ,jell recommended to ,husmu-'d-,dn to lay him in the upper part of his tomb1 so that he might be the first to rise at the last day4 ,as he lay in his extreme sickness1 there were earthquakes for seven days and nights1 very severe1 so that walls and houses were overthrown4 ,on the seventh occasion1 all his disciples were alarmed4 ,he1 however1 calmly remarked3 8,poor earth6 it is eager for a fat morsel6 ,it shall have one60 ,he then gave his last instructions to his disciples1 as follows3--8,i recommend unto you the fear of ,god1 in public and in private2 abstemiousness in eating and in sleeping1 as also in speaking2 the avoidance of rebelliousness and of sin2 constancy in fasting1 continuous worship1 and perpetual abstinence from fleshly lusts2 long-suffering under the ill-treatment of all mankind2 to shun the companionship of the light-minded and of the common herd2 to associate with the righteous and with men of worth4 ,for verily #8the best of mankind is he who benefiteth men1'#bc and #8the best of speech is that which is short and to the purpose4'0#bd #hh4 ,the following is a prayer taught by ,jell1 on his deathbed1 to one of his friends1 to be used whenever affliction or care might weigh upon him3-- 8,o our ,lord ,god1 ,i breathe but for ,thee1 and ,i stretch forth my spirit towards ,thee1 that ,i may recite ,thy doxologies abundantly1 commemorating ,thee frequently4 ,o our ,lord ,god1 lay not on me an ailment that may make me forgetful to commemorate ,thee1 or lessen my yearning towards ,thee1 or cut off the delight ,i experience in reciting the litanies of ,thy praise4 ,grant me not a health that may engender or increase in me presumptuous or thankless insolence4 ,for ,thy mercy's sake1 ,o ,thou ,most-,merciful of the compassionate4 ,amen40 #hi4 ,a friend was seated by ,jell's pillow1 and ,jell leaned on that friend's bosom4 ,suddenly a most handsome youth appeared at the door of the room1 to the utmost astonishment of the friend4 ,jell arose and advanced to receive the stranger4 ,but the friend was quicker1 and quietly asked his business4 ,the stranger answered3 8,i am #8,azr'l1 the angel of departure and separation4 ,i am come1 by the divine command1 to inquire what commission the ,master may have to intrust to me40 ,blessed are the eyes that can perceive such sights6 ,the friend was near fainting at this answer4 ,but he heard ,jell call out3 8,come in1 come in1 thou messenger of my ,king4 ,do that which thou art bidden2 and1 ,god willing1 thou shalt find me one of the patient40 ,he now told his attendants to bring a vessel of water1 placed his two feet therein1 and occasionally sprinkled a little on his breast and forehead1 saying3 8,my beloved 7,god7 has proffered me a cup of poison 7bitterness74 ,from his hand ,i drink that poison with delight40 ,the singers and musicians now came in1 and executed a hymn1 while the whole company of friends wept1 and sobbed loudly4 ,jell observed3 8,it is as my friends say4 ,but1 were they even to pull down the house1 what use8 ,see my panting heart2 look at my delight4 ,the sun sheds a grateful light on the moth4 ,my friends invite me one way2 my teacher ,shemsu-'d-,dn beckons me the other way4 ,comply ye with the summoner of the ,lord1 and have faith in ,him4 ,departure is inevitable4 ,all being came out of nothing1 and again it will be shut up in the prison of nullity4 ,such is ,god's decree from all eternity2 and1 to decree belongeth unto ,god1 the ,most ,high1 the ,all-,great60 ,his son ,sultan ,veled had been unremitting in his attentions4 ,he wept and sobbed4 ,he was reduced to a shadow4 ,jell therefore said to him3 8,bah'u-'d-,dn1 my son1 ,i am better4 ,go and lie down a little4 ,rest thyself1 and sleep awhile60 ,when he was gone1 ,jell indited his last ode2 thus3-- 8,go6 head on pillow lay2 alone1 in peace1 me leave1 ,loved tyrant1 plague by night1 while all around thee grieve4 ,that peerless beauty 7,god7 has no need kind care to show2 ,but1 sallow lovers1 ye must patient faith still know4 ,perplexity is ours to bear2 'tis his to own hard heart2 ,shed he our blood2 what sin8 ,he'll not pay murder's smart4 ,to die's hard1 after all2 but remedy there's none2 ,how1 then1 to crave a remedy8 ,the evil's done4 ,last night1 in dream1 a warder1 from my love's abode1 ,made sign to me1 and said3 #8,this way6 ,hold thou my lode4'0 99 99 99 99 99 #ij4 ,it is related that1 after his death1 when laid on his bier1 and while he was being washed by the hands of a loving and beloved disciple1 while others poured the water for the ablution of ,jell's body1 not one drop was allowed to fall to the earth4 ,all was caught by the fond ones around1 as had been the case with the ,prophet at his death4 ,every drop was drunk by them as the holiest and purest of waters4 ,as the washer folded ,jell's arms over his breast1 a tremor appeared to pass over the corpse1 and the washer fell with his face on the lifeless breast1 weeping4 ,he felt his ear pulled by the dead saint's hand1 as an admonition4 ,on this1 he fainted away1 and in his swoon he heard a cry from heaven1 which said to him3 8,ho there6 ,verily the saints of the ,lord have nothing to fear1 neither shall they sorrow4 ,believers die not2 they merely depart from one habitation to another abode60 #ia4 ,when the corpse was brought forth1 all the men1 women1 and children1 who flocked to the funeral procession1 smote their breasts1 rent their garments1 and uttered loud lamentations4 ,these mourners were of all creeds1 and of various nations2 ,jews and ,christians1 ,turks1 ,romans1 and ,arabians were among them4 ,each recited sacred passages1 according to their several usages1 from the ,law1 the ,psalms1 or the ,gospel4 ,the ,muslims strove to drive away these strangers1 with blows of fist1 or staff1 or sword4 ,they would not be repelled4 ,a great tumult was the result4 ,the ,sultan1 the ,heir-,apparent1 and the ,perwna all flew to appease the strife1 together with the chief ,rabbis1 the ,bishops1 ,abbots1 c4 ,it was asked of these latter why they mixed themselves up with the funeral of an eminent ,muslim sage and saint4 ,they replied that they had learnt from him more of the mysteries shrouded in their scriptures1 than they had ever known before2 and had found in him all the signs and qualities of a prophet and saint1 as set forth in those writings4 ,they further declared3 8,if you ,muslims hold him to have been the ,muhammed of his age1 we esteem him as the ,moses1 the ,david1 the ,jesus of our time2 and we are his disciples1 his adherents40 ,the ,muslim leaders could make no answer4 ,and so1 in all honour1 with every possible demonstration of love and respect1 was he borne along1 and at length laid in his grave4 ,he had died as the sun went down1 on ,sunday1 the fifth of the month ,jumda-l-khir1 ,a4,h4 #fgb 7#afth ,december ,a4,d4 #abgc72 being thus sixty-eight 7lunar7 years 7sixty-six solar years7 of age4 #ib4 ,sultan ,veled is reported to have related that1 shortly after the death of his father1 ,jell1 he was sitting with his step-mother1 ,jell's widow1 ,kir ,khtn1 and ,husmu-'d-,dn1 when his step-mother saw the spirit of the departed saint1 winged as a seraph1 poised over his1 ,sultan ,veled's1 head1 to watch over him4 #ic4 ,jell had a female disciple1 a saint1 named ,nizma ,khtn1 an intimate friend of his wife's4 ,nizma formed the design to give a spiritual party to ,jell1 with an entertainment for his disciples4 ,she possessed nothing but a ,thevr 7or ,sevr7#be veil1 which she had destined to be her own winding-sheet4 ,she now ordered her servants to sell this veil1 and so procure the necessaries for the projected feast4 ,but1 that same morning1 ,jell came to her house with his disciples1 and1 addressing her1 said3 8,nizma ,khtn1 sell not thy veil2 to thee it is a piece of necessary furniture4 ,lo6 we are come to thy entertainment40 ,he and his disciples remained with her1 engaged in spiritual exercises1 three whole days and nights4 #id4 ,after ,jell's death1 ,kgt ,khn1 a ,mogul general1 came up against ,qonya1 intending to sack the city and massacre the inhabitants4 7,he was emperor from ,a4,h4 #fij to #fif1 ,a4,d4 #abij-abid47 ,that night1 in a dream1 he saw ,jell1 who seized him by the throat1 and nearly choked him1 saying to him3 8,qonya is mine4 ,what seekest thou from its people80 ,on awaking from his dream1 he fell on his knees and prayed for mercy1 seeking also for information as to what that portent might signify4 ,he sent in an ambassador to beg permission for him to enter the city as a friendly guest4 ,when he arrived at the palace1 the nobles of ,qonya flocked to his court with rich offerings4 ,all being seated in solemn conclave1 ,kgt was suddenly seized with a violent tremor1 and asked one of the princes of the city1 who was seated on a sofa by himself3 8,who may the personage be that is sitting at your side on your sofa80 ,the prince looked about1 right and left2 but saw no one4 ,he replied accordingly4 ,kgt answered3 8,what8 ,how sayest thou8 ,i see by thy side1 seated1 a tall man with a grisly beard and a sallow complexion1 a grey turban1 and an ,indian plaid over his chest1 who looks at me most pryingly40 ,the prince sagaciously suspected forthwith that ,jell's shade was there present by his side1 and made answer3 8,the sacred eyes of majesty alone are privileged to witness that vision4 ,it is the son of ,bah'u-'d-,dn of ,balkh1 our ,lord ,jellu-'d-,dn1 who is entombed in this land40 ,the ,khn replied3 8,last night ,i saw him in my dream4 ,he went nigh choking me1 and told me ,qonya is his possession4 ,now1 prince1 thee ,i call my adoptive father2 and ,i entirely forego my intention to devastate this city4 ,tell me2 has that holy man any son or descendant alive here80 ,the prince told him of ,bah ,veled1 now ,sheykh of the city1 and the peerless saint of ,god4 ,kgt expressed the wish to go and visit the ,sheykh4 ,the prince conducted him and his suite of nobles to ,sultan ,veled4 ,they all declared themselves his disciples1 and assumed the dervish turban4 ,bah recounted to the ,khn the history of his grandfather's expulsion from ,balkh1 and of all that followed4 ,the ,khn offered him royal presents1 and accompanied him on a visit of reverence to the shrine of the deceased saint4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn ,tebrz1 ,muhammed son of #8,al son of ,melik-dd4 #a4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz was surnamed the ,sultan of ,mendicants1 the ,mystery of ,god upon earth1 the ,perfect in word and deed4 ,some had styled him the ,flier1 because he travelled about so much2 and others spoke of him as the ,perfect ,one of ,tebrz4 ,he went about seeking for instruction1 human and spiritual4 ,he had visited many of the chief spiritual teachers of the world2 but he had found none equal to himself4 ,the teachers of all lands became1 therefore1 pupils and disciples to him4 ,he was always in quest of the beloved object of the soul 7,god74 ,his corporeal frame he habited in coarsest felt1 shrouding his eminent greatness from all eyes in what are really the jewelled robes of spirituality4 ,at ,damascus it was1 where he was then studying1 that he first saw ,jellu-'d-,dn by chance in a crowded market-place2 but ,jell1 who was at that time a student also1 avoided him4 ,ultimately1 he was led to ,qonya in ,jell's traces1 and first arrived there at dawn1 on ,saturday1 the twenty-sixth of ,jumda-'l-khir1 ,a4,h4 #fdb 7#bhth ,november1 ,a4,d4 #abdd71 ,jell being then professor at four colleges there4 ,they met as is related in a former chapter 7chap4 iii4 ,nos4 #h1 #i74 ,at the end of three months' seclusion together1 passed in religious1 scientific1 and spiritual disquisitions and investigations1 ,shemsu-'d-,dn became satisfied that he had never met ,jell's equal4 #b4 ,when ,shemsu-'d-,dn was quite worn out by a series of divine manifestations and the consequent ecstasies1 he used to break away1 hide himself1 and work as a day-labourer at the water-wheels of the ,damascus gardens1 until his equanimity would be restored4 ,then he would return to his studies and meditations4 ,in his supplications to ,god1 he was constantly inquiring whether there was not in either world1 corporeal and spiritual1 one other saint who could bear him company4 ,in answer thereto1 there came at length from the unseen world the answer1 that the one holy man of the whole universe who could bear him company was the ,lord ,jellu-'d-,dn of ,rome4 ,on receiving this answer1 he set out at once from ,damascus1 and went in quest of his object to the land of ,rome 7,asia ,minor74 #c4 ,cheleb ,emr #8rif related that his father1 ,sultan ,veled1 told him that one day1 as a trial and test1 ,shemsu-'d-,dn requested ,jell to make him a present of a slave4 ,jell instantly went and fetched his own wife1 ,kir ,khtn1 who was as extremely beautiful as virtuous and saintlike1 offering her to him4 ,to this act of renunciation ,shemsu-'d-,dn replied3 8,she is my most esteemed sister4 ,what ,i want is a youth to wait on me40 ,jell thereupon produced his own son1 ,sultan ,veled1 who1 he said1 would be proud to carry the shoes of ,shems1 placing them before him for use when required for a walk abroad4 ,again ,shems objected3 8,he is as my son4 ,but1 perhaps1 you will supply me with some wine4 ,i am accustomed to drink it1 and am not comfortable without it40 ,jell now took a pitcher1 went himself to the ,jews' ward of the city1 and returned with it full of wine1 which he set before ,shems4 8,i now saw10 continued ,sultan ,veled in his recital1 8that ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 uttering an intense cry1 rent his garment1 bowed down to ,jell's feet1 lost in wondering admiration at this implicit compliance with the behests of a teacher1 and then said3 #8,by the truth of the ,first1 who had no beginning1 the ,last1 who will have no end1 there never has been1 from the commencement of creation1 and there never1 until the end of time1 will be1 in the universe of substance1 a lord and master1 heart-captivating and ,muhammed-like1 as thou art4'0 ,he now bowed down again1 declared himself a disciple to ,jell1 and added3 8,i have tested and tried to the utmost the patient long-suffering of our ,lord2 and ,i have found his greatness of heart to be totally unlimited by any bounds40 #d4 ,jell is reported to have said3 8,when ,shemsu-'d-,dn first came1 and ,i felt a mighty spark of love for him lighted up in my heart1 he took upon himself to command me in the most despotic and peremptory manner4 8#8,study1' said he1 #8the writings of thy father4' ,for a while ,i studied nothing else4 #8,keep silent1 and speak to no one4' ,i ceased from all intercourse with my fellows4 8,my words were1 however1 the food of my disciples2 my thoughts were the nectar of my pupils4 ,they hungered and thirsted4 ,thence1 ill feelings were engendered amongst them1 and a blight fell upon my teacher4 8,he came to me another day as ,i was1 by his command1 studying the writings of my father4 ,thrice he called out to me3 #8,study them not4' ,from his sacred features the effulgence of spiritual wisdom streamed4 ,i laid down the book1 and never since have ,i opened it40 #e4 ,jell is said to have related that ,shemsu-'d-,dn forbade him to study any more the writings of his father1 ,bah ,veled1 and that he punctually obeyed the injunction4 ,but one night he dreamt that he was in company with a number of friends1 who were all studying and discussing with him those very writings of ,bah ,veled4 ,as he woke from his dream1 ,shems was entering the room with a severe look4 ,addressing ,jell1 he asked3 8,how hast thou dared to study that book again80 ,jell protested that1 since his prohibition1 he had never once opened his father's works4 8,yes10 retorted ,shems1 8there is a study by reading1 and there is also a study by contemplating4 ,dreams are but the shadows of our waking thoughts4 ,hadst thou not occupied thy thoughts with those writings1 thou wouldst not have dreamt about them40 8,from that time forward10 remarked ,jell1 8,i never again busied myself with my father's writings1 so long as ,shemsu-'d-,dn remained alive40 #f4 ,jell is related to have informed his disciples that ,shemsu-'d-,dn was a scholar in every science known to man1 and also a great alchemist2 but that he had renounced them all1 to devote himself to the study and contemplation of the mysteries of divine love4 #g4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn was one day sitting with his disciples1 when the public executioner passed by4 ,shems remarked to those around him3 8,there goes one of ,god's saints40 ,the disciples knew the man1 and told ,shems that he was the common headsman4 ,shems replied3 8,true6 ,in the exercise of his calling1 he put to death a man of ,god1 whose soul he thus released from the bondage of the body4 ,as a recompense for this kind act of his1 the saint bequeathed to him his own saintship40 ,on the following day the executioner relinquished his office1 vowed repentance1 came to ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 made his bow1 and professed himself a disciple4 #h4 ,sheykh ,husmu-'d-,dn was originally a young man who showed great respect and humility towards ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 to whom he rendered services of every kind4 ,one day ,shems said to him3 8,husm1 this is not the way4 ,religion is a question of money4 ,give me some coin1 and offer your services to the ,lord2 so1 peradventure1 thou mayest rise in our order40 ,husm at once went forth to his own house1 collected all his own valuables and money1 with his wife's jewels1 and all the provisions of the house1 brought them to ,shems1 and laid them at his feet4 ,he furthermore sold a vineyard and country-seat he possessed1 bringing their price also to his teacher1 and thanking him for having taught him a duty1 as also for having deigned to accept so insignificant a trifle from his hand4 8,yes1 ,husm10 said ,shems1 8it is to be hoped that1 with ,god's grace1 and the prayers of the saints1 thou wilt henceforth attain to such a station1 as to be the envy of the most perfect men of ,god1 and be bowed down to by the ,brethren of ,sincerity4 ,it is true that ,god's saints are not in want of anything1 being independent of both worlds4 ,but1 at the outset1 there is no other way to test the sincerity of one we love1 and the affection of a friend1 than to call upon him to sacrifice his worldly possessions4 ,the next step is1 to summon him to give up all that is not his ,god4 ,no disciple who wishes to rise1 has ever made progress by following his own devices4 ,advancement is earned by rendering service1 and by spending in ,god's cause4 ,every pupil who sacrifices possessions at the call of his teacher1 would also lay down his life1 if needs were4 ,no lover of ,god can retain both mammon and religion40 ,shems then restored to ,husm the whole of his goods1 keeping back only one piece of silver4 ,nine times as much more did he bestow upon ,husm from first to last2 and1 as the results of all things are in ,god's hands1 so did ,husm at length become the ruler of ,god's saints1 and ,jell made him the keeper of ,god's treasury4 ,he it was who wrote down the twenty-four thousand six hundred and sixty couplets contained in the six books of the ,mesnev4 #i4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn left ,qonya1 at the end of his first visit1 on ,thursday1 the twenty-first day of the month of ,shawwal1 ,a4,h4 #fdc 7#adth ,march1 ,a4,d4 #abdf71 after a stay of about sixteen months4 ,he returned to ,damascus2 and his departure left ,jell in a state of great uneasiness and excitement4 7,compare a conflicting date given in ,no4 #ac1 further on47 #aj4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn was one day at ,bagdd1 and entered one of the palaces there4 ,a eunuch who saw him enter1 without being himself visible1 made a sign to a slave to go and drive away the mendicant4 ,the slave drew his sword1 and raised it to strike2 but his arm withered1 and fell palsied4 ,the eunuch then motioned to another slave to execute the commission2 and he1 too1 became similarly incapacitated4 ,shems then went away of himself1 and none dared to pursue him4 ,two days later1 the eunuch died also4 #aa4 ,jell's father1 ,bah ,veled1 had a disciple1 who1 for some reason1 gave offence to ,shemsu-'d-,dn2 the latter1 in punishment1 inflicted a deafness on both the disciple's ears4 ,after a time1 ,shems pardoned the offender1 and restored his hearing4 ,but the man bore him a grudge in his heart1 nevertheless4 ,one day1 ,shems said to him3 8,friend1 ,i have pardoned thee2 wherefore art thou still cast down8 ,be comforted40 ,notwithstanding this1 his rancour remained4 ,one day1 however1 he met ,shems in the midst of a market4 ,suddenly1 he felt a new faith glow within him1 and he shouted out3 8,there is no god save ,god2 ,shemsu-'d-,dn is the apostle of ,god40 ,the market-people1 on this1 raised a great hubbub1 and wished to kill him4 ,one of them came forward to cut him down2 but ,shems uttered so terrific a shout1 that the man at once fell down dead4 ,the rest of the market-people bowed1 and submitted4 ,shems now took the disciple by the hand1 and led him away1 remarking to him3 8,my good friend1 my name is ,muhammed4 ,thou shouldest have shouted3 #8,muhammed is the apostle of ,god4' ,the rabble will not take gold that is not coined40 #ab4 ,one beautiful moonlight night1 ,jell and ,shems were together on the terraced roof of the college1 and all the inhabitants of ,qonya were sleeping on their housetops4 ,shems remarked3 8,see all these poor creatures6 ,they are dead to every sense of their ,creator on this beautiful night of ,god's decree4 ,wilt thou not1 ,jell1 of thy infinite compassion1 wake them up1 and let them gain a share in the shower of blessings of this night80 ,thus appealed to1 ,jell faced toward ,mekka1 and offered up this prayer to ,god3 8,o ,thou ,lord of heaven1 and of earth1 for the love of ,thy servant ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 vouchsafe wakefulness to this people40 ,immediately a black cloud gathered from the unseen world4 ,thunders and lightnings burst forth2 and so heavy a rain fell1 that all the sleepers1 catching up what clothing they could find1 quickly took refuge in their houses below4 ,shems smiled at the saintly joke1 and was greatly amused4 ,when daylight dawned1 the disciples gathered round1 numerous as the raindrops of that shower2 and ,shems related to them the story1 with the following remarks3-- 8,hitherto1 all the prophets and saints have ever sought to hide from vulgar eyes the miraculous powers they have possessed1 so that none should be aware of the fact4 ,but now1 our ,lord and ,master1 ,jell1 has been so successful in secretly following up the path of mystic love1 that his miraculous powers have hitherto escaped the searching eyes of even the chiefest of ,god's elect1 even as it hath been said3 #8,verily1 ,god hath saints of whom no man knoweth4'0 #ac4 ,kimiy ,khtn1 the wife of ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 was a very beautiful1 and also a very virtuous1 woman4 ,one day1 however1 it so happened that1 without his permission or knowledge1 the grandmother of ,sultan ,veled1 and her attendant ladies1 took ,kimiy with them for an outing to the vineyards of the city4 ,as chance would have it1 ,shems came home while she was still away4 ,he asked for her1 and was informed where she had gone1 and with whom4 ,he was exceedingly annoyed at her absence4 ,kimiy had scarcely returned home1 ere she began to feel unwell4 ,her limbs stiffened like dry firewood1 and became motionless4 ,she continued screaming and moaning for three days1 and then gave up the ghost1 in the month of ,sha'bn1 ,a4,h4 #fdd4 7,december1 ,a4,d4 #abdf4 ,but compare a conflicting date given in ,no4 #i1 further back47 #ad4 ,it is related that1 a second time1 ,shems and ,jell shut themselves up for a whole six months in ,jell's room at the college1 without partaking of meat or drink1 and without the entrance of a single individual to interrupt them1 or either of them coming forth1 ,sultan ,veled and one other disciple alone excepted4 #ae4 ,shemsu-'d-,dn was extremely bitter in his preachings and lectures to the learned auditory who used to gather around him in ,qonya4 ,he likened them to oxen and asses4 ,he reproached them with being further than ever astray from the path of living love1 and taxed them with the presumption of supposing themselves the equals of ,byezd of ,bestm4 ,he once went to ,erzen-of-,rome 7,erzrm71 the prince of which city had a son so extremely stupid1 though very handsome1 that he could be taught nothing1 or next thereto4 ,shems let no one know who or what he was2 but opened a school for children4 ,inquiries were made by the prince1 and ,shems undertook to instruct the child1 and enable him1 in one month1 to recite the whole ,qur'n by heart4 ,he kept his promise4 ,the young prince acquired1 further1 during the same period1 a beautiful handwriting1 and sundry other accomplishments4 ,it began to be suspected1 now1 that he was a saint in disguise4 ,he therefore quietly slipped away from that city4 #af4 ,there is a tradition that ,jell one day called his son ,sultan ,veled1 gave him a large sum of money1 and bade him go1 with a suite of the disciples1 to ,damascus1 and request ,shems to return to ,qonya4 ,jell told his son that he would find ,shems in a certain inn1 playing at backgammon with a young ,fireng 7,european1 ,frank71 also one of ,god's saints4 ,sultan ,veled went1 found ,shems exactly so occupied1 and brought him back to ,qonya1 the ,fireng youth returning to his own country1 there to preach ,jell's doctrines1 as his vicar4 ,sultan ,veled walked the whole way from ,damascus to ,qonya1 at the stirrup-side of ,shems1 as a groom walks by the side of a prince's charger4 ,the whole city went forth to receive them4 ,jell and ,shems embraced each other4 ,jell became more than ever devoted to his friend2 and his disciples resented his neglect of them1 as they had done before4 ,not long afterwards1 the dolorous event occurred that terminated the life of ,shemsu-'d-,dn4 #ag4 ,the ,vazr of ,qonya had built a college4 ,on its completion1 he gave a great entertainment1 in the college1 of religious music and dancing1 all the learned men of the city being present4 ,the ,qur'n was first recited in its entirety2 after which1 the holy waltzing began4 ,the ,vazr and ,shemsu-'d-,dn both joined in the dance4 ,several times they came into collision2 or1 the ,vazr's skirt swept against ,shems's person1 as he observed no caution in his gyrations4 ,jell expressed great indignation at this want of courtesy and reverence for his guest and friend4 ,he took ,shems by the hand1 to lead him away4 ,the grandees present essayed to appease him1 but their entreaties were of no avail4 ,the police of the ,sultan were therefore sent for2 and when they arrived1 they instantly seized ,shems1 led him forth a prisoner with every mark of indignity1 and put him to death without further inquiry or formality4 #ah4 ,cheleb ,emr #8rif related1 as informed by his mother1 ,ftima ,khtn1 that when ,shemsu-'d-,dn was thus made a martyr1 his executioners threw his corpse down a well4 ,sultan ,veled saw ,shems in a dream1 and was informed by him where the body would be found4 ,sultan ,veled went therefore at midnight with some friends1 recovered the corpse1 washed it1 and privately buried it in the college grounds1 by the side of the founder4 #ai4 ,forty days after the disappearance of ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 ,jell1 wishing to appease his own sorrow1 and quell the mutinous spirit that had broken out among the disciples1 appointed ,husmu-'d-,dn his local deputy1 and set out to seek ,shems at ,damascus for the third time4 ,all the learned men of ,syria became his disciples1 and he was absent about a year1 more or less4 ,the ,sultan and the nobles grew impatient at this long absence1 and wrote him an urgent petition1 begging him to return to ,qonya4 ,with this request he complied4 ,naturally1 he had failed to find ,shemsu-'d-,dn in the flesh at ,damascus2 but he had found within himself what was still greater4 ,he went to the lodging of ,shems1 and wrote on the door1 with red ink3 8,this is the station of the beloved one of ,elias1 on whom be peace60 ,it is said that the body of ,shemsu-'d-,dn disappeared1 and that he was buried by the side of ,jell's father1 ,sultan ,bah ,veled the ,elder4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,sheykh ,salhu-'d-,dn#bf ,ferdn1 surnamed ,zer-,kb 7,goldbeater74 #a4 ,sheykh ,salhu-'d-,dn was originally a fellow-disciple with ,jell1 as pupils to ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dn4 ,he afterwards became a goldbeater1 as his parents were poor4 ,after a while1 when ,jell's reputation became great1 ,salh went and paid him his respects4 ,jell knew how highly ,burhn had esteemed ,salh1 when his pupil4 ,he therefore received him in a very friendly manner1 and their intercourse became warmly renewed4 ,one day1 after the murder of ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 and the return of ,jell from ,damascus1 he sent for ,salh1 and appointed him his own assistant in the government and instruction of the disciples1 presenting him also to the king in that capacity4 #b4 ,jell's first royal protector1 #8,al'u-'d-,dn ,keyqubd1 was now dead1 and his son1 ,gaysu-'d-,dn ,key-,khusrev1 reigned in his stead4 ,the monarch one day made a feast in the vineyards1 and went forth into the fields for a walk1 alone4 ,he picked up a young snake1 carried it indoors1 placed it in a gold box1 sealed this up1 and then rejoined his courtiers4 ,to those attendants the king exhibited the sealed packet1 as having just then been privately received from the ,qaysar#bg of ,constantinople with a message to this effect3 8,if your religion of ,islm be the true faith1 some one of your wise men will be able to see into this packet without breaking its seals1 and to tell what it contains40 ,the king then called upon his ministers to prove their loyalty to him1 and their faithfulness to their religion1 by solving this riddle4 ,none of them was able4 ,the packet was now sent round in succession to all the eminent teachers and theologians of the city2 but none could unravel the enigma4 ,at last it was brought to ,jell1 as ,sheykh ,ferdn and he were sitting together4 ,jell invited ,ferdn to tell them the contents of the packet2 and he immediately replied3 8,it is not a dignified act in the king to imprison a young snake in a gold box1 sealing this up as a packet1 and then tempting his courtiers1 ministers1 and learned men with a false pretence4 ,a saint1 however1 knows not only the solution of so paltry a trick as this1 but is also aware of every thought in the king's heart1 and every secret of earth and heaven40 ,when this answer was reported to the king1 he came to the college1 and professed himself a disciple1 remarking3 8,if the disciples of ,shemsu-'d-,dn possess such power1 and work such miracles1 how great must have been the sanctity of the murdered martyr40 ,ferdn acted for ten years as assistant to ,jell4 #c4 ,ftima1 the daughter of ,sheykh ,salhu-'d-,dn ,ferdn1 was married to ,sultan ,veled1 ,jell's son4 ,jell used to teach her to read the ,qur'n and other books4 ,jell used to call ,ftima his right eye2 her sister ,hediyya1 his left eye2 and their mother1 ,latfa ,khtn1 the personification of ,god's grace4 ,when ,ftima's marriage was solemnised1 all the angels of heaven were present1 and wished the young couple all happiness4 ,she was a saint1 and continually worked miracles4 ,she fasted by day and watched by night1 tasting food only once in three days4 ,she was very charitable to the poor1 the orphans1 and the widows1 distributing to them food and raiment4 ,sheykh ,ferdn died on ,new ,year's ,day1 ,a4,h4 #feg 7#bhth ,december1 ,a4,d4 #abeh74 ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,cheleb ,husmu-'l-,haqqi-wa-'d-,dn1 ,hasan1 son of ,muhammed1 son of ,hasan1 son of ,akh-,turk1#bh related to ,esh-,sheykhu-'l-,mukerrem4#bi #a4 ,on the death of ,sheykh ,ferdn1 ,cheleb ,husmu-'d-,dn was appointed by ,jell his assistant in place of the deceased saint4 ,for another ten years these two spiritual friends worked together in perfect unity as ,superior and ,assistant4 ,husm was surnamed 8the ,juneyd and the ,byezd#cj of the age10 8the ,key of the ,treasuries of ,god's throne10 8the ,trustee of the ,treasures on earth10 and 8,god's next ,friend in the ,world40 #b4 ,husm once made his obeisance to ,jell1 and related to him that1 when the disciples recited the poetry of the ,mesnev1 and became entranced1 he had himself seen a company of invisible ones1 armed with clubs and scimitars1 keeping guard over them4 ,if any one did not listen to those sacred words with reverence and believing1 the clubs and swords were brought into play1 and he was hurled into the pit of hell-fire4 ,jell confirmed1 as being a fact1 all ,husm had related4 #c4 ,husmu-'d-,dn was very eloquent1 pious1 and ,god-fearing4 ,he would never use the water1 even1 of the college1 for drink or for ablutions2 but always brought his water from his own home for those purposes4 ,he distributed1 to the very last farthing1 the whole of the revenues of the college among the disciples4 #d4 ,sultan ,veled and his friends went one day to ,husm's garden4 ,some of the disciples felt a desire to eat of some honey1 but had said nothing on the subject4 ,husm read their thoughts4 ,he therefore ordered his gardener to bring some new honeycomb from a certain hive4 ,more1 and more1 and still more comb was brought1 until all were satisfied2 still1 the hive was yet full4 ,when they left his garden1 ,husm sent the hive with them2 and for a long time it supplied all their wants4 #e4 ,a severe drought afflicted ,qonya and its environs4 ,prayers for rain were publicly offered without avail4 ,recourse was now had to ,husmu-'d-,dn1 who was begged to intercede for the people1 and to pray for rain4 ,he first went to ,jell's tomb1 there performed his devotions to ,god1 and then put up the prayer for rain1 his disciples weeping as they chanted 8,amen40 ,clouds now began to collect and lower2 shortly after which an abundance of rain was vouchsafed4 #f4 ,not only were all the revenues of the college1 arising from its endowments1 committed by ,jell to the sole administration of ,husm1 but1 whatever gifts and contributions were offered by princes and friends1 in money or in kind1 they were all consigned to his care1 to augment the resources of the general fund4 ,jell's family1 and also his son1 though often pinched1 fared as the disciples4 #g4 ,the disciples were both surprised and scandalised1 at one time1 by ,husm's publicly speaking very much in praise of certain individuals who bore an extremely bad character1 while he disparaged certain others who were noted for their pious lives4 ,they complained to ,jell2 but he confirmed what ,husm had said1 and remarked to them3 8,god looks only to man's heart4 ,those seemingly lewd fellows are really ,god-loving saints1 while those outwardly pious livers are merely inward hypocrites40 #h4 ,one day ,husm was lecturing4 ,suddenly he beckoned to one of the disciples1 and told him to go with all speed to the royal palace1 ask to see the queen1 give her his greeting1 and say to her3 8,instantly quit this apartment thou art in1 if thou wouldest avoid impending destruction1 the result of ,god's decree40 ,the queen believed his word1 and at once removed to another part of the palace4 ,the apartment was speedily stripped of its furniture2 and scarcely had the last loads been removed1 when1 with a loud crash1 the building fell in4 ,her faith in his miraculous power was thenceforward increased a hundredfold4 #i4 ,a certain ,sheykh died at ,qonya1 who was rector of two different colleges4 ,the prince who was the trustee of both1 elected to nominate ,husmu-'d-,dn as rector of one of them2 and a great entertainment was prepared by the prince for the occasion4 ,jell was informed of the arrangement1 and he expressed the intention to bear himself ,husm's carpet to his new college1 and himself spreading it for ,husm in his new seat4 ,a certain brawler1 a kinsman of ,husm's1 ,akh ,ahmed by name1 was of the company2 and he had felt nettled at ,husm's appointment4 ,he came forward1 snatched away ,husm's carpet1 gave it to one of his companions to cast out of the building1 and exclaimed3 8,we will not suffer this fellow to be installed here as ,sheykh40 ,great confusion ensued4 ,several nobles of the ,akh clan1 who were present1 drew their swords and knives1 a scene of blood appearing to be about to commence4 ,jell now addressed the crowd1 reproaching them for such behaviour4 ,he told them that their family and college would not prosper1 but that the ,mevlev order1 founded by himself1 and his lineal posterity would go on ever steadily increasing4 ,he then related the following anecdote3-- 8,a certain ,sheykh from ,samarqand1 ,ab-'l-,lays by name1 went on his travels for about twenty years1 with a view to study1 partly at ,mekka4 ,at length he set out on his return home1 whither his reputation1 as well as numerous disciples1 had preceded him4 8,arrived at the outskirts of his native place1 he went to the riverside to perform an ablution4 ,there he found a number of women1 occupied with laundry work4 ,from among these1 one old woman advanced1 looked at him attentively1 and then exclaimed3 #8,why1 if here isn't our little ,ab-'l-,lays come back again6 ,go quickly1 girls1 and carry the news to our family4' 8,the ,sheykh returned forthwith to his party of fellow-travellers1 and gave orders for their beasts to be at once reloaded for an immediate return to ,damascus4 ,on being questioned as to his reason for this sudden change of intention he answered3 #8,my people still think of me as 0little ,ab-l-,lays10 and will treat me with familiar indignity accordingly1 esteeming me of small account1 and thereby committing a grievous sin2 for it is an incumbent duty on all to honour the learned and the wise4 ,to respect them is to show reverence to the apostle of ,god1 and to revere him is to serve the ,creator4' 8,now1 the truth was that1 when a child1 his father had always called him #8little ,ab-'l-,lays4' ,but strangers would not so understand that term of endearment2 they would think it one of too free and easy familiarity1 and as likely to draw down on the city and its inhabitants the divine displeasure4 ,it was not consistent with true affection to allow the possibility of such a visitation to occur40 ,having delivered himself of this constructive reprimand1 ,jell left the college barefoot1 and in high dudgeon4 ,the chief people came after him to intercede1 but he would not be pacified4 ,their intervention was declined1 and he refused to be reconciled with the broiler1 ,akh ,ahmed4 ,he would not consent to go near that offender1 who died soon afterwards2 though most of his sons1 relatives1 and even his fellow-revellers1 became disciples of ,jell's4 ,the ,sultan would have caused him to be put to death at once2 but ,jell would not permit that4 ,akh ,ahmed was never again allowed to show himself at any public reception1 and was shunned by all1 like the wandering ,jew4 ,eventually1 ,husmu-'d-,dn was appointed rector of both the colleges in question2 and ,ahmed's son1 ,akh #8,al1 was a disciple of ,sultan ,veled4 #aj4 ,jellu-'d-,dn was of the school of ,ab-,hanfa2 but ,husm belonged to that of ,shfi'4#ca ,he thought of joining the ,hanef school1 out of deference to his teacher4 ,jell1 however1 recommended him to remain what he had always been1 and to strive to inculcate to all the doctrine of divine love1 as set forth by ,jell4 #aa4 ,after ,jell's death1 his widow1 ,kir ,khtn1 suggested to her stepson1 ,sultan ,veled ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 that he ought to have succeeded his father as ,rector of the fraternity1 and not ,husm4 ,sultan ,veled answered that it had been his father's bequest that ,husm should succeed1 that he himself had sworn the oath of fealty to ,husm1 and that ,husm was now become a kind of spiritual beehive1 through the incessant and multitudinous visitations of angelic ministers sent to him with messages from on high4 #ab4 ,husmu-'d-,dn had a gardener1 whose name was ,sheykh ,muhammed4 ,about four years after ,jell's death1 ,husm had reason to reprimand the gardener1 who took offence at this1 and went away to another garden1 resolved never to return to ,husm's service4 ,as he sat reflecting1 he fell asleep4 ,in his dreams he saw ,jell coming towards him1 with an executioner by his side1 who held up an axe4 ,jell ordered the executioner to cut off ,muhammed's head1 as the punishment for his having offended ,husm4 ,this was done2 and ,muhammed saw his own head fall off1 and his own blood flow4 ,he knew that he was dead4 ,after a while he saw ,jell return1 pick up ,muhammed's decapitated head1 place it in proper junction with the neck of the corpse1 and utter the exclamation3 8,in the name of ,god1 with ,god1 from ,god1 and to ,god40 ,muhammed saw himself instantly alive again1 felt very penitent1 threw himself at ,jell's feet1 and cried out piteously4 ,he now awoke and arose4 ,no one was in sight4 ,all traces of blood had vanished1 and no sign of a wound was discernible on his neck4 ,in all speed he returned to ,husm's garden1 and resumed his work with alacrity4 ,but now he saw ,husm approaching1 who said to him3 8,well1 ,sheykh ,muhammed6 ,until ,jellu-'d-,dn chastised thee1 thou wert no ,muslim1 and wert given over to stiffneckedness4 ,had not ,i interceded for thee1 thou hadst been dead to all eternity1 shut out from every hope of heaven40 ,muhammed protested his sincere repentance1 became a dervish1 and professed himself a disciple4 #ac4 ,when ,husmu-'d-,dn had faithfully executed for ten years1 as a just and wise steward1 all his duties as successor to ,jellu-'d-,dn1 he one day went1 with his companions and disciples1 to visit the shrine of his predecessor4 ,as he drew near to the mausoleum1 information was brought to him that the gilt crescent surmounting the cupola had fallen down4 ,on the moment1 ,husm felt himself to be stricken4 ,he asked for an examination of dates to be made1 and found that ten years previously ,jell had departed this life4 ,he therefore said to those around him3 8,lead me back home4 ,the time for my dissolution is at hand40 ,he was conducted to his chamber1 where1 a few days later1 on ,thursday1 the twenty-second of ,sha'bn1 in the year ,a4,h4 #fhc 7#dth ,november1 ,a4,d4 #abhd71 he breathed his last exactly at the time when the gilt crescent was replaced over ,jell's tomb1 and the works brought to a close4 #ad4 ,shortly after the death of ,husmu-'d-,dn1 the widow of ,jell1 ,kir ,khtn1 too1 departed this life1 and was buried by the side of her husband4 ,as her corpse was being borne towards its last resting-place1 the procession passed through one of the gates of the town4 ,here1 the bearers found themselves arrested by some unseen power1 so that they could not move1 hand or foot4 ,this singular effect lasted for about half an hour4 ,her stepson1 ,sultan ,veled1 with the other mourners1 struck up a hymn1 and commenced a holy dance4 ,soon after this1 the bearers recovered the use of their limbs1 and found themselves able to proceed4 ,all now went well1 and the interment was completed4 ,that same night1 a holy man of the fraternity saw ,kir ,khtn in heaven near to her husband4#cb ,he inquired of her concerning the arrestation of the funeral4 ,she informed him thus3 8,the day previous1 a man and a woman had been stoned to death at that gate for the sin of adultery4 ,i took compassion on them1 interceded for their forgiveness1 and obtained for them admittance to paradise4 ,my preoccupation in their cause was the reason of the delay met with by the funeral procession40 #ae4 ,one day1 while ,jell was yet living1 ,satan appeared in person to ,husmu-'d-,dn1 and complained bitterly of the torments inflicted on him by the continuous pious exercises of ,jell4 ,he said that such was his deep reverence for ,jell and his followers1 that he dared not attempt to seduce one of them2 and that1 had he known that1 of the seed of ,adam1 so holy a race of men were to spring1 he never would have tempted the father of mankind4 ,he further added3 8,i entertain a hope that the kindness of heart of his sons will lead them to intercede with ,jell for me1 and so obtain my eventual release and salvation40 ,husm related this occurrence to ,jell1 who smiled1 and said3 8,there is reason to hope that he need not despair4 ,god forbid that he should despair60 #af4 ,whenever the grandees of ,qonya entertained a desire to have an audience of the ,sheykh ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz1 during his lifetime1 they used to request ,husm to beg ,jell to intercede for them with ,shems1 and so obtain for them the desired interview4 ,jell and ,husm used to tax those nobles for this favour1 according to their means and circumstances4 ,on one occasion the ,grand ,vazr solicited an audience1 and was taxed at forty thousand pieces of silver2 which1 after much chaffering1 was reduced to thirty thousand4 ,at his audience with ,shems1 the ,vazr was so charmed with the mysteries revealed to him1 that1 on his return therefrom1 he voluntarily sent the ten thousand pieces of silver to ,husm1 which had been abated from the sum originally fixed4 ,these monies were always expended by ,husm1 as he saw fit1 in relieving the necessities of the holy community1 and the families of ,jell1 the ,goldbeater1 and their various dependants4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,the ,sultan of them who attain to the ,truth1 in whom are manifested the mysteries of ,positive ,knowledge1 ,bah'u-'l-,haqqi-wa-'d-,dn1#cc ,el ,veled4 #a4 ,while ,sultan ,veled was yet a child1 his father1 ,jellu-'d-,dn1 was once discoursing on the miracle of the rod of ,moses1 which swallowed up the rods and other engines of ,pharaoh's magicians1 related to have been in such quantities as to form seventy camel-loads1 and yet that staff became no thicker or longer than before4 ,turning to ,sultan ,veled1 his father asked how this could be1 and to what it could be likened for the sake of illustration4 ,the child at once replied3 8,in a very dark night1 if a lighted taper be brought into a large room or hall1 it instantly devours all the darkness1 and yet remains a little taper40 ,jell jumped up from his seat1 ran to his son1 took the child to his bosom1 kissed him with effusion1 and then said3 8,may ,god bless thee1 my child6 ,verily1 thou hast strung a pearl of the very first water on the string of illustration40 #b4 ,sultan ,veled's elder brother1 #8,al'u-'d-,dn1 was killed in the tumult for which the police authorities of ,qonya put to death the ,sheykh ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz4 ,sultan ,veled ruled the dervish community1 in room of his father 7after the death of ,husmu-'d-,dn71 for many years 7from ,a4,h4 #fhc to #gab1 being twenty-nine lunar years74 ,he composed three volumes of poetry in couplets1 like the ,mesnev 7hence styled ,mesneviyt1 ,mesnevian ,poems71 and a volume 7,dwn7 of odes in the ,arabian style1 arranged in the alphabetical order of their rhymes4 #c4 ,it is related that when ,husmu-'d-,dn was in his last illness1 ,sultan ,veled came to visit him4 ,finding the sickness was unto death1 he began to wail and lament1 asking what would become of himself after the removal of so dear a friend and so able a director4 ,husm collected himself1 and1 leaning on ,sultan ,veled1 sat up4 ,he then addressed the latter thus3 8,be of good cheer1 and let not thy heart be dismayed through my departure in the body4 ,in another form1 ,i will ever be near thee still4 ,thou shalt never be in need of counsel from another4 ,in all difficulties and troubles that may beset thee1 ,i will always be present1 and in the visions of the night will ,i solve every doubt1 and direct thee in each matter1 whether it relate to the spirit and religion1 or whether it pertain to the flesh and mundane affairs4 ,whenever thou shalt receive counsel in this manner1 know of a surety that it is ,i who suggest it to thee--it will be none other than ,i myself4 ,i will show myself to thee in thy visions2 and ,i will be thy counsel and thy guide40 ,sultan ,veled was the first who narrated his dreams in his poems4 ,seek them there2 there shalt thou find them consigned4 #d4 ,one day a great man asked ,sultan ,veled whether ,god ever speaks to ,his servant--man4 ,this inquirer had frequently had the idea to send an offering to ,sultan ,veled2 but had hesitated between a gift of money and one of ,indian muslins4 ,sultan ,veled answered his inquiry thus3 8,god does certainly speak to ,his servants4 ,and as to the method by which ,he addresses them1 ,i will relate to thee an anecdote40 8,there was in ,balkh a preacher1 who was also one of ,god's most precious saints4 ,he had many disciples1 who loved him dearly4 ,i heard him once say1 during one of his discourses3 #8,long hath ,god spoken to you in words2 but you will not hearken to ,him4 ,this conduct is strangely improper on the part of obsequious servants4 ,in ,god's name1 therefore1 ,i warn you that you ought to hearken to ,god's words1 and yield obedience to ,his commands4' 8,just then1 a dervish in the congregation stood up1 and begged that some one would bestow on him a handkerchief4 8,a merchant1 who was seated in a corner of the mosque1 thrice conceived the resolve to give the dervish a handkerchief2 but thrice he failed to carry that design into effect4 8,that merchant now rose1 and1 addressing the preacher1 said3 #8,sir1 how does ,god speak to ,his servants8 ,pray explain this1 that the method may be known unto us4' 8,the preacher answered3 #8,for one handkerchief1 ,god does not speak more than three times6' 8,the merchant was petrified4 ,he cried aloud1 and cast himself at the feet of the preacher4 ,what he had thrice resolved to do1 and had not performed1 he now carried out1 giving a handkerchief to the dervish1 and professing himself a disciple to the preacher40 8,now10 added ,sultan ,veled1 8,i say unto thee1 ,o grandee1 do thou also hearken unto the words of ,god4 ,give the ,indian handkerchiefs1 and distribute also the money4 ,when thou shalt have hearkened to the words of ,god1 ,he will listen also to that which thou mayest say unto ,him4 ,all thou mayest ask of ,him1 ,god will give thee2 and whatsoever thou seekest of ,him1 thou shalt find40 ,forthwith that grandee became a sincere convert and disciple4 ,similar miraculous works of ,sultan ,veled are beyond all count4 #e4 ,sultan ,veled died on ,saturday1 the tenth day of ,rejeb1 ,a4,h4 #gab 7#aath ,november1 ,a4,d4 #acab74 ,he had as many as a dozen children by his wife ,ftima1 daughter of the ,sheykh ,salhu-'d-,dn ,ferdn1 the ,goldbeater2 but they all died in infancy1 immediately after birth1 or ere they were six months old4 ,at length1 on a ,monday1 the eighth day of the month of ,z-'l-,qa'da1 ,a4,h4 #fgj 7#fth ,may1 ,a4,d4 #abgb71 his son and successor1 ,cheleb ,emr #8rif1 was born4 ,soon after his birth1 or when only a few months old1 the ,emr #8rif1 at the invitation of his grandfather1 ,jellu-'d-,dn1 and in the hearing of a numerous circle of assembled friends1 thrice pronounced1 audibly and distinctly1 ,god's great name4 ,his grandfather prophesied thence that he would be a very great saint1 and would sit in the seat of his own successorship1 after his father ,sultn ,veled4 ,the ,emr #8rif lived about fifty years1 surviving his father1 however1 but the short term of eight or nine summers4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,cheleb ,emr #8rif1 ,jellu-'d-,dn4 7,ninety pages of the volume by ,eflk give more than two hundred anecdotes of the acts and miracles1 of various kinds1 of this illustrious grandson of ,jellu-'d-,dn1 the teacher and friend of the author1 who vouches as an eyewitness for the truth and correctness of some of the narratives4 ,the ,emr #8rif passed the far greater portion of his life in travelling about to various cities in central and eastern ,asia ,minor1 and north-western ,persia1 countries then subject to the great ,khns1 descendants of ,jengz4 ,he appears to have been of a more energetic or bellicose character than his father1 and to have ruled with vigour during his short ,rectorship47 #a4 ,on the last day but one of the period of the greater pilgrimage at ,mekka1 the eve of the ,festival of ,sacrifices1 the ninth of the month of ,z-'l-,hijja1 ,a4,h4 #gag 7#aath ,february1 ,a4,d4 #acah71 the ,emr #8rif1 and the historian ,eflk1 his disciple1 were together at ,sultniyya1 in the north of ,persia1 the new capital of the great western ,mogul empire4 ,they were visiting at the convent of a certain ,mevlev dervish1 named ,sheykh ,suhrb1#cd with sundry of the friends and saints1 all of whom were engaged in the study of different books1 at about the hour of midday1 excepting #8rif1 who was enjoying a siesta4 ,suddenly1 #8rif raised his head1 and gave one of his loud1 awe-inspiring shouts1 which caused all present to tremble4 ,without a word1 however1 he again composed himself to sleep4 ,when he at length fully roused himself1 and finally woke up from his sleep1 ,sheykh ,eflk ventured to inquire what it was that had disturbed him4 ,he answered3 8,i had gone in the spirit to pay a visit to the tomb of my great-grandfather1 when there ,i saw the two ,mevlev dervishes1 ,nsiru-'d-,dn and ,shuj'u-'d-,dn ,chanq1 who had seized each other by the collar1 and were engaged in a violent dispute and struggle4 ,i called out to them to desist2 and two men1 with one pious woman1 being there present1 saw me40 ,eflk at once made a note of this narrative1 putting down the date and hour of the occurrence4 ,some time afterwards1 #8rif returned to the land of ,rome1 and went to the town of ,ldik 7,laodica ,combusta1 not far from ,qonya72 and there they met the above-named ,nsiru-'d-,dn4 ,in the presence of all the friends1 #8rif asked ,nsir to relate to them the circumstances of his quarrel with ,shuj#84 ,nsir replied3 8,on the eve of the ,festival of ,sacrifices1 ,i was standing at the upper end of the mausoleum1 when ,shuj' came there1 and committed an unseemly act1 for which ,i reprehended him4 ,he immediately collared me1 and ,i him2 when suddenly1 from the direction of the feet of the holy ,bah ,veled1 the voice of #8rif was heard shouting to us1 and made us tremble4 ,in awe thereat1 we immediately embraced each other1 and bowed in reverence4 ,that is all ,i know of the matter40 #8rif then addressed ,eflk1 and said3 8,pray relate to our friends what thou knowest thereof1 that they may be edified40 ,eflk now produced his memorandum-book1 and showed the entry he had made1 with the date4 ,the friends marvelled at this1 and rejoiced exceedingly1 their spirits being refreshed with an influence from the invisible world4 #8rif then said3 8,by the soul of my ancestor1 ,i dislike exceedingly to make a display of any miraculous power4 ,but1 now and then1 for the edification of my disciples1 such scenes will slip out4 ,then ,eflk takes note thereof40 ,such miracles are known by the names of 8manifestations10 and 8ekstasis of the spirit40 ,when ,qonya was reached1 three friends1 one a lady1 bore testimony to having seen #8rif at the tomb on that day1 and to their having heard him shout4 #b4 #8rif's last journey was from ,lrenda to ,aq-,sery 7on the road to ,qonya74 ,in the latter place he remained about ten days2 when1 one night1 he laid his head on his pillow1 and wept bitterly1 continuously moaning and sobbing in his sleep4 ,in the morning his friends inquired the cause4 ,he said he had seen a strange dream4 ,he was seated in a vaulted chamber1 with windows looking on to a garden as beautiful as paradise1 with all kinds of flowering shrubs and fruit-bearing trees1 beneath the shade of which the youths and maidens of heaven were walking and disporting themselves4 ,melodious voices were also heard4 ,in one direction he noticed a flower-garden1 and there he saw his grandfather1 ,jellu-'d-,dn4 ,he wondered at his appearance2 when lo1 ,jell looked towards him1 and beckoned him to approach4 ,on his drawing near1 ,jell asked him what had brought him there2 and then added3 8,the time is come2 the end of thy term4 ,thou must come to me40 ,it was from joy and delight at this kind invitation of his grandfather1 that #8rif had wept and sobbed4 ,he then said3 8,it is time for me to make my journey to heaven1--to drink of the cup of ,god's might40 ,two days later1 they continued their journey towards ,qonya1 and #8rif showed some slight symptoms of indisposition4 ,these daily grew more severe4 ,he reached ,qonya4 ,one morning he came out of his house1 and stood in the gateway of his great-grandfather's mausoleum1 silent1 in the midst of his disciples4 ,it was ,friday1 the last day of the month of ,z-'l-,qa'da1 ,a4,h4 #gai 7#acth ,january1 ,a4,d4 #acbj74 ,the orb of the sun rose like a disk of gold1 careering over the azure vault from an impulse given to it by the bat of ,god's decree4 ,it attained the altitude of a lance-length4 #8rif contemplated it1 and smiled4 ,shortly afterwards1 he spoke as follows3-- 8,i am tired of this lower world1 and have no wish to remain beneath the sun1 surrounded with dust and misery4 ,the time is come for me to trample on the stars that encircle the pole1 mounting beyond the sun1 to occupy myself with the mysteries of the heavenly choir1 and to be entirely delivered from the instabilities of this world of change40 ,his disciples burst into tears1 and he continued-- 8,there is no remedy hereto1 but to die4 ,during life1 my pleasure has been to journey and wander about1 in outward space1 and in inward self-exploration4 ,for idle spirits come into the world of material forms to contemplate the marvels of the horizons1 and the wonders of men's minds1--to acquire knowledge1 and attain to certainty4 ,through the gravity of the body ,i have been impeded in the investigation1 and ,i shall not be able to travel again4 ,let me1 then1 wend my way to the future state1 for here below ,i have no real companion4 ,my only anxiety is1 to be with my father and grandfather4 ,how long shall ,i be severed from them in this world of suffering8 ,i long to behold my grandfather1 and ,i will certainly depart40 ,he then cried aloud4 ,after which he slowly returned to his chamber1 and there continued to moan4 ,he managed to crawl1 as well as he could1 to the congregational service of worship of that ,friday at noon4 ,thence he proceeded to the mausoleum1 kissed the shrine1 sang a hymn1 performed a holy dance1 and uttered ecstatic cries4 ,he then laid himself down at full length on the floor1 under which he is now buried1 and said3 8,where the man falls1 there let him be interred4 ,bury you the deposit of my corpse in this spot40 ,that day was as though the last judgment were at hand4 ,a tempest arose2 all creation1 mortal and immortal1 seemed to be groaning4 ,the day following1 ,saturday1 the traces of his malady were but too visible in #8rif's features4 ,he strove to battle with it1 and to converse1 as if he were in perfect health4 ,his sickness lasted about five and twenty days4 ,on the twenty-second of ,z-'l-,hijja there was a violent shock of earthquake4 ,there was then in ,qonya a certain saint1 commonly known as 8the ,student10 a successor of the legist ,ahmed4 ,in his youth he had made himself a great reputation for learning1 in all its branches4 ,but1 for forty years1 he had been paralysed1 and had never risen from his seat1 summer or winter4 ,he was well versed in all mysteries1 and now began to say3 8,they are taking away the lamp of ,qonya6 ,alas1 the world will go to utter confusion6 ,i1 too1 will follow after that holy man60 ,shocks followed after shocks of the earthquake2 and #8rif exclaimed3 8,the hour of departure is at hand6 ,see1 the earth yawns for the mouthful it will make of my body4 ,it shows signs of impatience for its food60 ,he then asked3 8,look6 what birds are these that are come here80 ,his eyes remained fixed for a time on the angelic visions which he now saw4 ,from time to time he would start1 as though about to fly4 ,the assembled disciples1 men and women1 wept bitterly4 ,but he again spoke1 and said-- 8,sheykhs1 be not troubled6 ,even as my descent into this world was for the regulation of the affairs of your community1 so is my existence of equal advantage to you1 and ,i will at all times be with you1 never absent from you4 ,even in the other world will ,i be with you4 ,here below1 separation is a thing unavoidable4 ,in the other world there is union without disrupture1 and junction without a parting4 ,let me go without a pang4 ,to outward appearance1 ,i shall be absent2 but in truth1 ,i shall not be away from you4 ,so long as a sword is in its sheath1 it cuts not2 but1 when it shall be drawn1 you shall see its effects4 ,from this day forward1 ,i dash my fist through the curtain that veils the invisible world2 and my disciples shall hear the clash of the blows40 ,as he spake these words1 his eldest son1 ,shh-,zda1 and his own half-brother1 ,cheleb #8bid1 entered the room4 ,sheykh ,eflk asked him what commands he had to give for them4 #8rif replied3 8,they belong to the ,lord1 and have no longer a relation to me2 ,he will take care of them40 ,eflk now asked3 8,and what are your wishes with respect to me1 your most humble servant80 ,the answer was3 8,do thou remain in the service of the mausoleum4 ,forsake it not4 ,go not elsewhere4 ,that which ,i have commanded thee to do1 as to collecting in writing all the memoirs of my ancestors and family1 that do thou in all diligence until its completion4 ,so mayest thou be approved of the ,lord1 and blessed by ,his saints40 ,all wept4 #8rif now recited some verses2 pronounced thrice the holy name of ,god1 with a sigh2 recited some more verses2 and then1 between the noon and afternoon hours of worship1 having recited two short chapters of the ,qur'n1 he departed1 in peace and rejoicing1 to the centre of his existence1 on ,tuesday1 the twenty-fourth day of ,z-'l-,hijja1 ,a4,h4 #gai 7#eth ,february1 ,a4,d4 #acbj74 ,unto ,god be all glory1 now and for ever6 ,he was buried on the #beth1 where he had himself indicated1 by the side of his grandfather4 ,his half-brother #8bid succeeded him4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,genealogy of ,jellu-'d-,dn1 ,rm4 ,on his father's side1 the remote ancestor of ,jellu-'d-,dn1 during ,islmic times1 was ,ab-,bekr1 the dearest and most faithful friend of ,muhammed the ,arabian lawgiver1 and his successor in the government of the community of ,islm1 as the first of the long line of ,caliphs4 ,like ,muhammed himself1 ,ab-,bekr was of the tribe of ,quraysh1 which claims descent1 through ,ishmael1 from ,abraham1 the chosen ,friend of ,god1 and ,father of the faithful4 ,the stem of ,ab-,bekr's branch of the tribe unites with that of ,muhammed in ,murra1 ancestor to ,muhammed in the seventh degree1 and to ,ab-,bekr in the sixth4 ,ab-,bekr was1 furthermore1 one of ,muhammed's fathers-in-law1 as his daughter #8'isha was the ,prophet's only virgin bride4 ,a son or grandson of ,ab-,bekr is said to have been among the ,arabian conquerors of ,khursn during the caliphate of #8,uthmn 7,osmn71 about ,a4,h4 #be 7,a4,d4 #fdg71 and to have settled at ,balkh 7the capital of the ancient ,bactria71 where his family flourished until after the birth of ,jellu-'d-,dn4#ce ,at an uncertain period subsequent to ,a4,h4 #dia 7,a4,d4 #ajig71 a daughter of one of the ,kh'rezmian kings of ,central ,asia was given in marriage to ,jellu-'d-,dn's great-great-grandfather1 whose name is either not mentioned by ,eflk1 or ,i have missed it4 ,she gave birth to ,jell's great-grandfather1 ,ahmed1 surnamed ,el-,khatb 7as being1 apparently1 a son or descendant1 or a client1 of a public preacher1 ,khatb74 ,nothing more is mentioned of ,ahmed by ,eflk1 than that he had a son ,huseyn1 surnamed ,jellu-'d-,dn1 who married a daughter of a certain ,khurrem-,shh1 ,king of ,khursn1 and became grandfather1 by her1 to the author of the ,mesnev4 ,his son1 ,muhammed1 surnamed ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 styled ,sultnu-'l-#8,ulem1 and commonly known as ,bah'u-'d-,dn ,veled1 or shorter as ,bah ,veled1 appears also to have married a lady1 by whom he had three children1 a daughter and two sons4 ,bah ,veled's eldest child1 his daughter1 was married off1 and remained at ,balkh1 when ,bah ,veled1 his mother1 and two sons left it1 a year or so before it was taken and devastated by ,jengz ,khn in ,a4,h4 #fjh 7,a4,d4 #abaa74 ,his elder son is not again mentioned by ,eflk after their departure from ,balkh4 ,neither is the mother of his children once mentioned4 ,but his own mother1 the princess1 was alive1 and was still with him in about ,a4,d4 #abcj2 after which1 she too is not again mentioned4 ,bah ,veled's youngest child1 his most celebrated son ,muhammed1 surnamed ,jellu-'d-,dn1 ,mevln1 ,khudvendgr1 and ,rm1 the principal personage of these memoirs1 the founder of the order of the ,mevlev dervishes1 and author of the ,mesnev1 had four children1 three boys and a girl1 by two wives4 ,his eldest son was killed in the broil that caused the murder of his father's friend ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz4 ,his youngest son is not taken further notice of2 but his daughter was married off to a local prince1 and left ,qonya4 ,his second son1 and eventually his successor as ,principal or ,abbot of his order1 was named ,muhammed1 and surnamed ,bah'u-'d-,dn4 ,he is commonly known as ,sultan ,veled4 ,sultan ,veled had six children1 a boy and two girls by his wife ,ftima1 daughter of ,sheykh ,ferdn the ,goldbeater1 and three boys1 of whom two were twins1 by two slave women4 ,the daughters married well1 and all his sons1 or three of them1 succeeded him as ,abbot1 one after the other4 ,the eldest was ,mr #8rif 7,cheleb ,emr #8rif71 the second was named #8bid1 the third ,zhid1 and the fourth ,whid4 ,cheleb ,emr #8rif1 the eldest1 and ,eflk's patron1 had two sons and a daughter4 ,his eldest son1 ,emr #8lim1 surnamed ,shh-zda1 succeeded eventually to the primacy after his uncles4 ,with him1 ,eflk's memoir is brought to a close4 ,such was the natural line of this dynasty of eminent men4 ,but ,eflk has also given the links of a spiritual series1 through whom the mysteries of the dervish doctrines were handed down to and in the line of ,jellu-'d-,dn4 ,in the anecdote ,no4 #gi1 of chapter iii41 the account is given of the manner in which the prophet ,muhammed confided those mysteries to his cousin1 son-in-law1 and afterwards his fourth successor1 as ,caliph1 #8l son of ,ab-,tlib1 the 8,victorious ,lion of ,god40 #8l communicated the mysteries to the ,imm ,hasan of ,basra1 who died in ,a4,h4 #aaj 7,a4,d4 #gbh72 ,hasan taught them to ,habb the ,persian1#cf who confided them to ,dwd of the tribe of ,tayyi'1--,et-,t' 7mentioned by ,d',herbelot1 without a date1 as ,davud ,al ,thai2 he died ,a4,h4 #afe1 ,a4,d4 #gha74 ,dwd transmitted them to ,ma'rf of ,kerkh 7who died ,a4,h4 #bjj1 ,a4,d4 #hae72 he to ,sirr the merchant of damaged goods 7,es-,saqat82 died ,a4,h4 #bec1 ,a4,d4 #hfg72 and he to the great ,juneyd 7who died in about ,a4,h4 #big--;,a4,d4 #iji74 ,juneyd's spiritual pupil was ,shibl 7died ,a4,h4 #ccd1 ,a4,d4 #ide72 who taught ,ab-#8,amr ,muhammed1 son of ,ibrhm ,zajjj 7the ,glazier71 of ,nshpr 7who died in ,a4,h4 #cdh--;,a4,d4 #iei72 and his pupil was ,ab-,bekr1 son of #8,abdu-'llh1 of ,ts1 the ,weaver1 who taught ,ab-,ahmed 7,muhammed son of ,muhammed1 ,el-,gazl 7who died ,a4,h4 #ejd--;,a4,d4 #aaaj771 and he committed those mysteries to ,ahmed el-,khatb1 ,jell's great-grandfather1 who consigned them to the ,imm ,sarakhs 7who died in ,a4,h4 #ega--;,a4,d4 #aage74 ,sarakhs was the spiritual teacher of ,jell's father ,bah ,veled1 who taught the ,seyyid ,burhnu-'d-,dn ,termz1 the instructor of ,jell4 ,he again passed on the tradition to ,shemsu-'d-,dn of ,tebrz1 the teacher of ,jell's son1 ,sultan ,veled1 who himself taught the ,emr #8rif4 ,at the same time that the mysteries were thus being gradually transmitted to ,jellu-'d-,dn and his successors by these links1 they were also being diffused in thousands of other channels1 and are at this day widely diffused over the world of ,islm1 which daily boasts of its living saints and their miracles4 ,these latter are perhaps not less veracious than those continually blazoned forth by the ,church of ,rome1 and by its ,eastern sisters4 ,we1 too1 have our spiritualists4 ,credulity will never forsake mankind and prodigies will never be lacking for the credulous to place faith in4 ,there is much that is human in man1 all the world over4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,the ,,mesnev ,,of ,,mevl,n ,,jel,,lu-'d-,d,n1 ,,muhammed1 ,,er-,r,m1 ,,of ,,qonya4 ,,preface4 ,this is the book of the ,rhymed ,couplets 7,mathnaw1 ,mesnev74 ,it contains the roots of the roots of the roots of the 7one true7 ,religion 7of ,islm72 and treats of the discovery of the mysteries of reunion and sure knowledge4 ,it is the ,grand ,jurisprudence of ,god1 the most glorious ,law of the ,deity1 the most manifest ,evidence of the ,divine ,being4 ,the refulgence thereof 8is like that of a lantern in which is a lamp0#cg that scatters beams more bright than the morn4 ,it is the paradise of the heart1 with springs and foliage4 ,one of those springs is 8the fount named ,salsabl0#ch by the brethren of this religious order 7of mystical devotees known as the ,mevlev or ,dancing ,dervishes72 but1 by saints and the miraculously endowed1 it is called 8the ,good ,station0#ci and 8the ,best ,resting-place40#dj ,the just shall eat and drink therein1 and the righteous shall rejoice and be glad thereof4 ,like the ,egyptian ,nile1 it is a beverage for the patient1 but a delusion to the people of ,pharaoh and to blasphemers2 even as ,god1 whose name be glorified1 hath said3 8,he misleads therewith many1 and ,he guides therewith many2 but ,he misleads not therewith 7any71 save the wicked40#da ,it is a comfort to men's breasts1 an expeller of cares4 ,it is an exposition of the ,qur'n1 an amplification of spiritual aliments1 and a dulcifier of the disposition2 written 8by the hands of honorable scribes10#db who inscribe thereon the prohibition3 8,let none touch it save the purified40#dc ,it is 7a revelation7 8sent down 7from on high7 by the ,lord of 7all7 the worlds1#dd which vanity approacheth not from before1 nor from behind10#de which ,god watches over and observes1 ,he being 8the best as a ,preserver10#df and 8the ,most ,compassionate of the merciful ones10#dg unto whom pertain 7many7 titles1 ,his utmost title being ,god1 whose name be exalted4 ,we have been brief in 7stating7 this little2 for a little is an index to much1 and a mouthful may point out a pond1 as a handful may serve as a sample for a whole threshing-floor1 however large4 ,thus saith the feeble servant1 in need of the mercy of ,god1 whose name be extolled1 ,muhammed son of ,muhammed son of ,huseyn1 of 7the city of7 ,balkh1#dh of whom may ,god accept it3 8,i have exerted myself to enlarge this book of poetry in rhyming couplets1 which contains strange and rare narratives1 beautiful sayings1 and recondite indications1 a path for the devout1 and a garden for the pious1 short in its expressions1 numerous in their applications4 ,this have ,i done at the instance of my lord and master1 my trust1 and as the soul in my body1 the moral store of my to-day and my morrow1 the ,sheykh ,hasan son of ,muhammed son of ,hasan1 commonly known by the appellation of ,akh-,turk 7my brother ,turk71 a chief of the knowing ones 7,gnostics871 a leader of right direction and sure knowledge1 a helper of the human race1 a confidant of men's hearts and minds1 a charge of ,god among ,his creatures1 ,his pure one among ,his reasoning servants1 7a compendium of7 ,his commandments to ,his ,prophet1 of ,his mysteries with ,his chosen one1 a key to the treasures of the throne1 a custodian of the riches of the extended earth1 a man of excellencies1 a sharp sword for the severance of truth and religion 7from falsehood and blasphemy71#di the ,byezd#ej of the age1 the ,juneyd#ea of the period1 the true friend son of a true friend son of a true friend1 may ,god be pleased with him and with them1 originally from the town of ,urmiyya1#eb and related to the venerated ,sheykh1#ec as he himself expressed it3 #8,i was a ,kurd one evening1 and was an ,arabian in the morning4'#ed ,may ,god sanctify his spirit1 and the spirits of his successors6 ,blessed is such a predecessor2 blessed are such successors6 ,he was descended from a line on which the sun had cast its lustrous mantle1 and personal nobility such that the stars shed their lights around it4 ,may their courtyard ever be a centre to which the sons of saints will turn1 and a temple of hopes about which embassies of spotless men will circulate4 ,may it not cease to be thus while a constellation rises and a sparkling orb appears above the horizon in the east2 so that it may be a thing held to by those who are possessed of insight1 the godly1 the spiritual1 the heavenly1 the celestial1 the men of light1 who keep silence and observe1 who are absent though present1 who are kings clothed in rags1 the nobles of nations1 endowed with virtues1 the lights of guidances4 ,amen1 ,o ,lord of 7all7 the worlds4 ,and this is a prayer not to be rejected2 for it is a prayer joined in by all the good4 ,and glory be to ,god in ,his unity4 ,and may ,god pronounce blessings on our lord1 ,muhammed1 and on his family and kin1 the good1 the clean60 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,the ,,mesnev4 ,,in ,,the ,,name ,,of ,,god1 ,,the ,,all-,,merciful1 ,,the ,,very-,,compassionate4 ,,proem4 ,the ,reed-,flute4 ,from reed-flute#ee hear what tale it tells2 ,what plaint it makes of absence' ills3 8,from jungle-bed since me they tore1 ,men's1 women's1 eyes have wept right sore4 ,my breast ,i tear and rend in twain1 ,to give1 through sighs1 vent to my pain4 ,who's from his home snatched far away1 ,longs to return some future day4 ,i sob and sigh in each retreat1 ,be't joy or grief for which men meet4 #e ,they fancy they can read my heart2 ,grief's secrets ,i to none impart4 ,my throes and moans form but one chain1 ,men's eyes and ears catch not their train4 ,though soul and body be as one1 ,sight of his soul hath no man won4 ,a flame's the flute's wail2 not a breath1 ,that flame who feels not1 doom him death4 ,the flame of love1 'tis1 prompts the flute1 ,wine's ferment1 love2 its tongue not mute4 #aj ,the absent lover's flute's no toy2 ,its trills proclaim his grief1 his joy4 ,or bane1 or cure1 the flute is still2 ,content1 complaining1 as you will4 ,it tells its tale of burning grief2 ,recounts how love is mad1 in brief4 ,the lover lover's pangs best knows2 ,as ear receives tongue's plaint of woes4 ,through grief1 his day is but a dawn2 ,each day of sorrow1 torment's pawn4 #ae ,my days are waste2 take thou no heed1 ,thou still are left2 my joy1 indeed4 ,whole seas a fish will never drown2 ,a poor man's day seems all one frown4 ,what boot from counsel to a fool8 ,waste not thy words2 thy wrath let cool4 ,cast off lust's bonds2 stand free from all4 ,slave not for pelf2 be not greed's thrall4 ,pour rivers into one small gill1 ,it can but hold its little fill4 #bj ,the eye's a vase that's ne'er content2 ,the oyster's filled ere pearl is sent4#ef ,the heart that's bleeding from love's dart1 ,from vice of greed is kept apart4 ,then hie thee1 love1 a welcome guest2-- ,physician thou to soothe my breast4 ,thou cure of pride and shame in me2 ,old ,galen's skill was nought to thee6 ,through love1 this earthly frame ascends ,to heaven2 a hill1 to skip pretends4 #be ,in trance of love1 ,mount ,sinai shakes1 ,at ,god's descent2 #8and ,moses quakes4'#eg ,found ,i the friend on whom ,i dote1 ,i'd emulate flute's dulcet note4 ,but from my love1 while torn away1 ,unmeaning words alone ,i say4 ,the spring is o'er2 the rose is gone2 ,the song of ,philomel is done4 ,his love was all2 himself1 a note4 ,his love1 alive2 himself1 dead mote4 #cj ,who feels not love's all-quick'ning flame1 ,is like the bird whose wing is lame4 ,can ,i be quiet1 easy1 glad1 ,when my delight's away8 ,no6 ,sad4 ,love bids my plaint all bonds to burst4 ,my heart would break1 with silence curst4 ,a mirror best portrays when bright2 ,begrimed with rust1 its gleam grows slight4 ,then wipe such foul alloy away2 ,bright shall it1 so1 reflect each ray40 #ce ,thou'st heard what tale the flute can tell2 ,such is my case2 sung all too well4 ,i4 ,the ,prince and the ,handmaid4 ,a prince there was1 long since in time it is4 ,of ,church and ,state the power and wealth were his4 ,the chase on horse one day to follow1 bent2 ,with pompous courtier-train afield he went4 ,a handmaid#eh fair was wand'ring near a grove4 ,her he espied1 and straightway fell in love4 ,his heart was snared2 her form its cage1 its stall4 ,he lavished gold2 and made her thus his thrall4 ,but now1 behold the wayward spite of fate6 ,the maid fell sick1 this prince's joy to bate4 #e ,an ass had ,hodge2 no saddle to the fore4 ,a saddle bought2 a wolf straight ,jacky tore4 ,a jug had ,dick2 the well1 alas1 was dry4 ,the well then filled2 the jug was broke hard by4 ,now leeches called the prince1 from left1 from right4 8,two lives10 quoth he1 8depend upon your might4 ,my health is naught2 she's life of life to me4 ,i'm sad at heart2 my sov'reign balm is she4 ,who finds a remedy to save her life1 ,much gold1 with jewels1 his2 and thanks more rife40 #aj ,all promised marvels2 each1 to use his skill2 ,to search the case2 to ease the maiden's ill4 8,each one of us has ,jesu's#ei healing power4 ,of all their ills we cure men every hour40 ,through pride1 8,god willing0 said they not1 ,i trow4#fj ,man's nothingness1 in them the ,lord would show4 ,that is to say--to leave out this good word ,is sin2 said by mere rote1 it will not please the ,lord1 ,how many shrink from tonguing it aloud1 ,whose hearts each action with 8,god willing0 shroud4 #ae ,the doctors now prescribe full many a drug4 ,in vain they ponder1 vain their shoulders shrug4 ,the maid a very skeleton became2 ,the prince's tears their want of skill did blame4 ,with oxymel1 through fate1 did bile increase2 ,e'en almond oil ran dry where rubbed as grease4 ,lax myrobalans act as nutgalls first2 ,as naphtha feeds a fire1 drinks brought but thirst4 ,the prince no sooner saw their art was vain1 ,than barefoot sped1 heaven's worship-house#fa to gain4 #bj ,the holy altar1 there1 he bowed before2 ,with flood of tears he bathed its sacred floor4 ,then1 heart-relieved with sorrow's fierce outbreak1 ',mid praise and blessing1 thus his suit he spake3 8,to ,thee1 whose meanest gift is world-wide sway1 ,who know'st each secret wish1 why need ,i pray8 ,our refuge art ,thou in our every need2 ,we've erred again2 do ,thou in mercy lead4 ',tis ,thy behest1 to whom all thoughts are known1 ,that man with words approach ,thy awful throne40 #be ,his humble supplication proffered so1 ,sweet mercy's fount at once did overflow4 ,his tears undried1 deep slumber on him fell1 ,and heavenly-dulcet tones he heard thus tell3 8,glad tidings1 prince1 to thee this day ,i bring3 ,next daydawn at thy gate a guest shall ring2 ,a heav'n-sent stranger1 versed in healing art1 ,in him have faith2 he's true in speech and heart4 ,imagine not his treatment magic's spell2 ,god's power alone can make thy maiden well40 #cj ,the promised hour at hand1 the daydawn broke2 ,the sunbeams paled the stars2 the prince awoke4 ,an outlook sought he1 whence to watch the way1 ,and first th' expected stranger to survey4 ,one he espied of most majestic mien1 ,of radiance mild1--as sun1 dark clouds between2 ,or moon at full2--so seem'd he from afar4 ,mere fancy's pictures ever objects mar4 ,things non-existent often frenzy paints2 ,we see mankind deluded over feints4 #ce ,their peace1 their war1 not seldom for a sham2 ,their pride1 their shame1 some sorry epigram4 ,but visions1 such as blessed saints entrance1 ,reflections are from heaven's inhabitants4 ,the semblance by our prince seen in his swoon1 ,the features wore that now in flesh are shown4 ,the prince1 in lieu of ushers1 forward came1 ,to meet the heaven-sent guest1 in his own name4 ,their trains one column formed from mingling bands2 ,their hearts united1 fettered not their hands4 #dj ,the prince3 8,would thou'dst my soul enslaved2 not she6 ,but here below effect a cause must see4 ,be my ,muhammed6 ,i thy #8,umar stand1 ,with girded loins awaiting thy command40 ,pray ,god to grant thee ever meek respect2 ,the puffed-up fool's remote from ,heaven's elect4 ,a shameless monarch to himself's a curse1 ,a firebrand to his realm2 nay1 even worse4 ,food in the wilderness by ,god was sent2 ,food without toil1 food gratis1 without stint4 #de ,some graceless scoffers out of ,moses' host ,dared to demand the onions1 lentils lost4#fb ,such toilless food then ceased to fall from ,heaven2 ,to dig1 to sow1 to reap1 in lieu is given4 ,fresh suit1 much later1 ,jesus made2 ,god willed2 ,again food rife became2 men's dishes filled4 ,that food's a gift from ,heaven is clearly said1 ,in ,jesu's prayer3 8,give us our daily bread40#fc ,men's bold presumption ,heaven again incensed1 ,when basketsful to beggars were dispensed4 #ej ,jesus proclaimed the miracle would last2-- ,that food would never lack as in the past4 ,men doubted1 asked for more to store away2 ,they trusted not ,god's word for bread each day4 ,importunate those suitors1 full of greed2 ,heaven's gate of mercy closed against their breed4 ,withheld is rain when alms have ceased to flow2 ,where fornication reigns1 black death will grow4 ,whatever grief and sorrow's on us sent1 ,of wickedness and guilt's a punishment4 #ee ,the hardened sinner1 who his ,god offends1 ,a ruthless robber is2 he spoils his friends4 ,he who is shameless in his words and deeds1 ,despair from disappointment is his meed4 ,yon orbs of heaven obey their ,maker's word2 ,the holy angels meekly serve the ,lord4 ,the sun's eclipse is but a check to pride2 ,e'en ,satan's fall presumption caused to tide4 ,return we now the sequel to attest1 ,of what befell our prince with his new guest4 #fj ,his circling arms the welcome form embraced1 ,and1 lover-like1 with joy his neck enlaced4 ,kisses bestowed he on his hand and brow2 ,hoped kindly he'd fared well from home till now4 ,his health and welfare asking1 led him in4 8,its own reward is patience10 thought he then4 ,patience at first is bitter2 but at length ,its fruit is sweet4 ,it gives us heart's content4 ,then he aloud3 8,a gift from ,god thou'rt come1 ,the proverb's pith3 #8,by patience overcome4' #fe ,this meeting's the reward of all my prayer2 ,thou'lt solve the riddle of my dark despair4 ,th' expounder1 thou1 of all my soul's desires1 ,thou'lt extricate me from despond's deep mires4 ,be welcome1 then2 a very friend in need2 ,hadst thou delayed1 my case were sad indeed4 ,prince of physicians6 ,who'd not welcome thee1 ,deserves rejection4 ,do his eyes not see80 ,urbanity's requirements thus bested1 ,our prince the stranger to a chamber led4 #gj ,the maiden's tale and case he there unfolds4 ,the patient1 next1 unveiled1 the guest beholds4 ,complexion1 pulse1 egesta1 all are seen2 ,disposing causes1 symptoms1 sought1 ,i ween4 ,then he3 8,the remedies till now adduced1 ,have detrimental been1 no good produced4 ,the case has been from first misunderstood4 ,protect us1 ,heaven6 ,a blundering brotherhood60 ,he saw her trouble2 thence divined her ill4 ,her secret kept he2 hidden held it still4 #ge ,the sickness was not caused by bile or spleen4 ,the scent of perfume's better smelt than seen4 ,he traced her suffering to a mind oppressed2 ,her body sound1 her soul a wish suppressed4 ,her hesitations made him guess her love2 ,the symptoms plain1--her heart was sick1 poor dove6 ,a lover's smart is not from fleshly pine2 ,a probe is love2 it sounds hearts' depths1 divine4 ,let love proceed from this or other cause1 ,it matters not2 heavenward it mortals draws4 #hj ,however well we strive love to portray1 ,we blush thereat1 when love our hearts doth sway4 ,words make most matters plain and manifest2 ,but love unspoken speaks whole volumes best4 ,when pen took up from zeal the writing trade1 ,in love's description1 oh6 such blots it made6 ,our wits in love's affairs stand sore perplexed2 ,love only can elucidate love's text4 ,the sun alone can well explain the sun4 ,wilt see't expounded8 ,turn to him alone4 #he ,a shade1 'tis true1 of him gives some small hint2 ,the shining sun surpasses all comment4 ,a shade1 like evening chitchat1 sends to sleep1 ,from sun's effulgence does full knowledge leap4 ,that day-orb1 still1 each eve sets1 here below2 ,the soul-sun1 ,god1 shines in eternal glow4 ',mong things extern that orb has not a peer2 ,but mock suns we can make1 our nights to cheer4 ,on heart unless the soul-sun cast a ray1 ,no thought1 no picture can its sheen portray4 #ij ,can mind ,his glorious essence comprehend8 ,his presence1 then1 to image who'll pretend8 ,of poet's verse when ,god's the holy theme1 ,its minished head the sun may hide1 'twould seem4 ,at mention of ,his name each breast must find1 ,a duty 'tis ,his grace to call to mind4 ,the breath of life ,he to this body gave1 ,with ,him to reunite1 should mercy save4 ,these years ,i've conversed with ,him4 ,life serene6 ,one repetition more6 ,o blissful scene6 #ie ,how pleasant heaven and earth their smiling hold6 ,he offers soul1 mind1 eye1 a hundredfold6 ,beyond my strength1 ,o try me not these days6 ,my reason 'd fail to falter forth ,thy praise4 ,the song of man1 when uninspired by ,thee1 ,mere fulsome1 flattering trash is seen to be4 ,bid me describe1 whose every nerve is seared1 ,a lover's woe1 whom mistress never cheered4 ,his lonesomeness1 the anguish of his breast1 ,not here ,i'll paint2 elsewhere it may be best4 #ajj ,he cries3 8,o succour me2 ,i faint1 ,i pant2 ,and quickly2 lest delay the dagger plant60 ,the ,mystic#fd true relieves each moment's need2 8,to-morrow0 's not a point in his pure creed4 ,art not persuaded so8 ,the proverb scan3 8,delay's the thief of time20 say3 8bane of man40 ,love's sweetest favours are conferred by stealth2 ,its darksome hints are treasured mines of wealth4 ,the tale's most pleasant to a lover's ears1 ,that tells of joys he's tasted1 ills he fears4 #aje ,speak1 meddler1 then1 in plain1 unvarnished guise2 ,no subterfuge employ2 deal not in lies4 ,the veil tear off1 dissimulation lost3 8,when unadorned1 beauty's adorned the most40 ,should my sweet love unveil'd her charms display1 ,thy smirks and smiles would all be borne away4 ,thy suit prefer2 use moderation still3 ,a blade of grass ne'er overturns a hill4 ,the sun that lights and warms this nether world1 ,if brought too near1 had all to ruin hurled4 #aaj ,seek not to sow dissension in the earth2 ,vaunt not the ,sun of ,tebrz'#fe holy birth4 ,contention's never-ending4 ,better far1 ,commit to memory this wordy war4 ,the guest1 convinced that love had caused her ill1 ,proceeded next the prince's mind to still4 8,these chambers clear of every mortal soul2 ,leave me alone the patient to control4 ,no prying ear may linger in the hall2 ,i've things to ask may not be heard by all40 #aae ,the place was cleared2 no soul remained within1 ,save leech and patient2 other1 none was seen4 ,in gentlest tones he asked3 8,where was thy home8 ,for each town's folk a different cure must come4 ,what friends1 what family hast left behind1-- ,companions1 playmates1 who to thee were kind80 ,on pulse his finger4 ,he then1 one by one1 ,inquired anew each point1 omitting none4 ,so he whose foot is wounded with a thorn1 ,upon his knee doth take the limb that's torn4 #abj ,with needle's point he seeks the intrusive dart2 ,not finding it1 from lip he soothes the smart4 ,if thorn in foot is thus a task to find1 ,judge what must be a rankling pang of mind4 ,could every chance observer spy those ills1 ,where'd be the cankering care1 the grief that kills8 ,boys place a thorn beneath an ass's tail2 ,the cure ,ned knows not2 jumping's no avail4 ,whisking's still worse2 it deeper drives the dart4 ',tis reason's task to ease the burning smart4 #abe ,the ass1 if sharper grow the throbs and pains1 ,kicks1 plunges1 rolls1 his hide with gore bestains4 ,our doctor's mind1 by art full well prepared1 ,with gentle measures sought the ill he feared4 ,once more1 with tact1 he bids fresh memories come1 ,and leads the maid again to talk of home4 ,the spring once tapped1 the stream began to flow2 ,she told th' inquirer much he wished to know4 ,he lends his ear as she each scene displays2 ,his finger notes her pulse1 as on she strays2 #acj ,to learn if any name should raise a start1 ,and thus betray the secret of her heart4 ,anew he mentions every friend1 each place2 ,repeated such as gave of hope a trace4 ,he asked3 8,on quitting1 thou1 thy native town1 ,where first was it thy guardians set thee down80 ,a place she named1 and on to others passed2 ,nor blush1 nor pulse gave sign1 or notice massed4 ,of lords and citizens she gave report1 ,of festivals1 and seats of gay resort4 #ace ,town after town1 house after house1 by name1 ,she spoke about2 no blush1 no throb still came4 ,her pulse retained its normal ebb and flow4 ,till ,samarqand's name made her cheeks to glow1 ,her pulse beat high1 her colour went and came2 ,of goldsmith youth she there had been the flame4 ,this point drawn forth1--this secret once confessed1 ,more easily our leech the sequel guessed4 8,o maiden1 let me know this youth's abode40 8,at ,holywell1 near ,bridge-end's public road40 #adj 8,i knew10 said he1 8at once1 thy case was such4 ,now trust me4 ,thee to serve ,i will do much4 ,make thyself happy4 ,cast away all care1 ,as showers cheer meadows1 thee ,i'll greatly spare4 ,i'll prove thy guardian angel2 never fear2 ,thy father's place ,i'll take2--thy burden bear4 ,tell not this secret unto mortal soul1 ,however much the prince may thee cajole4 ,keep safe this knowledge in thy own heart's core2 ,so mayest thou1 lass1 thy lover see once more4 #ade ,our holy ,prophet's sacred maxim 'twas3 #8,who keeps his secret1 speedy success has4' ,the seed to earth committed sure must be1 ,ere field or garden's pride men may it see4 ,if gold and silver were not hard to find1 ,how could they grow8#ff ,they soon would be out-mined40 ,the good physician's soothing words perceived1 ,our maiden's mind from carking care's relieved4 ,some promises are truly meant1 sincere2 ,others are merely made to cheat the ear4 #aej ,a good man's promise is a gem of price2 ,rely not on the words of sons of vice4 ,our doctor1 now1 with subtle speech and wiles1 ,the maiden's grief had turn'd to sunny smiles4 ,he leaves her then2 seeks out the prince2 and tells ,the news he'd learnt1 the source of all her ills4 8,what's now to do80 the prince's care inquired2 8,delay is dangerous2 patience may grow tired40 ,the doctor then3 8,send for him2 come he must1 ,from his far home to fill some post of trust4 #aee ,invite him here2 a dress of honour give2 ,on him shower gold2 new life 'twill make him live40 ,the prince assented2 took the doctor's plan2 ,thought it was sound and wise from such a man4 ,two trusty messengers he quickly sent1 ,sedate1 fair-spoken1 loved where'er they went4 ,to ,samarqand they journeyed1 prompt and sure4 ,the goldsmith found2 the prince's message bore4 8,great man of art1 the marvels of thy skill1 ,are viewed with rapture1 or with envy still4 #afj ,our prince has need of thee1 his mint to guide2 ,for none like thee is heard of1 far and wide4 ,this dress of honour1 yonder gold he sends2 ,requests thou'lt come1 and be his best of friends40 ,the gold and dress of honour won his heart2 ,good-bye to home he said1 with them to start4 ,he travels joyous2 thinks his luck is great2 ,and never dreams of what's to be his fate4 ,an ,arab charger proudly bore him on2 ,he recked not at what price all this was won4 #afe ,o fatuous fool6 ,thou hastest to thy doom4 ,the post thou dream'st of1 soon will be thy tomb4 ,his fancy webs of power and fame did weave2 ,death's angel thundered3 8,come1 and all this leave60 ,arrived betimes at his long journey's end1 ,the doctor led him to the prince1 his friend4 ,most nobly was he there received in turn4 ,one trims the lampwick1 still1 to make it burn4 ,the prince addressed him2 bade him welcome there2 ,mint-master nam'd him1 treasurer1 and mayor4 #agj ,our doctor once again his counsel gave3 8,the damsel to this youth for service leave4 ,united to him1 she'll her health regain2 ,love's fever will subside with absence' pain40 ,the prince bestows the sick one on her mate4 ,united were the two in solemn state4 ,six months they feasted on love's joys so sweet2 ,the handmaid's health from day to day more meet4 ,the doctor1 now1 a potion mixed for him4 ,his health declines2 he every day grows slim4 #age ,the coin that passes much from hand to hand ,soon loses currency1 has no demand4 ,so he1 when beauty no more graced his cheek1 ,began to lack worth with the handmaid sleek4 ,all love that's built on outer skin-deep charms1 ,is not true love4 ,at length shame 'tis that warms4 ,would it were shame alone that pricks him now6 ,he'd not been victimised and brought thus low4 ,his eyes pour forth two streams of bitter tears2 ,his altered features the worst foe he fears4 #ahj ,the peacock's enemy his plumage call4 ,the monarch bleeds whose splendours neighbours gall4 ,the musk-deer for the musk-pod still is slain2 ,his blood for that alone the ground will stain4 ,the marten for its fur is trapped1 surprised1 ,and strangled4 ,kings its pelt have prized4 ,the elephant1 sagacious creature1 dies1 ,for iv'ry pierced with weapons as he flies4 8,he who slays me for what ,i leave behind1 ,reflects not3 #8,blood that's spilt demands its kind4' #ahe ,to-day 'tis ,i2 to-morrow 'twill be thou2 ,who'll be most loser8 ',tis not ,i1 all know4 ,the shadow of a wall1 'tis true1 is wide2 ,the sun revolves2 the shadow's turn'd aside4 ,the world's a mountain2 all our works1 a voice2 ,our voice goes forth2 its echo has no choice40 ,reflecting thus1 the goldsmith breath'd his last2 ,the handmaid's love and grief behind her cast4 ,a dead mate's love can never more be shown2 ,a dead mate's voice will never more be known2 #aij ,love for the living1 in the heart and eyes1 ,will ever spring2 the dead no more can rise4 ,one ,living is there1 death that never knows2 ,love ,him6 ,the life from ,him alone still flows4 ,love ,him1 whom saints and prophets all have loved2 ,through whom alone we all have lived and moved4 ,say not thou canst not to ,his throne approach2 ,he's gracious4 ,his rich grace bears no reproach6 ,the goldsmith's death through lethal drugs1 be sure1 ,was not from hope1 or fear1 or baser lure4 #aie ,the doctor kill'd him1 not to please our prince2 ,him some divine suggestion did convince4 ,the story of the child by angel slain#fg ,cannot be fully grasped by minds too plain4 ,a saint that acts on ,heaven's high behest1 ,can never do amiss2 'tis always best4 ,he who can pardon1 he may also doom2 ,he's ,god's vicegerent2 acts in ,heaven's room4 ,as ,ishmal beneath his father's knife1#fh ,do thou for such a prince lay down thy life2 #bjj ,thus may thy soul1 in future blessed abode1 ,muhammed-like1 in peace be with thy ,god4 ,his lovers joyful are1 most1 when they slay ,their worldly joys with their own hands1 as play4 ,our prince took not the goldsmith's life through lust4 ,chase such suspicion from thy mind thou must4 ,imagine not he'd stoop to mortal sin4 ,can holy saint have tainted heart within8 ,the trial of the fire1 and of the flame1 ,is but to cleanse pure gold from every blame4 #bje ,so too1 temptation on us all is sent1 ,to part the good from those of bad intent4 ,had he not acted thus by ,god's command1 ,no prince1 a wolf he'd been1 rav'ning the land4 ,from lust1 greed1 foul caprice1 his soul was free2 ,so did ,god will1 whate'er the cause may be4 ,elias sank his ship in full design2#fi ,that wreck to future blessings was the sign4 ,moses was shock'd thereat1 with all his skill ,and inspiration4 ,thou must needs judge ill4 #baj ,a blood-red rose call not by murder's name2 ,just retribution see thou do not blame4 ,had righteous blood been shed by him as naught1 ,blasphemer were ,i to extol him aught4 ,praise of the wicked ,god with horror views2 ,the good contemn all flatterers of sin's crews4 ,our prince was kind and virtuous1 wise and just1 ,a man ,god-fearing1 and in ,god's full trust4 ,a victim put to death by such a friend1 ,is slain in error1 or for some wise end4 #bae ,did not our ,god mean mercy in ,his wrath1 ,how could the ,lord of ,mercies thunder forth8 ,a child may tremble at the lancet's smart2 ,his mother knows there's healing in the dart4 ,it may half kill him1 but restores sound life2 ,so ,god's great mercies far surpass our strife4 ,men judge of what they see by what they think4 ,from judging justice1 men of sense will shrink4 #bai ,,ii4 ,the ,oilman and the ,parrot4 ,an oilman there was1 who a parrot possessed1 ,soft-voiced1 and green-coated2 could talk with the best4 ,the oilshop her charge when the man was away2 ,the customers coaxed she the whole live-long day4 ,her speech was quite human1 her words full of sense1 ,in all parrot-tricks she was void of offence4 ,one day the man popped out1 on bus'ness intent2 ,the parrot1 as usual1 had charge while he went4 ,a cat1 as it chanced1 of a mouse in full chase ,bounced into the shop4 ,this poor ,poll could not face4 #e ,from perch away flew she2 took refuge on shelf2 ,some jars she knocked over2 the oil spread itself4 ,the master returning1 first sat himself down1 ,as lord of the manor2 the shop was his own4 ,the oil-pools he spied1 and then ,polly's wet coat2 ,a blow on the head made her feathers drop out4 ,in silence some days ,polly brooded1 from grief2 ,the oilman's bereft of his wits1 to be brief4 ,he plucked at his beard2 he heaved a deep sigh2 8,alas60 then1 he shrieked out1 8day's darkened on high #aj ,my hand1 would it withered had1 ere ,i'd struck ,poll2 ,i've silenced her prattle that always was droll60 ,his alms now he showers on each passing scamp1 ,in hopes ,poll her chatter 'd get back by some tramp4 ,three days and three nights in this guise did he pass1 ,despair at his heart1 like a lorn lovesick lass2 ,incessantly sobbing and sighing1 his word ,was3 8,pray now1 will speech e'er return to my bird80 ,a bare-headed mendicant happened to pass2 ,whose scalp was close shaved1 smooth and shining as glass4 #ae ,at once our ,poll-parrot her silence forswore1 ,screamed after the mendicant3 8,poor head6 ,sore6 ,sore6 ,old bald-pate6 old bald-pate6 ,what is it thou'st done8 ,upset some one's oil jar8 ,the oil is't all gone80 ,the passers-by smiled all at ,polly's mistake1 ',tween bald-head and bare-head no diff'rence to make4 ,so thou1 my dear friend1 think thyself not a saint2 ,a quean to a queen bears resemblance1 but faint4 ,mankind on this point in great error still stands2 ,th' elect of the ,lord are ignored on all hands4 #bj ,the equals of prophets acknowledged they be2 ,of saints they're the brethren1 as all men agree4 ,fools say3 8,the elect are but human1 you see2 ,to eat and to sleep they're constrained1 just as we40 ,through blindness they miss the real point of the strife1 ,the diff'rence between them's immense all through life4 ,the wasp and the bee eat and drink from the fields2 ,the one stings1 the other sweet honey still yields4 ,the deer of both sorts browse the same mountain's side2 ,the one gives rich musk2 dung the other2 go1 hide4 #be ,the canes of two species in one land may grow2 ,quite empty that one2 from this1 sugar will flow4 ,by thousands1 examples of pairs thus are known1 ,which differ as much as does cheese from the moon4 ,our bread1 in one case1 turns to dirt in our meat2 ,another produces the mind1 ,god's own seat4 ,his food the one man swells with envy and greed2 ,by like means another gains virtue indeed4 ,one soil is productive2 one barren and salt2 ,one angel's in heaven2 the other's at fault4 #cj ,in form1 many pairs may appear as though one1 ,clear water is sometimes as hard as a stone4 ,excepting the taster by practice1 who knows ,the wholesome from unwholesome water that flows8 ,supposing saints' miracles tricks1 magic-wrought1 ,they fancy them both the result of deep thought4 ,magicians1 at bidding of ,pharaoh1 did cast ,their wands down1 to ,moses' rod as a repast4 ,from his rod to their wands a chasm there must be2 ,from his act to theirs we an interval see4 #ce ,god's curse on their witchcraft and devilish art6 ,his blessing on ,moses1 who chose the best part6 ,to me1 like as apes are man's miscreants all2#gj ,to speak of them causes me1 straight1 sick to fall6 ,whatever men practise1 apes will copy still2 ,our actions they mimic2 of thought they know nil4 ,they cunningly do what they've seen that man did2 ,the reason they seek not2 from them that is hid4 ,a man acts from reason2 an ape from mere whim4 ,perdition may seize all such actors1 and him6 #dj ,the hypocrite#ga worships#gb as aping the saint1 ,for form's sake1 or worse4 ,his religion's mere feint4 ,in pilgrimage1 worship1 and fasting1 and alms1#gc ,believers and hypocrites vie1 as in psalms4 ,believers shall win in the last judgment day2 ,the hypocrites then shall receive their due pay4 ,the two are contending one great game of deeds1 ,as factions of ,mervites and ,rzites#gd with creeds4 ,they each shall go there1 where their party shall stand2 ,and each shall be classed as their actions demand4#ge #de ,just style these 8,believers0 their hearts fill with glee2 ,but dub them all 8,hypocrites10 rage then thou'lt see4 ,the first one's ashamed of the last one's true self2 ,this last-named's a plague to the first1 like an elf4 ,no virtue in mere words or letters is found2 8,believer0's a word in itself but a sound4 ,if 8,hypocrite60 cast in their teeth be at last1 ,as scorpion's sting to their souls it clings fast4 ,if 8,hypocrite0's name be not product of hell1 ,so bitter at all times why does its sound tell8 #ej ,this name's great repulsion is not in its form2 ,the bitter it smacks of is not from a corm4 ,the word's but a vase2 'tis its sense is the wine2 ,the sense of a book in the title may shine4 ,sweet lakes and salt seas do we find here on earth2 ,the barrier between them3 8,thus far2 go not forth60 ,they both1 in their origin1 flow from one source2 ,look not at their severance2 it's matter of course4 ,the touchstone's the test by the which thou must try ,if gold be quite pure1 or debased with alloy4 #ee ,the touchstone of conscience1 where planted by ,god1 ,what's certain1 what's doubtful1 makes plain without nod4 ,a fishbone that sticks in the throat of a man ,no ease ever gives till it's coughed out again4 ,in ten thousand mouthfuls should one bone be found1 ,as soon as perceived1 it's spit out on the ground4 ,perception of things mundane guides here below2 ,religion's keen sense leads where ,god's glories glow4 ,the health of his senses man asks of the leech2 ,religion's sound sense from the ,lord we beseech4#gf #fj ,for healthy perceptions1 our frame must be sound2 ,religion's enjoyments through suff'rings are found4 ,the health of the soul's through a waste of the flesh1 ,but after much searching it builds up afresh4 ,how blest is the soul that1 for love of its ,god1#gg ,has flung away wealth1 health1 e'en life1 as a sod6 ,has pulled down its house a hid treasure to find1 ,and built it again from that treasure refined6 ,who cuts off the streamlet to clear out its bed2 ,then turns on the water with which it is fed6 #fe ,who gashes his skin to extract the spear-head6 7,the skin may now heal1 for the irritant's fled47 ,who wrecks a strong castle to drive out the foe1 ,then rears it still stronger1 to hold evermo'6 ,the will of ,almighty ,god who shall control8 ,these sentences written are parables all4 ,sometimes in one way1 in another sometimes1 ,religion confuses before it sublimes4 ,not terror1 bewilderment1 loathing1 dismay2 ,but ecstacy1 rapture1 love1 come into play4 #gj ,in trance of love fixed1 one contemplates the ,lord1 ,another1 self losing1 unites with his ,god4 ,observe the rapt features of that one1 of this2 ,perchance by such watching thy soul may gain bliss4 ,too numerous demons in human form walk2 ,beware1 then1 with whom thou engagest in talk4 ,the fowler his whistle may ply in the field1 ,to lure the poor birds1 saying3 8,come and be killed40 ,each songster conceives 'tis the voice of its mate1 ,descends from the air1 and meets with its fate4 #ge ,the sinner1 in pious cant1 uses a wile1 ,to trap the unwary who ponders no guile4 ,the upright deal faithfully1 truly1 in trust2 ,the wicked imagine but fraud and distrust4 ,a lion of wool is a beggar's device2#gh ,musaylama's named ,muhammed in a trice4#gi ,musaylama liar1 deceiver we know1 ,muhammed was faithful in weal and in woe4 ,the wine of ,god's love was the food of his soul4 ,the wine that inebriates dash from thy bowl4 #hj ,,iii4 ,the ,jewish ,king1 ,persecutor of the ,christians4#hj ,a certain ,jewish ,king1 in savage1 brutal scenes1 ,from hate of ,jesus1 persecuted ,nazarenes4 ',twas ,jesu's age1 when he the ,gospel first did teach2 ,in ,jesus1 ,moses1 and in ,moses1 ,jesus preach4 ,that ,king ,god made squint-eyed2 things straight he could not see4 ,a ,king and squint-eyed8 ,ah6 that one the two should be6 ,a master once a squint-eyed slave commanded so3 8,come here2 that bottle from its shelf1 go1 fetch me2 go40 ,the squint-eye straightway asked3 8,which1 master1 of the two8#ha ,the case explain2 clear up the doubt1 and truly show40 #e ,his master answered3 8,two there's not2 there is but one2 ,put off thy strabism2 with stupidity have done40 8,good master10 quoth he1 8chide me not2 'tis nature's fault40 ,the master quick rejoined3 8,look now2 break one2 halt6 halt60 ,as soon as one was broken1 both were gone from sight4 ,poor squint-eye nearly lost his wits in childish fright4 ,there was but one2 his eyes were cause that he saw two4 ,the one away1 the other consequently was gone too4 ,desire or rage1 at times1 makes people double see4 ,the mind's distortion brings the eyes perverse to be4 #aj ,from passion's mists our reason ever blinded lies4 ,the heart its clouds sends up2 the mind's eye's vision flies4 ,the judge to taking bribes who basely bends himself1 ,can never well discern the right and wrong1 from pelf4 ,our ,king through ,israelitish rancour grew so blind1 ,as nothing to distinguish in his rage of mind4 ,by thousands1 faithful seekers of ,god's will he slew4 8,vouchsafe us help1 ,o ,god of ,moses1 ,jesus too60 ,he had a ,vazr1 brigandlike for craft and force4 ,in knavish stratagems he had no peer2 of course4 #ae ,he whispered to the ,king3 8,these ,christians1 as in hives1 ,all keep their faith a mystery1 to save their lives4 ,to kill them thus is profitless4 ,give breathing-time1 ,religion can't be smelt out just like musk or thyme4 ,a secret 'tis1 well wrapped in many folds of guile4 ,in outward show1 as friends1 perfidiously they smile40 ,the ,king1 with grimace fierce3 8,what have we then to do8 ,what remedy proposest thou to make them rue8 ,i will not leave alive one ,christian in the land1 ,whose faith is shown to all1 or in his bosom banned40 #bj ,the ,vazr to him3 8,king1 my hands and ears cut off2 ,my nose and lips the same4 ,give orders2 let them scoff4 ,unto the gallows send me2 ,i'll of all be seen4 ,then let an intercessor plead1--some prince1--your queen4 ,let all this happen where some spacious public place ,may let all see1 that all may know of my disgrace4 ,then drive me forth2 away from thee in exile sent2 ,and they'll receive me1 under feint of sorrow bent4 #8,in secret1' ,i'll pretend1 #8a ,christian ,i'm at heart2 ,call ,god to witness how my faith has worked my hurt4 #be ,the ,king a knowledge gained of zeal in me that burned2 ,its flame to put out quite1 his anger on me turned4 ,i strove to hide my faith1 my leaning to keep hid2 ,affected still to be1 think1 act1 just as he bid4 ,suspicion crossed his mind2 my secret he espied2 ,all ,i could plead for nothing went2 he said ,i lied4 8,thy specious words10 quoth he1 8are needles in a loaf2#hb ,my eye1 as through a glass1 sees all thy thoughts2 thou oaf6 ,no curtain of thy trickeries can veil thy faith from me2 ,i'm proof against thy knaveries2 thy cunning ,i can see40 #cj ,were not the faith of ,jesus the refuge of my heart1 ,he'd not have mutilated me in this sad sort4 ,for love of ,jesus1 head and life ,i will lay down2 ,all persecution suffer to gain a martyr's crown4 ,my life ,i will not grudge to lose for ,jesus' sake4 ,his faith ,i hold from point to point without mistake4 ,i dread his doctrine's fall to uninstructed guides4 ,the truth from their bad teaching still to ruin glides4 ,thanks be to ,god1 to ,jesus thanks1 who me have made ,a teacher perfect of the faith so free from shade4 #ce ,the ,jew and ,judaism ,i have forsworn in sooth2 ,about my loins the sacred cord#hc ,i wear2 'tis truth4 ,this age the age of ,jesus is2 ,o men1 give ear6 ,his doctrine take to heart2 nought else have you to fear4'0 ,the ,vazr having laid this plot before the ,king1 ,all shame and scruple vanished2 'twas a perfect thing4 ,in presence of the public1 nose1 ears were cut off4 ,the rabble wondered greatly2 now's the time to scoff4 ,he fled unto the ,christians2 begged them him to hear2 ,and straightway set up preaching2 saintlike was he there4 #dj ,the ,christians soon with one accord accepted him1 ,in multitudes they round him flocked1 all meek and prim4 ,the ,gospel's holy words1 the prayer1 the cord1 he'd preach2 ,the mysteries of all of these to them he'd teach4 ,to outward view a guide to sanctity was he2 ,in very truth1 a trap and fowler's whistle2 see4 ,of such effect his wiles1 disciples were deceived2 ,from ,jesu's teaching fell1 and in this cheat believed4 ,it is so4 ,often does the flesh1 for selfish end1 ,intrude itself across the soul's most fervent trend4 #de ,meek virtue was not what they sought to gain the most2 ,of him they learned to ferret out new sins1 and boast4 ,hair-splitting casuists1 point by point they sin dissect2 ,they grow too wise2 'twixt rose and garlic links detect4 ,of such avail's the subtle cunning of these men1 ,that honest teachers oft are made to swerve by them4 ,the ,christian folk in him their confidence thus place4 ,gregarious1 like sheep1 's the mob of every race4 ,a gen'ral favourite was he2 all loved him well2 ,christ's vicar called they him2 as who the truth could tell4 #ej ,this cursed ,antichrist1 so full of fraud and wile6 ,grant help1 ,o ,god6 ',tis ,thou alone canst curb such guile4 ,the devil's snares are spread abroad in tempting guise1 ,their baits are various2 we1 like birds1 shut fast our eyes4 ,if saved from one1 another tempts2 we thither stray2 ,like hawks and eagles1 heinous sins make us their prey4 ,thou shieldest us1 ,o gracious ,god6 ,but ever still1 ,with froward hearts and minds we counteract ,thy will4 ,this world's a granary1 of which we steal the corn4 ,the wheat is there all garnered2 we it spoil in scorn4 #ee ,we take no heed of future life in what we do2 ,sly mice still help us to consume the fruits that grow1 ,those mice a road have found to reach our winter store4 ,through their inroads our victual spoils2 it is no more4 ,first stop mouse-holes2 make safe thy granary1 ,o man6 ,thy wheat then garner safely2 winter's at our van4 ,give ear to what he's said1 the ,lord's own ,chief of ,chiefs3#hd 8,no perfect worship's needed1 save in war's reliefs40#he ,if mice there be not to destroy our garnered meeds1 ,where is our wheat1 the fruit of fifty summers' deeds8 #fj ,to shreds all nibbled lie the products of our days2 ,no stores accumulate for provend on our ways4 ,how many sparks of fire from flint and steel have flown6 ,how many hearts1 like tinder1 make those sparks their own6 ,but in the dark some thief his finger presses there2 ,and ev'ry train puts out that has been lighted here4 ,extinguished if those sparks were not1 a flame would rise2 ,a burning light be kindled1 flashing 'yond the skies4 ,a thousand snares are laid to catch our tripping feet2 ,but1 ,lord1 if us ,thou shield1 harm never shall us meet4 #fe ,if but ,thy grace will guide us1 lead us on our way1 ,no thief can steal our peace of mind1 our light of day4 ,each night ,thou settest free the soul from trap of flesh1 ,to scan and learn the hidden records of ,thy wish4#hf ,each night the soul is like a bird from cage set free1 ,to wander4 ,judge and judgment1 then1 it does not see4 ,by night the pris'ner loses sense of bars1 of chains2 ,by night the monarch knows no state1 no pomp retains2 ,the merchant counts no more1 in sleep1 his gains and loss2 ,the prince and peasant1 equal1 on their couches toss4 #gj ,the ,gnostic#hg is so e'en by day1 when wide awake2 ,for ,god hath said3 8,let quietude care of him take40#hh ,asleep to all the things of earth by night1 by day1 ,as pen in writer's hand he doth his guide obey4 ,whoever sees not in the lines the writer's hand1 ,may fancy 'tis the pen alone has all command4 ,of this1 the ,gnostic's privilege1 a trace 'd suffice ,to rob of sleep and reason vulgar souls of ice4 ,his spirit wanders in the groves of th' absolute4 ,his soul is easy2 body1 still1 calm1 quiet1 mute4 #ge ,the two absolved from greed1 lust1 sense1 care1 fear also2 ,each1 like a bird uncaged1 is free2 roams to and fro4#hi ,should he1 birdlike1 be whistled back to trap of sense1 ,again he sinks1 the slave of every vile pretence4 ,when light of dawn paints bright the blushing sky with red1 ,ere orb of day comes forth as bridegroom from his bed1 ,shrill chanticleer1 as though it were last judgment's trump1 ,calls back to consciousness the sleepers4 ,up they jump4 ,the souls return their bodies to inhabit1 then2 ,each body fraught with thoughts1 and words1 and deeds again4 #hj ,the soul turned loose1 without the body's cares or ken1 ,attests the truth3 8,sleep is death's brother10#ij to all men4 ,but lest it should escape1 and not come back at call1 ,a tether to it's bound2 it's not quite free withal4 ,it must come back by day from roaming where it wills1 ,the cares of life to bear2--a burthen that soon kills4 ,o6 ,would1 ,o ,god1 ,thou'd keep my soul in ,thy own hand1 ,as ,sleepers in the ,grotto2#ia ,noah's ark once to land6 ,then had ,i 'scaped the tempest waking thoughts aye raise2 ,my mind1 eyes1 ears1 had rested2 all my task ,thy praise6 #he ,sev'n ,sleepers8--,many are there of them in this world1 ,before1 behind me1 right and left2 they're round me hurl'd6 ,my 8,cave0#ib art ,thou2 my 8,mate0 art ,thou2 ,o ,god1 my friend6 ,men's eyes and ears are sealed2 they know not where they wend4 ,a ,caliph asked of ,layl3 8,art thou really she ,for whom poor ,majnn went distracted8 ,for ,i see1 ,than other beauties thou art not so passing fair40 ,said she3 8,be silent6 ,thou'rt not ,majnn2 nor his pair40 ,a man awake is sound asleep2 more1 he can't be4 ,his watchfulness is worse than sleep2 how should he see8 #ij ,our souls1 if not awake to ,god's most holy truth1 ,are not awake4 ,we're slaves to them4 ,the greater ruth6 ,the soul all day is buffeted by fancy's whims2 ,of loss or profit1 life or death1 as frenzy swims4 ,no peace enjoyed2 no dignity remains in hand2 ,no vigour to attempt a flight to heaven's strand4 ,asleep is he who's slave to every sordid wish2 ,who begs of fancy2 parleys with it1 even4 ,pish6 ,a demon in his sleep he sees2 an angel deems4#ic ,through lust he swoons with sensual pleasure as he dreams4 #ie ,his seed he sows in sandy1 salt1 and desert land2 ,and wakes to find no harvest's ripened to his hand4 ,a headache1 with a beating heart1 is all he feels2 8,alas60 he sobs1 8that treach'rous gnome6 ,my whole frame reels60 ,a bird flies in the air2 its shadow flits on earth2 ,a second bird it seems to be1 though nothing worth4 ,some simpleton runs after it2 to catch it tries2 ,himself tires out2 meanwhile the creature safely flies4 ,the fool still knows not 'tis a shadow he pursues1 ,its substance where to seek he has no power to muse4 #ajj ,he shoots his arrows at the fleeting1 mocking shade2 ,his quiver emptied1 he returns2 no booty made4 ,our life's our quiver4 ,when our years are vainly spent ,in chasing phantoms1 grief will one day have its vent4 ,let ,god's protection mercifully on us rest1 ,all fancies and all phantoms stand at once confest4 ,god's servants are ,his shadows here below on earth2 ,to this world dead1 but living in a second birth4 ,to their skirts cling2 from them thy soul's nutrition seek4 ,so may'st thou 'scape the perils of this scene's last week4 #aje ,the holy text of3 8,how ,he stretcheth forth the shade60#id ,of saints gives notice4 ,them his glory doth pervade4 ,without their guidance venture not to thread this maze2 ,like ,ab'ram answer3 8,fading things do not me please60#ie ,in days of trouble1 consolation's sun seek out4 ,the skirts of 8,tebrz' ,sun0 will wipe out care1 no doubt4#if ,know'st not the road to that good man1 and grief survene8 ,inquire of his and my friend1 great ,husmu-'d-,dn4#ig ,while on thy way1 should envy seize thee by the throat1 ,know1 ,satan's sin was envy2 malice made him gloat4 #aaj ,he envied ,adam's rise to such sublime estate4 ,he wars with all who're good1 through envy and through hate4 ,no mountain-pass as this life's progress is so steep2 ,let envy not increase thy load2 thou canst but creep4 ,the flesh a hot-bed is of envy and of strife4 ,these soil the soul2 for envy's bane of mortal life4 ,should envy seek thy soul to kill1 invoke the ,lord1 ,the ,god of mercy thee can save1 with ,his true ,word4 8,make clean ,my house1 ye two10 did ,ab'ram's ,god once say4#ih ,his house our frame2 a house of glory1 though of clay4 #aae ,should envy fill thy breast 'gainst one that envies not1 ,foul stains ensue2 thy heart's impure2 all good's forgot4 ,prostrate thyself1 then1 at the feet of holy men2 ,cast dust upon thy head1 ,god's pardon to attain4 ,the ,vazr of our ,jewish king was envy's self2 ,his nose and ears he sacrificed1 as 'twere but pelf1 ,in hopes the sting of envy 'd find an easy way1 ,to pour the selfsame wounds he 'd open lay4 ,his nose1 from envy1 in the air1 who carries high1 ,his ears and nose to envy 'd give without a sigh4 #abj ,the nose the organ is by which we trace a scent2 ,the scent then guides to where the odour finds its vent4 ,who has no sense of smell is truly minus nose1 ,its odour we should trace to where religion blows4 ,to scent religion's fragrance1 not returning thanks1 ,ingratitude is4 ,nose to lose merit such pranks4 ,be grateful1 thou2 and venerate all grateful men2 ,abase thyself2 a champion be of theirs4 ,amen4 ,be not a cut-throat1 like that ,vazr1 of men's faith2 ,seek not to turn believing souls from what ,god saith4 #abe ,that ,vazr seemed a pastor of the truth1 in sham2 ,as one who bitter aloes mixed in sweet plum jam4 ,some men of sense discernment used1 his ways to scan1 ,his honied phrases smacked to them of knavish plan4 ,refined truisms1 double-meaning1 he'd deal out1 ,like syrup into which some mortal poison's put4 ,be thou not caught with knavery's fairly-spoken word2 ,a hidden meaning it may have4 ,be on thy guard4 ,of evil-minded men the speech is never good2 ,their hearts are dead and putrid2 life cannot there brood4 #acj ,a man's an offset from a man1 by nature's law1 ,as sure as cake of bread is bread1 and not mere straw4 ,god's ,lion1#ii #8,ali1 saith3 8,all words in folly made1 ,as weeds on dunghills1 crowd apace2 as quickly fade40#ajj ,he who would rashly1 thoughtlessly1 repose thereon1 ,begrimed will be1 befouled1 befooled1 and spat upon4 ,he that gives vent to wind1 mere wind1 is bound to wash2 ,his worship else is vain2 pollution doth it quash4#aja ,the ,vazr's talk was all3 8,be diligent in pray'r40 ,his acts proclaimed aloud3 8,of duty never care40 #ace ,in surface silver's white and glittering to the eye2 ,with friction1 hands and purse it soils1 though e'er so dry4 ,a fire is jocund to the view2 its flame may please4 ,but venture not too near it2 black is its surcease4 ,the lightning flashes brightly1 shining as it flies2 ,but oft1 alas1 it strikes man blind1 or dead he lies4 ,be wise betimes2 for 8he that's void of common sense1 ,is like the ox with yoke on neck40 ,so #8,al1--,hence6 ,for six years was the ,vazr absent from the king2 ,disciple seemed of ,jesu's faith2 bad news to bring4 #adj ,their hearts and faith the people all pinned on to him2 ,at his command they every one would change each whim4 ,his purpose all the time was fraud and gross deceit2 ,he pondered naught but wiles1 to compass their defeat4 ,by secret message1 with the king he held converse4 ,the king to him fair gratulations sent1 diverse4 ,a missive came to him at length3 8,my faithful son1 ',tis time my heart was set at rest4 ,what hast thou done80 ,his answer was3 8,the thing's prepared2 have patience yet2 ,the ,christian folk to puzzle soon1 we'll not forget40 #ade ,the ,christians portioned were1 for purposes of war1 ,in legions twelve2 to each1 a captain void of fear4 ,the men of every legion to their captain bound ,by ties of trust and confidence1 in each heart found4 ,these legions and those captains twelve1 to that bad man ,had yielded up their every thought2--as mankind can4 ,should he command to die1 not one of them would fail ,to give his life right joyfully1--without one wail4 ,a volume he prepared in name of each of them2 ,the matter of these registers not all the same4 #aej ,the style of every one was in a different guise2 ,from end to end each book's contents were forgeries4 ,in one1 the pangs of hunger mortified the flesh2 ,with penitence1 with fasting made1 and prayer1 to clash4 ,a second taught that fasting did no good at all2 ,that charity1 beneficence1 was all in all4 ,a third explained3 8,thy fasting1--charity itself1-- ,syntheism#ajb is4 ,with ,god1 thou deifiest thyself4 ,to trust with resignation's all religion's plan4 ,in weal and woe are springs to trap the soul of man40 #aee ,a fourth declared3 8,faith without works is truly dead4 ,alone is service valued2 faith's a sin to dread40 ,a fifth laid down3 8,the ,law's commands and warnings all ,are not for practice2 they're mere symbols of man's fall4 ,by showing us man's weakness1 ,god is made more strong2 ,the decalogue this purpose serves2 the rest's all wrong40 ,the sixth1 again3 8,for man to talk of weakness here1 ,ingratitude is1 simply2 ,god's grace is so clear2 ,think1 now1 how wonderful is man2 how great2 how wise2 ',tis ,god has made him thus2 to thank ,him in us lies40 #afj ,a seventh suggests3 8,leave power and weakness unto ,me2 ,they're idols1 both1 as also are all things ye see40 ,an eighth contends3 8,put not thy light behind a shade4 ,let all men see thy light2 to glad their eyes 'twas made4 ,removed from sight if 'tis1 an evil thence will loom4 ,thou1 too1 wilt be removed at midnight from the groom40 ,a ninth expounds3 8,put out the light2 thou'lt have more joy4 ,the sense of sight is one3 joy's feelings1 many2 boy4 ,put out the light4 ,the sense of touch thou may'st then use4 ,the bride is timid2 in the dark she'll not refuse4 #afe ,renunciation of the world's a very farce4 ,renounce4 ,the world1 and more1 thou'lt dream of in thy trance40 ,a tenth assures3 8,that which the ,lord hath given to man1 ,god hath made pleasant to the eyes4 ,deny1 who can4 ,take what is thine4 ,avert thee not2 'tis folly still ,to take to groaning1 moaning1 when all's at thy will40 ,another yet3 8,forsake all things thou hast possessed4 ,retention of them by thee baseness is1 confessed4 ,how many roads diverse traced for their feet men deem2 ,each one to one sole 8church0 the only road doth seem4 #agj ,if way there were secure1 for hitting out the truth1 ,the ,jews and ,magi surely 'd not missed it1 forsooth40 ,again another3 8,moral food makes heart to live4 ,we see this clearly2 every hour a proof doth give4 ,enjoyments sensuous1 fleshly1 when to fade they haste1 ,leave no result behind2 they're desert mirage1 waste4 ,regret's their only issue1 grief for loss of time2 ,a bankrupt's stock2 their commerce gives no gain1 no prime4 ,pursuit of them has never ended in success2 ,dire failure still must be the fruit of recklessness4 #age ,distinguish thou betimes the foolish from the wise2 ,the end of each scan well2 'tis there the difference lies40 ,and still one more3 8,true wisdom strive thou to find out4 ,true wisdom's not the fruit of noble birth4 ,poor lout6 ,each #8church' has had in view to gain a happy end4 ,but one and all have failed and could but fail4 ,god send6 ,to palm off jugglers' tricks is not true wisdom's part1 ,or man had never seen so many faiths take start40 ,and one again3 8,true wisdom thou hast surely found4 ,thou knowest men of wisdom2--wisdom's safest ground4 #ahj ,be manful4 ,let not men by fraud make mock of thee4 ,thy own path choose2 turn not from it for aught thou see40 ,to one he said3 8,thy unity is all in all2 ,besides thee1 aught existence never had1 nor shall40 ,one volume taught3 8,the universe is unity4 ,who teaches two exist1 is but a squint-eye1 he40 ,the last gave out3 8,a hundred really are but one40 ,unless a madman1 whom could have such doctrines won8 ,in them these paradoxes fitly found their place1 ,in words and sense his doctrines lacked all claim to grace4 #ahe ,each volume was the antithesis of the next2 ,if one was honey1 poison was the other's text4 ,wouldst thou escape his honey and his poison too1 ,forsake thou not the holy word of scripture true4 ,twelve volumes thus were writ with fraudulent research1 ,by that ,vazr1 the hidden foe of ,jesu's church4 ,jesu's one-mindedness for him had no perfume2 ,the wine of ,jesu's jar no bouquet to his grume4 ,a many-coloured garment washed in that pure wine1 ,as snowy white comes out1 and clear as is sunshine4 #aij ,not faded or plain-coloured1 such as gives offence2 ,but clear as crystal water1 in which fishes glance4 ,dry land1 chameleon-like1 gay-coloured scenes displays2 ,but fishes dry land shun2 they love clear water's sprays4 ,what is the fish1 and what the water1 in my tale1 ,that they should symbolise ,god's kingdom on small scale8 ,whole shoals of fishes1 great and small1 the water's realm1 ,in adoration mute1 with praise to ,god o'erwhelm4 ,what showers of bounty from ,god's outstretched hand ,have made the seas with pearls of price to deck the strand6 #aie ,what brilliant suns of brightest goodness must have shone1 ,ere clouds and sea could have produced the matchless stone6#ajc ,what rays of wisdom poured on water and on land ,ere earth could nourish seed1 yield corn to our demand6 ,the earth1 a faithful trustee1 gives back what we sow1 ,no fraud1 embezzlement1 in its trust do we know4 ,this faithfulness to trust arises1 with time's run1 ,from generous warmth infused by glow of justice' sun4 ,whene'er ,god's symbol quickening summer back doth bring1 ,the mysteries of the earth straight from her bosom spring4 ,th' ,all-,bountiful1 who gave to senseless earth1 of grace1 ,this faithfulness1 trustworthiness1 in every place1 #bjj ,in mercy plans forth inorganic matter's course4 ,in wrathful wisdom's counsel blinds man to its source4 ,our hearts and souls have not the grace to understand4 ,to whom address me8 ,not one ear's at my command6 ,who lends his ear1 shall also quickly find an eye4 ,whose ear's1 like stone1 to counsel deaf1 shall surely die4 ,of wond'rous power is ,god possessed4 ,what's magic's skill6 ,miraculous works ,he enacts4 ,where's witchery's spell6 ,to sing ,his praise in me a want of feeling shows4 ,it proves ,i breathe4 ,to breathe1 to live1 breaks true love's laws4 #bje ,in ,his existence let my being sink1 quite lost4 ,to be1 is to be blind and blear-eyed at the most4 ,if blind ,i were not1 swooned1 unconscious should ,i be4 ,the ,sun of ,glory's might and power then could ,i see4 ,were not my sight grown blear1 through weeping in my dreams1 ,had ,i stood1 ice-like1 frozen1 'neath ,his mercy's beams8 ,just like his king1 this ,vazr was shortsighted seen4 ,the ,ancient1 'twas1 of ,days1 he wrestled 'gainst1 ,i ween4 ,th' ,almighty ,one1 who with one breath1 one word1 did bring ,ten thousand worlds from naught to join in being's ring4 #baj ,ten thousand worlds1 besides1 disclose themselves to sight1 ,if thou direct thy vision towards the ,god of ,light4 ,in man's esteem the world is vast1 without an end2 ,with ,power ,infinite compared1 a grain of sand4 ,the world's around the soul a dismal prison-den4 ,arise6 ,escape6 ,regain the fields at large6 ,be men6 ,the world is finite2 ,he is infinite4 ,confide6 ,earth's forms and qualities ,god's essence from us hide4 ,the million spears of ,pharaoh1 vaunting in his might1 ,by ,moses' wand were broken in th' appointed night4 #bae ,and many sons of skill1 for healing science famed1 ,by ,jesu's curing halt1 lame1 blind1 deaf1 mad1 were shamed4 ,how many poets1 orators1 great men of note1 ,by word of the ,illiterate ,one#ajd were shown to dote4 ,for love of our ,almighty ,god1 the ,lord of all1 ,who would not die1 a stock1 a block1 we needs must call4 ,dead heart of stone if ,he but touch with love's live coal1 ,a magnet straight becomes1 no longer quits the pole4#aje ,plume not thyself as one endowed with cunning guile2 ,the meek more surely draw rich gifts from ,heaven's smile4 #bbj ,how many treasure-hiders1 treasure-seekers1 here1 ,have been derided1 laughed to scorn1 by that ,all-,seer6 ,what art thou1 man8 ,canst thou in thought with ,him compare8 ,what's the whole earth8 ,a blade of grass1 ,his might to dare8 ,a woman1 once1 through foul adultery's sin estranged1 ,by ,god1 in punishment1 to ,venus' star was changed4#ajf ,from woman into ,venus8 ,sure1 that change was sad4 ,to dust and ashes turn4 ,less shame in this4 ,art mad8 ,thy soul it is must lift thee to heaven's highest home2 ,the flesh can but consign thee deep to hell's dark dome4 #bbe ,thyself it is that dooms thee to that woful fate2 ,the angels' envy art thou1 here1 in man's estate4 ,consider1 then1 this doom2 revolve it in thy mind2 ,that woman's change1 compared with this1 was joy1 thou'lt find4 ,to push ambition's course beyond the stars thou'st sought8 ,refused hast thou first ,adam to adore1 as naught8#ajg ,but seed of ,adam art thou1 ,o degenerate man6 ,why wilt thou then as glory count dark shame's foul ban8 ,why proudly vaunt thou'lt conquer all this teeming earth8 ,why fondly fancy rumor 'll sound thy passing worth8 #bcj ,should winter's snow in heaps encumber all earth's soil1 ,one gleam of summer's sun the frigid cloak will foil4 ,so1 too1 that ,vazr's scheme of fraud1 nor his alone1 ,reduced to nothing was by one word from ,god's throne4 ,such crafty wiles as these ,he changes into weal2 ,as poisons by ,his power receive the gift to heal4 ,what doubtful was1 becomes confest1 at ,his decree2 ,true love springs up1 where hatred plotted was to be4 ,he safely carries through the fire ,his chosen friend2#ajh ,the fear of death ,he maketh peace of mind to lend4 #bce ,through ,him are treasures hid beneath the ruin's waste2 ,thorns roses yield2 our bodies joys of soul foretaste4 ,by workings of the pang of love for ,him ,i burn2 ,though sophistlike ,i rave1 'tis unto ,him ,i turn4 ,another stratagem the ,vazr next conceived2 ,from public life withdrew1 and solitude achieved4 ,admiring followers all were fain to mourn his loss2 ,for forty days1 and more1 in cell he bore his cross4 ,their yearning for him grew more fierce from day to day2 ,they missed his good example1 words1 and zeal to pray4 #bdj ,they grieved that he in solitude should vex his flesh2 ,their sympathies clung round him every day afresh4 8,without our teacher we're a pastorless poor flock2 ,blind beggars without staff to guide us to our nook4 ,for mercy's sake1 for love of ,god1 have pity now2 ,no longer us deprive of consolation's show4 ,we're infants all1 and thou our feeder1 tutor thou1 ,protection shed around2 forsake us not just now40 ,his answer was3 8,my spirit's present with you1 friends4 ,but issue from this hermitage my power transcends40 #bde ,the captains twelve1 of legions1 intercession made2 ,his grieved disciples raised a wail1 a serenade3 8,great evil's lighted on us6 ,ah6 ,beloved ,one6 ,we're orphans made2 our parent1 thou1 away art gone6 ,raise not such pretext2 push us not to our wit's end4 ,we sob and sigh2 we beat our breasts4 ,do comfort send6 ,thou'st pampered1 spoilt us with thy wondrous eloquence2 ,with doctrine from thy lips our souls cannot dispense4 ,torment us not1 for ,god's sake6 ,pity on us take6 ,be kind6 ,this day1 #8,to-morrow' say not2 to us wake6 #bej ,our hearts are rapt in thee2 no heart in us remains4 ,heartless and spiritless are we1 poor bankrupt swains6 ,like fishes out of water1 so we writhe and gasp4 ,the dam break down2 let flow the stream2 avert death's grasp6 ,thou art the very paragon1 the phnix of the age4 ,heaven's mercy1 save us2 or1 we perish1 we enrage60 ,to them he thus3 8,o men of little sense1 take heed2 ,you foolishly are seeking elsewhere what you need4 ,your ears stop up with wool2 list not to speech of man2 ,the mote that blinds your eyes cast out4 ,then1 see you can4 #bee ,with cotton in your outward ears1 you'll plainly hear ,the still small voice of conscience1 drowned now by your fear4 ,all outward sense discard2 all thought1 reflection flee2 ,and straight you'll hear1 within1 ,god's voice3 #8,come unto ,me4' ,so long as with chitchat you keep yourselves awake1 ,communion with the angels you in sleep forsake4 ,our words and acts make up our outward habitudes2 ,our inward man's our converse with infinitudes4 ,our senses barren are2 they come of barren soil2 ,our soul1 like ,jesus1 walks the sea without turmoil4 #bfj ,our outer man's a barren wilderness1 ,i ween2 ,the inner man1 'tis1 sounds the depths of the ,unseen4 ,if all our life be spent in chase of mundane things1 ,our paths must lead o'er wastes1 o'er hills1 o'er ocean springs4 ,the ,fount of ,life1#aji where shall we find in such a course8 ,death's billows how avoid1 and how escape remorse8 ,the desert's moving sandhills are our schemes and plans4 ,life-rills are abnegation1 self-denial1 man's40 ,him answered his disciples3 8,master1 grieve us not4 ,fresh sorrow1 through pretences1 add not to our lot4 #bfe ,such heavy burden to endure we've not the power4 ,poor suffering weaklings we1 in sad affliction's hour4 ,the heavens appear to raise themselves all vastly high2 ,but true sublimity's ,god's attribute4 ,we sigh4 ,the food of every bird ,he gives in providence2 ,he says whose figs devoured shall be these ten days hence4 ,who 'd give1 in lieu of mother's milk1 to infants1 bread1 ,would kill them with improper food before them spread4 ,but when their teeth are grown1 and deck their little mouths1 ,themselves will ask for bread2 milk suits not then their growths4 #bgj ,the unfledged chick is yet for flight all unprepared2 ,attempting it1 he falls a prey to puss1 poor bird6 ,his wings well pinioned1 he soars high in breezy air2 ,needs no encouragement2 his instinct leads him there4 ,each howling imp is stilled at sound of thy sole voice2 ,and words from thee are utmost joy to all our race4 ,our ears are gladdened as they catch thy tongue's converse1 ,each desert grows a garden1 when thou'rt freshness' source4 ,with thee amongst us1 earth a foretaste gives of heaven1 ,thou'rt our delight1 from morn to eve our longed-for leaven4 #bge ,without thee1 day's refulgence we cannot employ1 ,if thou art present1 every care is turned to joy4 ,high station1 true1 may be attained by charlatan2 ,but moral worth alone gives eminence to man40 ,to them1 now1 he replied3 8,your prayer 's of no avail4 ,my counsel take and ponder4 ,naught else shall prevail4 ,if ,i'm a trusted man1 my word is not a lie1 ,e'en though ,i'd say that black is white1 or earth is sky4 ,if ,i'm perfection1 who the perfect's word denies8 ,if ,i am otherwise1 why all this fuss and noise8 #bhj ,forth from my solitude to come ,i'm not designed4 ,i'm communing with ,god2 to ,his will ,i'm resigned40 ,they still insisted3 8,vazr1 that we'll not deny1 ,but our remonstrance is a truly piteous cry4 ,we weep our eyes out through our grief thee not to see1 ,with sighs our hearts burst1 vainly looking out for thee4 ,an infant quarrels not with its attentive nurse2 ,and yet it weeps1 through knowing not what's good from worse4 ,we are thy harps4 ,the plectrum's stroke is from thy hand4 ',tis thus we moan2 smit by thy cunning harpist wand4 #bhe ,like flutes of reed1 our utterances are through thee found2 ,or mountain vale1 our echo's but child of thy sound4 ,or as chess-players1 striving in their dubious game2 ,our #8check' and #8mate' are from thee1 man of mighty name4 ,what are we1--can we be8 ',tis thou'rt our life of life1 ,so long as thou'rt among us4 ,if not1 all is strife4 ,we're naught2--we're nothings4 ,all our being is in thee4 ,existence' very self by thy frail form we see4 ,we're lions1 true2 but stand on vanes of weathercocks1 ,our twists and twirls1 our starts1 our jumps1 are from wind's shocks4 #bij ,these lions' movements are in sight2 the winds unseen4 ,the ,great ,unseen1 th' ,almighty ,one1 's behind the screen4 ,our moving wind1 our very being from thee springs4 ,existence1 else1 were vain1 not sheltered 'neath thy wings4 ',tis thou hast taught us1 nothings1 valued life to prize2 ',twas thou that made us1 erring1 lovers of th' ,allwise4 ,take not from us the savour sweet of thy good gifts1 ,thy cup1 thy wine1 thy relish1 absence from us lifts4 ,but shouldst thou still refuse1 who to repine 'd have heart8 ,can pictures of the painter's hand complain1 and art8 #bie ,no notice of us take2 from us avert thy face2 ,but ne'er deride the claims of thy prevailing grace4 ,we were not2 prayers from us arose not to thy ear2 ,thy grace alone 'twas sought us out2 thou drewest near4 ,before the artist and his brush1 the picture's null2 ,like unborn babe in mother's womb1 till time be full4 ,before almighty power creation stands in wait1 ,as canvas 'fore the needle 'broiderer's hand may mate4 ,a demon here1 an angel there1 or man1 is bid ,to be2 now joy1 now sorrow1 rises up amid4 #cjj ,we have no hand to move2 defend ourselves we can't4 ,we have no breath1 no speech to pray for aid in want40 ,the ,qur'n ponder this my verse to understand4#aaj ,there ,god hath said3 8,thou threwst not1 when thou threwst0 the sand4#aaa ,although we shoot an arrow swiftly to its mark1 ,the bow1 the arrow1 we ourselves1 are from ,god's ark4 ,there's no compulsion here1 though ,god can all compel4 ',tis not complaint1 if ,i of ,god's compulsion tell4 ,all our complaints of our felt needs are indices4 #cje ,if shame we feel1 of our freewill a sign it is4 ,without choice were we1 there 'd be no pretext for shame4 ,why blush and hang the head1 cast down the eyes so tame8 ,what doth a master in disciple always chide8 ,why teacheth he in ,providence still to confide8 ,shouldst thou assert ,god carelessly makes us to act1-- ,that sun of verity ,he hides in mists of fact1-- ,an answer ,i will give1--just lend thy ear to me2 ,forsake all blasphemy1--of ,god's faith ever be3 8,the longings1 the regrets1 that every sick man feels1 #caj ,awakings are of conscience4 ,sickness this reveals4 ,the moment man is ailing1--prisoner to bed sent1 ,he counts his sins1 he asks for grace1 vows to repent4 ,he sees the wickedness of all he's said and done2 ,he promises1 in future1 errant ways to shun4 #8,if but ,i'm spared1' he says1 #8,i never will sin more2 ,i'll righteousness ensue1 all trespasses abjure4' ,by this thou seest that sickness is not all an ill4 ',tis but a time for waking conscience good to will4 ,know then the aphorism1 ,o seeker after truth1-- ,whoe'er thou be1 to whom scent of it may give ruth3 #cae #8,the man that's most awake1 with most of pain will reel2 ,the more his conscience pricks1 more sorely sad he'll feel6' ,if thou wert really conscious ,god 'tis thee compels4 ,what need to feel ashamed2--to utter frightful yells8 ,thou art not so2 thou feelest not a captive's chain2 ,thou know'st thou'rt free to act1 or from each act abstain4 ,whoever saw a captive sporting in his bonds8 ,whoever heard of prisoners acting vagabonds8 ,hast thou had fetters fastened on to both thy feet8 ,hast e'er beheld kings' guardsmen resting in thy seat8 #cbj ,then be not thou to others hard as jailer man4 ,obduracy befits not him a king may ban4 ,compulsion since thou feel'st not1 make it not pretext4 ,say'st that thou feel'st it8 ,where's the proof8 ,show us it next4 ,in every act to which thou inclination hast1 ,thou know'st thyself free agent3 what thou willst1 thou dost4 ,if any case arise thy will1 thy wish1 to brave1 ,straightway compulsionist thou art3 #8,god so would have4'0 ,the prophets were compulsionists to this world's string4 ,miscreants are compulsionists towards heaven's ,king4 #cbe ,the prophets chose the better part1 futurity2 ,the foolish choose the worse1 the world's fatuity4 ,each bird will flock with birds of its own feather still2 ,the cock well knows his mate1 and follows where she will4 ,miscreants are the brood of hell1 to which they go2 ,the goods of worldly life they choose4 ,then be it so4 ,the prophets are of race from heaven deriving birth2 ,to heaven they tend with heart and soul while here on earth4 ',twould never end the branches of this theme to count4 ,so let us sip again from our old story's fount4 #ccj ,within his cell ensconced1 the ,vazr answer gave3 8,disciples mine1 my firm resolve from me receive4 ,to me a very strict commandment ,jesus spake3 #8,from friends and kin of every class seclusion seek4 ,thy face set tow'rds a wall2 sit in some cell apart1 ,forsake thyself2 forgetfulness cast o'er thy heart4' ,permission's thus denied with men to hold discourse4 ,i've naught to say2 with mortals more ,i'll not converse4 ,good-bye1 my friends6 ,adieu6 ,you'll never see me more1 ,my journey's unto heaven2 there ,i've laid my store4 #cce ,th' empyrean beneath1 so long as ,i have strayed1 ,like firewood in a furnace have ,i wept2 still prayed4 ,henceforward ,i shall sit on ,jesu's own right hand1 ,in highest heaven enthroned1 blest ,paradise's strand40 ,the legion-captains now he called to him apart2 ,but one by one1 in secret1 counsels to impart4 ,to ev'ry one he said3 8,successor thee ,i name1 ,the faith of ,jesus to uphold and keep from shame4 ,all other captains thy commands will have to hear2 ',tis ,jesus thus appoints thee others' loads to bear4 #cdj ,should any one against thee neck rebellious raise1 ,him kill1 imprison1 or in exile end his days4 ,but while ,i live divulge not what to thee ,i've told1 ,keep secret till my death this charge thou hast to hold4 ,let no one know till then 'tis thou art chosen out1 ,proclaim not thou thyself a king or prince devout4 ,behold this scroll2 take1 study it2 thyself instruct1 ',tis ,jesu's doctrine pure2 from this ,his ,church construct40 ,thus one by one their minds prepared were to be chief3 8',tis thou'rt the chosen one2 all else would be a thief40 #cde ,he named them each successor2 made them so to feel4 ,whate'er he told to one1 to each did he reveal4 ,he gave to each a volume1 writ from end to end2 ,no two alike2 each different1 and hard to blend4#aab ,their doctrines various1 of every changing hue2 ,diverse in sense1 as objects' forms exposed to view4 ,their precepts and commands a very maze of guile1 ,their sentiments impossible to reconcile4 ,the ,vazr now delayed another forty days2 ,then slew himself1--set free his soul from earth's affrays4 #cej ,the people1 hearing of his death1 were sorely grieved2 ,around his corpse collected2 eyes1 ears1 scarce believed4 ,with many bitter moans to sorrow they gave vent2 ,their breasts they beat1 their hair they tore1 their clothing rent4 ,to count their multitudes is in ,god's power alone2 ,turks1 ,arabs1 ,kurds1 and ,romans1#aac men of every zone4 ,they scattered o'er their heads the dust from his last home2 ,to mourn for him was balm1 all ills to overcome4 ,they wept4 ,their bitter1 briny tears they shed in floods2 ,his grave a pool2 those tears1 as streamlets from the woods4 #cee ,to lose him was a grief unspeakable that fell ,on rich and poor1 on high and low1 too sad to tell4 ,a month of mourning past1 the people sought to know ,whom he'd appointed in his place their way to show4 ,whom must we recognise successor to our saint8 ,into whose hands commit the task of our restraint8 ,he was a sun of light2 his fire hath turned to fume1 ,a candle now we need our darkness to illume4 ,our friend is gone1--is lost to our inquiring eyes4 ,a substitute we seek1--memorial we may prize4 #cfj ,our rose is withered2--rosebush leaves all blown away1 ,which vase holds now the rose-scent in its perfumed clay80 ,god is invisible to weakly mortal sight1 ,his prophets are a need1 to guide ,his ,church aright4 ,no6 ,that's not right6 ,that phrase is sadly incorrect4 ,a prophet's one with ,god2 not two4 ,think well6 ,reflect6 ,they are not two2 they're one4 ,thou blind materialist6 ,with ,god they're one2 their forms but make ,him manifest4 ,thou seest the form alone2 thy two eyes are at fault4 ,look with thy soul2 thou'lt see as ,god from heaven's vault4 #cfe ,thy two sights will united be straightway in one1 ,when thou behold'st the ,light of ,god's eternal throne4 ,set up ten burning candles in one selfsame place1 ,a separate body1 each1 diffuses light and grace4 ,their powers combine in one1 to brighten that retreat2 ,distinction now there's none2 one light alone we meet4 ,count out a hundred apples1 quinces1 pears1 or plums2 ,when mashed together1 all their juice1 their pulp1 their scums4 ,things spiritual division1 number1 parts1 know not1 ,they split not into fractions1 form no separate lot4 #cgj ',tis sweet when friends with friends together come and meet4 ,trust then the spirit4 8',tis the letter kills0--repeat4 ,thy body mortify2 thy flesh consume with pains4 ,behind it hid thou'lt find ,god's unity--thy gains4 ,if thou the body vex not1--bring not low betimes1 ,the flesh will thee destroy1 my friend1 in fiery flames4 ,the flesh it is that shows itself to human heart2 ,the flesh it is demands asceticism's sharp smart4 ,we simple were2 one essence was the source of all4 ,nor head1 nor foot had we2 one pristine lot did fall4 #cge ,one substance held us2 we were clear as is the sun2 ,no knots or gnurs within us1 free as water's run4 ,on taking fleshly form1 that simple essence1 then1 ,became divided1 split1 like shadows in each glen4 ,make low the hills and hillocks1 level make the plain2 ,no shadow's left2 the whole becomes one scene again4 ,with pleasure ,i'd this matter clearer put1 and joy4 ,but tender consciences ,i seek not to annoy4 ,abstruser points there are1 as keen as sword in fight4 ,if reason's shield thou hast not1 refuge take in flight4 #chj ,my arguments contest not1 unless well prepared4 ,sharp blade will cut2 it pities not2 no life is spared4 ,i sheathe my sword of argument1--will not make assault4 ,lest muddlers read me wrong1 and say 'tis ,i'm at fault4 ,we come now back again1 to follow up our tale1 ,to keep our faith with readers1 feminine and male2 ,and say again1 the people rose up as one man1 ,demanding who should work out our dead ,vazr's plan4 ,one legion-captain forward came1 out of the twelve1 ,that grieving people's furrowed field anew to delve4 #che ,said he3 8,behold6 successor am ,i to the saint4 ,in ,jesu's stead ,i'm regent1 by his own constraint4 ,you see this scroll4 ',tis evidence of what ,i say3 ,the dead ,vazr's successorship is mine to-day60#aad ,a second captain started up1 as from ambush2 ,contested all those words2 his own claim then did push4 ,forth from his bosom he another scroll produced1 ,and then the people's wrath flamed high2 not soon reduced4 ,the other captains1 too1--each his own train at back1-- ,unsheathed their swords1 and threatened both their skulls to crack4 #cij ,then each one of the twelve1 his sword and scroll in hand1 ,upon the others set1 like baited bull on brand4 ,the slain were strewn in heaps of many hundred men1 ,their heads were piled in pyramids1 by thousands ten4 ,their blood was shed in torrents1 flowing on the plain4 ,the dust arose in clouds through this commotion vain4 ,the seeds of discord sown by that knave's treacherous hand1 ,had now produced their harvest1 fatal to the land4 ,the nuts he cracked were skulls2 their kernels1 human brains4 ,the bodies slain through him held precious souls in chains4 #cie ,be killed1 or die1 as in thy lot may be decreed4 ,so with pomegranates1 apples1 when sliced up at need4 ,the sweet and sound are prized1 and straightway put to use2 ,the sour and rotten cast away1 worthless refuse4 ,a word with sense and meaning's ever eloquent2 ,bald nonsense is laughed down in scorn or merriment4 ,thou fool1 materialist6 ,think closer3 look to sense4#aae ,the spirit 'tis gives value2 words are mere pretence4 ,prefer the company of those who spirit seek4 ,so mayst thou grace attain1--8,god's servant be10#aaf and meek4 #djj ,a life without a soul or spirit in our frame1 ,like wooden sword in sheath1 were but a senseless name4 ,within its sheath while kept1 of value it may seem2 ,when drawn1 'tis only fit for matchwood1 men will deem1 ,arm not thyself with wooden sword in battle's day4 ,examine well thy weapon1 if thou 'd have fair play4 ,shouldst find thy sword of wood1 another seek forthwith2 ,if adamant it prove to be1 then join thy kith4 ,the truest swords are found in th' arm'ry of the saints4 ,their converse is to thee a balm for all complaints4 #dje ,the wise have ever said1 with uniform accord3 8,most truly wise was he1 #8the ,mercy of the ,lord4'0#aag ,dost buy a pomegranate8 ,a burst fruit still elect4 ,the crack reveals its grains2 thou seest they've no defect4 ,e'en so1 good friend1 blest be the man whose mouth reveals ,the heart-thought pearls their casket1 his pure soul1 conceals4 ,but inauspicious is the opening tulip's crack2 ,this patent makes to all that its heartcore is black4 ,the burst pomegranate is a sunny orchard's pride4 ,so speech of worthy men may waft thee to truth's side4 #daj ,society with saints no doubt's of great avail2 ,to piety it leads2 8,god's fear shall never fail40#aah ,thou wast a very rock1 a worthless pebble stone2 ,by saints' communion fined1 a pearl of price thou'st shone4 ,then love the saints4 ,their love plant deeply in thy heart4 ,the pure of mind alone deserve a pure love's part4 ,court not despair2 hope ever springs in human breast4 ,seek not the dark2 the ,sun of ,light shines full confest4 ,the spirit ever leads to haunts of holy men2 ,the flesh would cast thee in the pit of sin again4 #dae ,beware6 ,feed thou thy soul with love from holy ground4 ,make haste6 ,seek means of grace from one who grace has found4 ,petition make6 ,seize hold upon the skirts of saints4 ,through them thou'lt learn how ,god his favour grants4 ,the ,gospel names the name of ,ahmed2#aai he the last1 ,as chief of prophets2--purity's bright ocean1 vast4 ,his lineaments1 his virtues1 ways of matchless good2 ,with notice of his wars1 his fasts1 and eke his food1 ,some ,christian folks1 on mention of that sacred name1 ,and this recital of his qualities and fame1 #dbj ,a merit to acquire1 were wont to kiss the book1 ,to bow with reverence deep1 humility in look4 ,that folk in all the troubles we've related now ,were safe2 nor bloodshed1 nor foul faction did them know4 ,secured were they from scrolls1 sword1 captains1 and ,vazr1 ,in name of ,ahmed ,mustaf they'd trust1 not fear4 ,descendants1 numerous in race1 they left behind2 ,their faith in ,ahmed they a tower of strength did find4 ,but other ,christian folks to him refused to bow4 ,the blessed name of ,mustaf they deemed too low4 #dbe ,requital brought them punishment for this offence2 ,a prey they fell unmourned to that ,vazr's pretence4 ,their false creed1 with their tribes1 was quickly brought to end1 ,through those twelve lying volumes his deceit had penn'd4 ,the name of ,ahmed1 thus1 a friend is proved1 of might2 ,of light by day a pillar1 shelt'ring cloud by night4 ,a castle inexpugnable1 a stronghold safe1 ,as he himself was ,trusty1#abj though his foes might chafe4 ,how fatal the disasters pictured here above1 ,the fruit of foul duplicity's pretended love4 #dcj ,,iv4 ,another ,jewish ,king1 ,persecutor of ,christians4 ,a second ,jewish king1 descendant of the first1 ,to persecute the ,christians showed hate's fiercest thirst4 ,if information's sought about this wicked king1 ,that chapter of the ,qur'n read3 8,heaven's ,girdle-,ring40#aba ,a sorry rite it was the first had introduced2 ,with cruel zeal this wicked rite the last abused4 ,the introducer of a rule that tends to ill1 ,draws on his head deep curses1 morn and even1 still4 ,the good decease2 their bright example serves as guide2 ,the wicked soon decay2 their name all men deride4 #e ,the children of those sinners1 till the trump of doom1 ,are cursed as soon as born2 no lot more full of gloom4 ,how many springs burst forth1 one salt1 the other sweet2 ,their savour changes1 while the days and nights compete4 ,the good are promised their inheritance aloft1 ,of waters sweet2#abb in ,scripture mentioned oft and oft4#abc ,the seeker's wish1 if rightly we consider it1 ,a scintillation is of flame from holy writ4 ,no flame exists apart from body whence it burns2 ,where'er the burning body hies1 the flame1 too1 turns4 #aj ,a window-light will wander all around a room2 ,because the rising sun to sunset tends1 and gloom4 ,that which to any constellation's stars pertains1 ,must move with it1 rise1 set1 south1 as its place ordains4 ,the man who under ,venus' influence was born ,is joyous1 amorous1 ambitious1 with greed torn4 ,if ,mars his planet be1 his temper's bellicose2 ,war1 scandal1 litigation1--these he most does choose4 ,but other stars there are1 the planets1 seven1 beside2 ,and unto men from them nor good1 nor ills betide4 #ae ,revolving in another firmament than they1 ,above the spheres that bear the orbs of night and day4 ,bright through the moral splendour lent them by the ,lord2 ,not bound together quite1 nor yet in disaccord4 ,the man whose soul is influenced by one of those1 ,like meteors1 still shall drive away the spirit's foes4 ,his disposition feeleth not the rage of ,mars2 ,he temporises2--meekly acts in prosperous wars4 ,his light's triumphant2--darkness it shall never know4 ,between two fingers holdeth he the truth1 ,i trow4 #bj ,the truth doth shed a shining light on human souls1 ,received by heaven's favourites1 in special ghostly strolls4 ,illumined with that light1 as spangles deck a bride1 ,they turn their souls to ,god1 contemning all beside4 ,who feels not keenly love's great soul-compelling might1 ,is portionless of spangles from truth's flashing light4 ,all parts must ever share the nature of their whole1 ,as nightingale pours out unto one rose its soul4 ,whatever property may qualify a thing ,externally1 man's qualities are mind's offspring4 #be ,from purity1 rich colours rise1 good qualities2 ,stains1--moral1 or as dyes1--from gross impurities4 8,god's ,baptism0 is the name of all that's good in man2 8,the curse of ,god10 of all that's evil in our plan4#abd ,in which of these two seas our streamlets may subside1 ,they but return into the source from whence their tide4 ,from mountain-tops1 swift torrents rushing down apace4 ,from men's frames1 love-inspired souls1 anon the race4 ,the counsel hear1 that now1 this ,jewish dog did take4 ,beside a fire a hideous idol he did make1 #cj ,and proclamation ran3 8,whoever 'd save his soul1 ,this idol worships2 or in fire he's burnt to coal40#abe ,thus having made his hate an idol to himself1 ,a second idol straightway he invents1 this elf4 ,the mother of all idols is our fleshly pride4 ,they're dragons2 this1 the egg of cockatrice's bride4 ,the flesh is flint and steel2 our pride is but its spark4 ,that pride pervades the flesh as fecundation's mark4 ,can moisture quench the latent spark in flint and steel8 ,can man be safe while flesh and pride he lives to feel2 #ce ,in flint and steel we know that fire is still alive4 ,no water's of avail that fire from them to drive4 ,with water we put out a fire when burning bright2 ,the spark in flint and steel is safe from water's might4 ,from flint and steel of flesh what burnings still ensue6 ,their sparks1 the blasphemies of ,christian and of ,jew6 ,if water in the jug and pitcher come to end1 ,on wellspring we must draw1 a fresh supply to send4 ,our idol is the muddy dregs left in our jug2 ,the flesh the sewer from whence it filters1 spite of plug4 #dj ,the graven idol 7fed from blackest sewer tide ,in flesh1 its graver71 was as fountain by wayside4 ,the inward idol1 pride1 the filthy jug's black slush2 ,the prurient flesh1 the source from which it had its gush4 ,a hundred potters' pitchers one small stone can break2 ,and spill the cooling water drawn our thirst to slake4 ,to smash an idol1 too1 quite easy may appear2 ,not easy to root out the flesh2 too hard1 ,i fear4 ,would see the picture of the flesh1 inquiring youths8 ,description read of hell1 with seven yawning mouths4#abf #de ,from each soul's flesh comes forth a special mode of guile4 ,each guile1 a whirlpool ready ,pharaoh's hosts to spoil4 ,in ,moses1 and in ,moses' ,god1 seek refuge then4 ,abandon not ,god's faith for ,pharaohs and their men4 ,the one true ,god adore2 in ,ahmed's faith believe4 ,thy soul and body save1--from ,ab-,jahl retrieve4#abg ,the ,jew a ,christian mother to that idol brought4 ,an infant in her arms2 the fire with blazes fraught4 8,fall down and worship20 cried he1 8senseless stock adore2 ,the fire shall then not harm thee1 now1 nor evermore40 #ej ,that mother was a woman firm in true belief2 ,and thence disdained prostration1 though 't should give relief4 ,they snatched her infant2 next1 they dashed it in the flame4 ,the mother's spirit quailed to see this deed of shame4 ,though not herself1 to save her infant1 she'd bow down4 ,but lo6 a miracle6 ,the babe cried3 8,let alone6 ,uninjured am ,i here4 ,come in4 ,be not dismayed4 ',tis cool and pleasant4 ,cease to feel of fire afraid2-- ,mere blinding bandage to the eyes2--naught but a veil4 ,god's mercy's here revealed1--made manifest4 ,all hail6 #ee ,come in1 my mother1 dear4 ,the truth thou shalt record4 ,thou'lt here perceive how saints hold converse with the ,lord4 ,come in2 and witness water blazing high1 as fire4 ,this is a world where flame like water is2--not dire4 ,come4 ,look on miracles for blessed ,abr'am wrought2#abh ,whose furnace changed to gardens1 out of firewood brought4 ,death then ,i underwent1 when ,i was born of thee4 ,the fear of death swept o'er me1 ere my eyes could see4 ,with birth ,i 'scaped from prison1 narrow1 dark1 and drear2 ,emerging to a world1 vast1 radiant1 bright1 and clear4 #fj ,alas6 that world1 you see1 is but a second womb4 ,joy1 comfort1 happiness1 are found beyond the tomb4 ,within this fire a realm of wonders lies around2 ,each atom's here a ,jesus2--balm to heal each wound4 ,this world ,i'm in's reality2--not merely form4 ,the scene ,i've left's all vanity2--food for the worm4 ,come in1 my mother2 quick6 ,seize this auspicious hour4 ,come in6 ,let opportunity not 'scape thy pow'r4 ,come in2 come in2 in name of parent's tenderness4 ,come in6 ,this fire has no devouring ruthlessness4 #fe ,come in6 ,thou'st witnessed all that ,jewish dog can move4 ,come in6 ,the grace and power of ,god ,almighty prove4 ',tis from my love for thee ,i thus so much insist2 ,from pleasure felt by me1 for thee ,i've fear dismissed4 ,come in2 come in6 ,and others call1 to follow thee4 ,the ,great ,king here ,his bounteous table's spread for me4 ,come in2 come in6 ,all of you1 saints of ,god1 elect6 ,resigned ones6#abi ,faith's cup of martyrdom select6 ,come in6 ,flock in2 in crowds2 as moths around a light6 ,this year has tens of thousands springs2 but not one night40 #gj ,thus loudly cried the infant from its bed of flame4 ,th' assembled crowds all heard it4 ,all were seized with shame4 ,a sudden holy impulse urged them to obey4 ,in crowds those men and women cast their lives away4 ,no force was needed2--no compulsion2--all was love2 ,for bitterness is sweet to all whom love doth move4 ,to such a point it came that guards and soldiers1 all1 ,were fain to cry3 8,withhold6 ,the fire is more than full60 ,the ,jewish king at sight of all this love and zeal1 ,was shamed1--was thunderstruck2 his wicked heart did reel4 #ge ,he saw that faith can give the lover's ardent flame4 ,self-sacrifice is naught in true devotion's name4 ,thank ,god6 ,beelzebub was conquered in that ,jew4 ,thank ,god6 ',twas ,satan's self these darksome deeds did rue4 ,the shame he sought to bring upon the cheeks of some1 ,a hundredfold was heaped on his own head at home4 ,he thought from others' shame the veiling leaf to tear2 ,he saw them safe1 his own foul nakedness laid bare4 ,a ribald fellow once1 by lewdest mob sustained1 ,called railing out on ,ahmed4 ,wry his mouth remained4 #hj ,he then came begging pity1 in the ,prophet's trace3 8,forgive1 ,muhammed1 who'rt endued with wisdom's grace4 ,for want of knowing better1 insolent ,i was4 ',tis ,i that merit scorn and mockery4 ,alas60 ,when ,god decides to humble any sinner1 proud1 ,a demon stirs this last t' insult some man of ,god4 ,and he whom ,god elects to cloak where 'tis he halts1 ,has grace bestowed on him to cover others' faults4 ,should favour from the ,lord in mercy reach a man1 ,humility is given him2 to pray 's part of his plan4 #he ,how blessed are the eyes that smart with sorrow's brine6 ,how blessed is the heart inflamed with love divine6 ,contrition's tears are ever hallowed by heaven's smile4 ,the latter end of all things man should scan awhile4 ,wherever water flows1 the fields are fresh and green4 ,tears followed are by grace2--as all the prophets ween4 ,then imitate the water-wheel1 that groans and weeps4#acj ,by prayers1 and moans1 and tears1 a man his heart pure keeps4 ,wouldst thou shed tears8 ,feel pity1 when thou meetest woe4 ,wouldst mercy find8 ,show mercy1 when men bow them low4 #ij ,the ,jewish king reproached the fire3 8,o raging thing6 ,thy all-destructive might1 where is it8 ,where's thy sting8 ,if thou wilt not consume1 what quality hast thou8 ,or has my fortune veered2 and with it1 thy dread glow8 ,thou sparest not thy worshippers1 the ,magian race4 ,whence comes it2 these who spurn thee1 ,christians1 meet with grace8 ,thou never wast1 ,o fire1 for patience noted here4 ,why burn'st thou not8 ,what is there8 ,hast thou lost thy power8 ,is this eye-binding8#aca ,is it1 rather1 reason's blind8 ,how is't thy flames consume not all their hated kind8 #ie ,bewitched thee have they8 ,or is't magic natural8 ,or is't my fortune wills that thou turn prodigal80 ,to him the fire3 8,o miscreant6 ,i'm still the same4 ,come in and try1 thou1 how thou'lt find my smallest flame4 ,my nature1 as my substance1 has not suffered change4 ,outside my nature's limit ,i've no power to range4 ,at door of ,turkman's tent the savage household dogs ,do wag their tails before a guest1 and crouch like logs4 ,but should a stranger pass by1 near the guarded tent1 ,him then those dogs assail1 with lion-like intent4 #ajj ,less than a dog ,i'm not1 in service to my ,lord4 ,than ,turkman less1 there's none1 in rights1 upon earth's sward40 ,when fire thy body injures1 and inflicts some harm2 ,remember1 its consuming power can also warm4 ,and when a fire thus serves thee1 acts some needful part1 ,reflect6 ,those qualities thou seest did ,god impart4 ,art injured1 'haps8 ,fall down2 entreat the ,lord with prayer4 ,the hurtful power was given by ,him in gracious care4 ,should ,he so will1 each injury a blessing is4 ,chained captives find their freedom by a word of ,his4 #aje ,fire1 air1 earth1 water1 all are servants of their ,god4 ,i1 thou1 them lifeless deem4 ,he knows they live and plod4 ,in presence of the great ,creator fire must still ,its service do2 and1 lover-like1 work out ,his will4 ,thou strikest flint on steel2 fire instantly leaps forth4 ',tis by commandment of the ,lord it thus takes birth4 ,strike not together1 thou1 the flint and steel of lust4 ,for1 male and female like1 they'll generate2 they must4 ,the flint and steel are means4 ,far higher raise thy look4 ,with reason thou'rt endowed4 ,go2 read the holy book4 #aaj ,one means comes from another means2 and cause from cause4 ,without a means or cause1 no means from self e'er rose4 ,the means by which all prophets' miracles are wrought1 ,of higher order are than earthly means2 no doubt4 ,man's mind can compass how these latter act1 and when2 ,the former hidden are from all but prophet's ken4 ,these former 'tis that give the latter power to act2 ,and rarely1 that1 their normal action1 counteract4 ,a means a rope is1 by the help of which we reach2 ,and in this worldly pit by means each reaches each4 #aae ,around its coiling cylinder the well-rope's wound4 ,to shut our eyes to this would blind indeed be found4 ,the ropes by means of which results are seen to steer1 ,in this our world1 deem not they're moved by star or sphere2 ,lest thou become confused and giddy like a wheel2-- ,take fire1 consume1 like tinder1 sparks of shame to feel4 ,the air becomes a fire at times by ,god's decree4 ,both air and fire run wild with joy1 ,his means to be4 ,the streams of mercy1 the consuming fires of wrath1 ,thou'lt see1 my son1 are both from ,god4 ,look well1 forsooth4 #abj ,were not the wind aware of ,god's almighty power1 ,how had it ever blown the blast of #8d's#acb last hour8 ,around his ,muslims ,hd a saving circle drew4 ,the wind within that mystic circuit softly blew4 ,while all that were beyond were dashed to pieces soon4 ,like chaff before the breeze1 their limbs around were strewn4 ,shaybn the shepherd1 too1 a circle round his fold ,was used to draw2 whate'er the season1 hot or cold2 ,on ,fridays1 when1 at midday's sacred hour of praise1 ,he to a congregation hied2 lest wolf should seize4 #abe ,no wolf was ever known to break the holy spell2 ,nor sheep to stray beyond2 each knew the limit well4 ,to wind1 to wolf1 to sheep1 and lusts of every one1 ,the circle traced by saint a barrier was1 like stone4 ,to ,gnostic1 so likewise1 the harmless gale of death ,blows mild and gentle1 summer-breezes-like on heath4 ,and fire was fangless2 could not ,abraham offend4 ,how should it hurt him8 ,was he not ,god's 8,chosen ,friend08 ,the pious man burns not in fire of fleshly lust4 ,but sinners still consumed are upon earth's crust4 #acj ,the ,red ,sea waves1 all raging by divine command1 ,the host of ,israel knew2 but ,pharaoh's armies drown'd4 ,the earth1 again1 wide gaping at ,jehovah's word1 ,did ,korah and his wealth devour2 but ,moses spared4#acc ,in ,jesu's hand1 warmed with his breath1 the fictile clay ,as living birds arose1 spread wing1 and flew away4#acd ,thy lauds and praises1 too1 breath from thy frame account4 ,sincerity them vivifies2 to heaven they mount4 ,the rock of ,sion danced at sight of ,moses' ,god#ace ,as perfect cenobite2 its faults were all removed4 #ace ,what wonder if a hill should dance and saint become8 ,was not great ,moses' self a clod of clay and loam8 ,the ,jewish king now manifested great surprise4 ,these things1 he said1 were mockeries1 mere patent lies4 ,his councillors conjured him more sedate to be2 ,and not to push his hardihood to rash degree4 ,these councillors he fettered1 into prison cast2 ,injustice to injustice adding1 first and last4 ,a shout was heard from heaven when matters reached that point3 8,jew dog6 ,prepare for vengeance from on high6 ,aroynt60 #adj ,the fire then blazed amain2 its flames lapped all around4 ,it slew and burnt the mob of ,jews from off the ground4 ,their origin was hell1 from whence their souls had come2 ,their goal was also hell2 to it they now went home4 ,the ,jewish race is hellish2 many proofs are shown4 ,parts are they of a whole accursed2 as is well known4 ,their nature hellish2 all their joy ,god's saints to burn4 ,their fire recoiled upon themselves4 ',twas justice' turn4 ,for them1 who were1 by nature1 children born of wrath1 ,the lowest depths of hell were fittest cells1 forsooth4 #ade ,a mother ever yearneth after her own child2 ,a dam is ever followed by her offspring wild4 ,though true that water may enclosed be in a tank1 ,the air will it absorb4 ',twas thence to earth it sank4 ,air sets it free2 direct1 restores it to its source1 ,by little and by little4 ,none perceive its course4 ,so1 too1 our breath1 in manner like1 steals soul away1 ,by little and by little1 from this house of clay1 ,in words of praise1 ascending to ,god's holy throne1 ,from us to where ,he reigns2--as known to ,him alone4 #aej ,our breathings rise on wings of true sincerity1 ,the offerings of our hearts to all eternity4 ,we then receive rewards for those poor words of praise1 ,in tenfold showers of mercy from th' ,ancient of ,days4 ,and we are still constrained to utter songs of thanks1 ,that man should so be raised above th' angelic ranks4 ,this rising and descending alternates for aye4 ,the ,lord forbid that ,i should fail therein one day6 ,we're drawn1 we are attracted1 so to love the ,lord2 ,as we were first instructed1 firm to trust ,his word4 #aee ,each man will turn his eyes in hope towards the place1 ,where he has tasted joy some former day of grace4 ,the pleasures of each kind are most with their own kin2 ,as part must share with whole its qualities1 its sin4 ,things needs must be assigned unto a common class1 ,if aught they have in common2 two will form a race4 ,thus bread and water are not human at the first2 ,but human they become1 through hunger and through thirst4 ,in form they have no tie with us of human kind2 ,but through a special link they kindred with us find4 #afj ,if pleasure1 then1 we find in what's not of our race1 ,be sure there's some connection through which this takes place4 ,if that connection but resemblance be in shape1 ,it will not last2 it's for a time2 it must escape4 ',tis true that birds find pleasure in a whistle's note2 ,but then they fancy 'tis their mate's1 on whom they dote4 ,and if a thirsty man take pleasure in his wine1 ,he tastes the lees1 and loathes4 ,to water he'll incline4 ,a pauper may amused be with counterfeited coin2 ,but take this to the mint2 defaced 'twill be1 in fine4 #afe ,then be not thou misled with gilded counterfeit2 ,delusion will thee plunge headlong into hell's pit4 ,v4 ,the ,lion and the ,beasts4 ,kall' and ,dimna's book relates a charming tale1#acf ,from which males may a moral draw2--and eke1 female4 ,within a shelter'd vale1 four-footed game in droves1 ,were kept in tremor by a lion from its groves4 ,so frequently had he borne victims off from thence1 ,the vale a prison had become in every sense4 ,a consultation held1 they fair proposals state1 ,to satisfy the lion's hunger by a rate2 ,but on condition that he rapine lay aside1 ,and not prolong disquiet in that valley wide4 #e ,the lion gave consent1 if they'd perform their part2 ,remarking3 8,i've a victim been to wily art4 ,man persecutes me with his deadly stratagems2 ,the snake and scorpion sting me2--rancour's true emblems4 ,but worse than any man1 in venom and in spleen1 ,the fleshly lust within me traitor's always been4 ,but ,i've grown wary4 ,has not ,ahmed said3 #8,rely6 ,believers are not twice caught by the selfsame lie8'0#acg ,their answer was3 8,o most sagacious1 knowing guide1 ,thy caution pray dismiss2 decree of ,god abide4 #aj ,suspicion1 caution1 ever is corroding ill4 ,put trust in ,providence2 and ,god thy maw will fill4 ,strive not with ,providence1 however strong thou be2 ,lest ,providence should take offence1 and war with thee40 ,he answered them3 8,sure6 ,sure6 ,trust ,providence we must4 ,his prophets in the ,lord have always placed their trust4 ,to trust in ,god1 and yet put forth our utmost skill1 ,the surest method is1 to work ,his holy will4 ,the ,prophet plainly said to his disciple train3 #8,put trust in ,god1 and bind thy camel's shank amain4'#ach #ae ,remember the old saw3 #8,the friend of ,god must work4'#aci ,through trust in ,god1 neglect not ways and means1 ,o clerk40 ,abashed they were not2 answer thus they promptly made3 8,to gain aught from the poor is fraud2 a trick of trade4 ,there is no gain so good as trust placed in the ,lord4 ,what more praiseworthy than to build upon ,his word8 ,how many flee this danger1 falling into that6 ,from fryingpan leaps one1 to light in fire right pat4#adj ,man plans a stratagem2 in it is caught himself4 ,that which he took for health1 he finds is death itself4 #bj ,he locks his door when treason's lurking in his house4 ,so ,pharaoh deemed he'd danger shun ere it should rouse4 ,how many thousand infants did he doom to death2 ,while ,moses1 whom he feared1 his own roof was beneath4 ,our eyes afflicted are with various kinds of ills4 ,then go and make them blind1 by seeing ,god 'tis wills4 ,god's sight of providence is keener than men's eyes4 ,by seeing with ,his sight1 thou'lt find all thou wilt prize4 ,an infant1 that can neither grasp nor walk as yet1 ,takes seat upon his father's neck1 and runs4 ,sweet pet4 #be ,some seasons past1 he scarcely gains some strength of limb2 ,when sorrow fastens on him2--sharp1 and ghastly grim4 ,the hearts of men1 before they gain or power or wealth1 ,decline away from duty1 pleasures seek by stealth4 ,and since by ,god's decree from paradise they're rent1 ,they prisoners become to rage1 lust1 discontent4 ,we are the household of that ,householder1 whose word ,thus spake3 #8,creation's all as children of the ,lord4'#ada ,he that doth send the fattening rain upon the earth1 ,in mercy1 too1 can feed ,his creatures from their birth40 #cj ,the lion thus replied3 8',tis true4 ,but still1 the ,lord ,a ladder sets before our feet to be explor'd4 ,step after step we have to mount unto the roof4 ,th' idea of compulsion's quite devoid of proof4 ,two feet thou hast4 ,then why thyself hold to be lame8 ,two hands also4 ,why maimed account thyself in name8 ,whene'er a master puts a spade in hand of slave1 ,he has no need to speak2 the act expression gave4 ,our hands just so are given2 spades they are to us4 ,think out this problem well2 it needs not any fuss4 #ce ,when thou hast laid this unction to thy soul amain1 ,in duty's path to lay down life thou'lt count as gain4 ,those symbols indices are1 whence are secrets known4 ,responsibility's from thee withdrawn2 work shown4 ,thou'rt surely burdened4 ,borne also most truly art4 ,recipient2 hence accepted2--fully on ,his part4 ,recipient be of ,god's command2 content thou'lt be4 ,seek unto ,him2 and to ,him joined thyself thou'lt see4 ,to strive to give thanks power provides this to perform4 ,allege compulsion4 ,gratitude's ground thou'lt deform4 #dj ,thanks for thy powers the power of thanks tenfold expands4 ,take favour for compulsion4 ,power will leave thy hands4 ,compulsion dost affirm8 ,that's sleeping by the way4 ,go not to sleep until thou'st fairly won the day4 ,sleep not1 ,compulsionist6 ,thou man1 with folly rife6 ,until thou reach the goal1 the fruitful ,tree of ,life4 ,the cool breeze there will rustle through its leaves profuse1 ,each moment scattering fruits for food and future use4 ,compulsion's creed is sleep among the highwaymen2 ,unseasonable bird is mercilessly slain4#adb #de ,if thou at ,god's signs carp and peck1 so finding fault1 ,though man thou count thyself1 'tis womanlike assault4 ,the little sense thou hadst has really taken flight2 ,a head that has no brains is tail turn'd round to sight4 ,ungrateful men are ever cursed of ,god on earth2 ,and after death are flung to hell-fire's vengeful hearth4 ,if thou repose thy trust in ,god's almighty pow'r1 ,sow first thy seed2 and then1 await the harvest hour40 ,the beasts a clamour raised2 they would not be repressed3 8,they who on means depend1 are urged by greed confessed4 #ej ,the millions upon millions1 man and womankind1 ,are pinched by want2 they suffer need2 they food scarce find4 ,by millions and by millions1 since creation's day1-- ,insatiate dragons1--they their gaping jaws display4 ,a crowd of would-be wise men stratagems invent1 ,enough to upset mountains1 could they give them vent4 ,so ,god himself described in ,his most holy book ,their arts3 #8,by which they'd tear away the hills4'#adc ,just look4 ,except the lot decreed by ,providence of yore1 ,by hunting or by toiling none can swell his store4 #ee ,device of man1 his plans1 shall all be brought to naught4 ,god's dispensations sole will stand1 with wisdom fraught4 ,strive not then1 man of sense2 except good name to leave4 ,exertion's a delusion4 ,out6 ,thou sottish knave60 ,a simpleton one morning rushing came in haste1 ,where ,solomon his court of justice then had placed4 ,his cheeks were blanched1 his lips were blue2 effects of fright4 ,said ,solomon to him3 8,what ails thee8 ,say aright40 ,him answer'd that poor wretch3 8,the angel1 ,lord1 of death1#add ,upon me fixed1 just now1 a look that stopped my breath40 #fj ,said ,solomon3 8,what wilt thou ,i should do for thee80 ,he answered3 8,that the wind may now commanded be#ade ,to carry me away forthwith to ,hindstn4 ,perchance by fleeing thither1 save my life ,i can40 ,see how mankind do shun the garb of poverty4 ,hence they're a prey to greed and dire necessity4 ,this fear of poverty is like that man's dismay1 ,its ,hindstn1 remark1 is greed and grasping's sway4 ,so ,solomon the wind commanded1 him1 forthwith1 ,to bear to ,hindstn2 and land him near some frith4 #fe ,another day as ,solomon his court did hold1 ,death's angel came2 the king to him the matter told3 8,thy wrathful look1 the other day1 upon that man1 ,has driven him his home to quit for ,hindstn4 ,didst thou in wrath survey the pious man that way1 ,that he might wander forth a waif1 like sheep astray8 ,or was thy look's intent1 so dreadful to behold1 ,his soul to separate from its corporeal fold80 ,to him replied the angel3 8,king of sprites and men6 ,his fancy him misled2 he'll ne'er do so again4 #gj ',twas not in anger then that ,i did look on him2 ',twas wonder him to see here1 looking hale and prim4 ,for ,god had me commanded3 #8,go this very day1 ,and take his soul in ,hindstn1 his debt to pay4' ,in wonder1 then1 ,i said within myself3 #8,had he ,a hundred wings1 in ,hindstn he could not be4' ,but going1 still1 by ,god's command1 to ,hindstn1 ,him there ,i found1 and took his soul with my own hand40 ,so thou1 good reader1 understand1 the things of earth ',tis ,god ordains4 ,reflect4 ',twas written ere his birth4 #ge ,from whom to flee8 ,from self8 ,oh6 ,that's absurd6 ,from whom to steal8 ,from ,god8 ,worse1 worse6 ,no word6 ,the lion now remarked3 8,the words you speak are true4 ,but just consider how the prophets1 saints1 ensue4 ,what they have wrought hath ,god blessed1 made to prosper still2 ,their joys and griefs1 their sufferings1 pains1 were by ,his will4 ,their stratagems dictated by their ,god were1 all4#adf #8,who comes of gentle blood1 will gentle words let fall4'#adg ,their traps have taken angels with the baits they placed4 ,their seeming slips and faults were all by wisdom traced4 #hj ,exert thyself1 ,o man2 put shoulder to the wheel1 ,the prophets and the saints to imitate in zeal4 ,exertion's not a struggle against ,providence4 ',twas ,providence enjoined it1--made it our defence4 ,blasphemer may ,i be1 if ever single man ,bestowed in vain one effort to fulfil ,god's plan4 ,thou hast no broken bones2 why bind thy limbs in splints8 ,have patience yet awhile2 then laugh2 we're not mere flints4 ,it is a bad investment to seek worldly gain4#adh ,whose hope is placed in heaven never shall see pain4#adi #he ,the stratagems employed for worldly gain are vile1 ,but stratagems for gaining heaven are worth our while4 ,blest stratagem is that which bursts a prison door4 ,curst stratagem is one that spreads a dungeon floor4 ,the world's a dungeon4 ,we are all in prison here4 ,burst1 then1 thy prison gate1 and free thyself from fear4 ,what is the world8 ,unmindful of our ,god to be2 ,not gold or silver1 wife or children1 things we see4 ,the wealth we hold at service of our ,god is blest4 #8,the riches of the just are pure1' ,ahmed confess'd4 #ij ,the water from a leak is danger to a ship2 ,the sea beneath her keel is just what makes her skip4 ,great ,solomon despised wealth1 sway1 with all his heart4 ,with countless treasures poor he named himself4 ,best part6 ,an empty jar will float upon a raging sea1 ,the air that fills it will not let it sunken be4 ,th' afflatus of true poverty man's soul will buoy4 ,above the troubles of the world he rides4 ,ahoy6 ,should all earth's boundless riches by him be possessed2 ,the whole is viewed in his pure sight as naught at best4 #ie ,close then the inlet to thy heart2 seal it with love2 ,first filling it with wisdom's spirit from above4 ,endeavour is from ,god2 so sickness1 and its balm4 ,he vainly strives who would deny this truthful psalm40 ,of this complexion1 many proofs the lion brought2 ,no answer those compulsionists in dispute sought4 ,the fox1 the deer1 the hare1 and eke the sly jackal1 ,were fain to quit compulsion's cause1 for good and all4 ,a treaty they concluded with the forest king1 ,that he1 by this concession1 should not lose a thing4 #ajj ,his daily ration ready always should be found2 ,and he should have no cause to trespass on their ground4 ,lots they would cast among themselves from day to day4 ,on whom the lot should fall1 he'd be the lion's prey4 ,but lo1 at length the lot upon the hare did light4 ,he found it very hard1 and wailed his awful plight4 ,the other beasts remarked3 8,we each have had our turn2 ,and none of us refused th' agreement to confirm4 ,by breach of faith on us fresh infamy bring not4 ,begone forthwith2 the lion must not be forgot40 #aje ,the hare replied3 8,dear friends1 a respite to me grant4 ,a stratagem ,i'll plan1 and cheat this grim tyrant4 ,my wily plan shall save the souls of all alive2 ,and safety heirloom be your children shall derive4 ,thus every prophet's promised to his sect1 at least1 ,salvation from the doom o'erhanging man and beast4 ,they found a ready way to 'scape beyond the spheres1 ,so soon as to reflect they turned their minds from fears4 ,man sees another's eye is but a wee1 wee thing2 ,he knows how great a service can th' eye's pupil bring40 #aaj ,the beasts in answer3 8,jackass6 ,prate to us no more4 ,consider4 ,thou'rt a hare2 a beast of no great store4 ,what talk is this8 ,thy betters ne'er have used such speech4 ,they never would have dared to think as thou dost preach4 ,it must be thou'rt o'erweening1 or our fate's at hand4 ,for otherwise1 pretensions such as thine can't stand40 ,to them as a rejoinder puss spoke3 8,my dear friends1 ,my inspiration's ,god's2 small means effect great ends4 ,the wisdom ,god hath taught the little honey-bee1 ,you do not find possessed by lion1 or by me4 #aae ,we see its cells arranged1 with liquid sweetness filled1 ,the portals of such art to open ,god hath willed4 ,then see the silkworm1 how it's taught by ,god to spin4 ,have elephants the power to draw out threads so thin8 ,the earthy ,adam was by ,god taught all our names4#aej ,his knowledge was the admiration of heaven's frames4 ,th' angelic choir were silenced2 they knew not so much4 ,the fiend be cursed4 ,he'd not confess the fact was such4 ,that fasting hermit of six hundred thousand years#aea ,became the new-born babe's dire muzzle1--source of tears4 #abj ,lest it should suck the milk religion's teachings give1-- ,lest it should soar on high around heaven's towers1 and live1-- ,the learning of external sense a muzzle lies1-- ,the milk of truth sublime's denied to all its cries4 ,but ,god hath planted in man's heart a precious pearl4 ,nor seas1 nor skies1 such gem enclose within their whirl6 ,how long of form thy talk--form-worshipper--vain man8 ,cannot thy senseless soul cast off form's deadening ban8 ,did human form alone suffice a man to make1 ,ahmed and ,ab-,jahl were one in grade1 in stake4 #abe ,a painting on a wall may show the human form4 ,but look and see what lacks1 the figure to inform4 ',tis life it wants1 and soul2--the pretty-looking thing6 ,ask for its life4 ,no6 ,no6 ,though portrait of a king4 ,the heads of all earth's lions bowed down meek and low1 ,when ,god the ,seven ,sleepers'#aeb dog applauded4 ,how6 ,to call it dog1 to charge it with defect of race1 ,no harm can do it2 ,god in heaven hath given it place4 ',twas not the pen prescrib'd the qualities of form2 ,th' ,omniscient1 the ,just1 'twas1 made it multiform4 #acj ,th' ,omniscient1 the ,just1 a ,spirit is1 ,all-,blest2 ,him no place holds2 ,he's not before1 behind1 east1 west4 ,he influences matter from ,his high abode2 ,but heaven of heavens cannot contain the ,spirit's mode40 ,that theme is endless4 ,let us then just turn away4 ,let's ask about the hare2 hear what he has to say4 ,sell off thy ass' ears2 with the price a fresh pair buy4 ,an ass's ears will never understand this cry4#aec ,go to4 ,examine well the hare's most foxy wile1-- ,the subtle stratagem that did the lion foil4 #ace ,wisdom's the seal by which great ,solomon did rule4 ,the whole world's but a frame1 and wisdom is its soul4 ,hence 'tis1 by wisdom's spell1 as clay on potter's wheel1 ,the seas1 the hills1 the plains1 are made man's power to feel4 ,the lion1 tiger1 leopard1 dread him as does mouse2 ,the shark1 the crocodile1 he follows to their house4 ,the demon and the fairy1 both constrained to flight1 ,have hid themselves from him1--are only seen by night4 ,the human being has his foes hid every side4 ,a prudent man by caution may in safety bide4 #adj ,those hidden foes1--the hideous1 and the fair as well1-- ,by day and night affect his heart with charm and spell4 ,thou enterest a river1 just to have a bathe2 ,a hidden thorn may pierce thy foot1 bared of its swathe4 ,thou seest it not4 ',tis hid at bottom of the stream4 ,thou feel'st it in thy foot2 thou knowest it's not a dream4 ,plagues1 troubles1 fears1 and cares1 of various degree1 ,all spring from many sides1 and fix themselves in thee4 ,bear all with patience2 slowly thou'lt experience gain4 ,thou'lt recognise the truth2 the dark will be made plain4 #ade ,at length thou'lt scout the vagaries of learned men1 ,and take unto thyself1 as patterns1 saints of ken4 ,the beasts on second thoughts resolved to hear puss out4 8,explain10 said they1 8what 'tis thou'dst have us set about4 ,let's hear2 'tis with the lion we shall have to do4 ,set forth thy plan2 let's see what stratagem's in view4 ,deliberation's ever wisdom's truest friend2 ,two heads than one are better1--lead to safer end4 ,the prophet spake3 #8,o ruling judge1 ere thou decide1 ,take counsel2 for 'tis said3 8,in councillors confide48'0 #aej ,the hare objects3 8,a secret's not for ev'ry clod4 ,odd even is at times2 and sometimes even's odd4 ,too closely with a mirror shouldst thou converse hold1 ,from prudery it umbrage takes1 grows dull2 the scold4 ,on matters three1 allow not oft thy lips to speak3 ,first1 going2 gold1 next2 third1 the path thou hast to seek4 ,these all have sundry enemies and deadly foes1 ,who'll lie in ambush1 each1 if he thy purpose knows4 ,if thou #8,adieu' to only one or two shouldst call1 ,remember3 #8,two's a secret2 three is none at all4' #aee ,if fast together thou shouldst bind birds1 two or three1 ,they'll quiet lie on earth1 nor strive themselves to free4 ,men hold it best to ask for counsel in wide terms4 ,beware2 and wrangle not with perverse pachyderms4 ,the ,prophet covertly men's counsel used to seek4 ,his answer he'd obtain2 his purpose did not leak4 ,he'd speak in parables1 and so convey his wish1 ,that foes might hear1 but not suspect its purport4 ,pish6 ,he'd ferret out in answers all he wished to learn2 ,and still not give an inkling of his thought's real turn40 #afj ,enough we've said of this4 ,now turn we to our tale4 ,by puss the lion's held right hungry in the vale4 ,and so it was2 the hare his counsel did conceal2 ,he would not let his comrades learn how he would deal4 ,some hours he now let pass before he took his leave2 ,then to the lion went1 their honour to retrieve4 ,he found the brute impatient1 chafing at delay1 ,from hunger's pangs fierce howling1 tearing every spray2 ,and roaring in his rage3 8,i knew it so would be6 ,those vile1 time-serving rascals6 ,thus they worry me6 #afe ,they're plausible1 smooth-speaking1 bland1 calm1 mild2 and still ,they've cheated me6 ,alas6 ,who will be cheated1 will6 ,a too complaisant prince most foully is let in6 ,who sees no farther than his nose1 none heeds a pin60 ,the path is smoothed beneath which lurks a deadly trap4 ,a missive's filled with compliments2 all mere clap-trap4 ,bland messages1 smooth words1 are but a hook or snare4 ,civility's a sandbank2 life's bark's oft wrecked there1 ,the sand from which a spring of water's seen to flow ,is rare to find4 ,go1 seek such4 ,where8 ,i do not know4 #agj ,yes1 yes6 ,be sure that sand's a holy man of ,god1 ,unto himself lost1 rapt1 in union with his ,lord4 ,religion's crystal waters flow from him apace2 ,disciples thence are edified and grow in grace4 ,a worldling is a sandbank1 void of moisture quite1 ,on which you may make shipwreck1 lose all chance of light4 ,seek wisdom1 then1 from wisdom's sons1 the pure of mind2 ,so mayest thou learn the way salvation's port to find4 ,a seeker after wisdom1 is1 of wisdom1 fount4 8,humanities0 he shuns2 them1 he does trash account4 #age ,a memory replete with holy ,qur'n's lore ,a 8hidden tablet0 is2#aed its mind is wisdom's store4 ,if man begin as pupil to good common sense1 ,he'll end by being teacher1--mind1 his audience4 ,man's mind declares1 as ,gabriel to ,ahmed there1#aee 8,one step beyond due limit leaves me ashes sere4 ,go forward1 man of ,god2 leave me2 ,i know my place4 ,to every one's not given to see ,god face to face40 ,whoever1 out of sloth1 endeavour's path shall quit1 ,and patience lose1 compulsion's creed must needs admit4 #ahj ,whoe'er affirms compulsion1 brings woe on himself1 ,until his troubles to the grave conduct the elf4 ,the ,prophet said3 8,my mission1 's truth to preach to man4 ,much trouble will surround it during my life's span40 ,compulsion's but the setting of a broken bone1#aef ,or binding of a muscle1 torn1 asunder gone4 ,thou hast not broke thy leg in travelling ,god's path4 ,why put thy leg in splints8 ,cast off the idle swath4 ,he that shall really lose a leg in ,god's just fight1 ,to him ,burq shall come1 a chariot of light4#aeg #ahe ,religion's carrier was he2 carried then he'll be4 ,god's precepts he accepted2 accepted now is he4 ,the ,great ,king's orders has he bravely carried out4 ,henceforward he's a herald2--shall ,god's judgments shout4 ,the planets until now may have affected him2 ,above the planets now he rests1 and rules their trim4 ,if forms material find much honour in thy sight1 ,thou'lt doubt the truth of writ3 8,the moon clave10 left and right4#aeh ,renew thy faith at heart1 not merely with mouth's gust1 ,o hypocrite1 who covertly dost worship lust4 #aij ,while lust is dominant1 faith cannot be so strong2 ,for lust's a bolt to close the door1 lest faith should throng4 ,the virgin text of ,god explain not thou away2 ,reform thyself2 deform not what the ,lord doth say4 ,as suits thy lusts thou comments makest on ,god's ,qur'n4 ,vile1 as by thee perverted1 is its sense1 base man4 ,thy case resemblance has with one of silly fly1 ,who once upon a time himself thought very high4 ,intoxicated was he1 though he'd sipp'd no wine4 ,like sunbeam's mote he saw himself most gaily shine4 #aie ,he'd heard of noble falcons scorning lure and cage2 ,and straightway dubbed himself the phnix of the age4 ,our fly on scrap of straw1 in pool from ass's ease1 ,had poised himself1 as though a sailor on the seas4 ,then cried3 8,lo6 ,i've called forth a sea and ship at will4 ,long since ,i 've had a notion1 pleasure's cup to fill4 ,behold a sea and ship of which ,i captain am1 ,imbued with naval science1 bold as any ram40 ,imagination thus had conjured up a sea4 ,to him it boundless seemed1 dwarfing credulity4 #bjj ,compared with him it was a truly boundless pool4 ,when people see with their own eyes1 call them not fool4 ,his universe was measured by his power of sight4 ,to such an eye such pool a sea was4 ,he was right4 ,a false interpreter of scripture is such fly4 ,his fancy is the urine pool on which straws ply4 ,if flies in fancy thus explain the things they see1 ,by fortune's freaks1 in turn1 a phnix each may be4 ,he's less than fly1 of whom this tale example lends2 ,his soul unworthy is ev'n of the frame it tends4 #bje ,just like the hare who'd lion undertake to fight1 ,how should his soul remain in his poor carcase1 slight8 ,the lion growled in tones of anger and of rage3 8,my ear it was bewrayed me2 war my foes did wage4 ,compulsionists' false wiles placed bandage on my eyes4 ,their wooden swords it was that stung my skin1 like flies4 ,henceforward ,i'll not list to such cajoleries1-- ,of elves and demons1 in the wilderness1 mere cries4 ,tear1 rend them2 ,o my heart1 pay no regard to them4 ,strip off their skins2 there's naught beneath2 mere stratagem40 #baj ,when words deceitful are employed as wraps for guile1 ,they're bubbles on the water1 only last a while4 ,such words are merely shell2 th' intent their kernel is2-- ,or coloured portraiture of man2 no life is his4 ,a shell may often cover kernel of foul smell4 ,a kernel sound can well afford to lose its shell4 ,if mind be pen2 if page be water1 in thy hands2 ,be not surpris'd when all that's written quick disbands4 ,on water 'tis to write1 t' expect good faith from bail4 ,regret must follow4 ,shrug your shoulders4 ,what avail6 #bae ,man with desires is oft puffed up1 and wishes vain4 ,put out desire2 you'll find ,jehovah's endless reign4 ,his messages are peace1 and sweet to pious soul2 ,for ,he alone's eternal1 free from change1 and whole4 ,men's prayers for kings and princes change full oft in tone4 ,the prayers of saints and prophets call on ,god alone4 ,th' existence of earth's sovereign's empty pomp and pride1 ,the glories of a prophet in his ,god abide4 ,the names of kings on coins are used a little while2 ,the name of ,ahmed there is ever seen to smile4#aei #bbj ,that name of ,ahmed covers all the prophets still2#afj ,as hundred1 when 'tis said1 ninety includes as well4 ,reflections such as these would never have an end4 ,so turn we through our hare and lion's tale to wend4 ,the hare but slowly towards the lion took his way4 ,wiles in his brain he hatched2 weighed what he had to say4 ,procrastination served him his design to fill2 ,he'd secrets1 one or two1 the royal mind to still4 ,how many worlds there are that hang on wisdom's worth4 ,how vast an ocean wisdom6 ,compasses the earth4 #bbe ,a shoreless ocean is the subtle mind of man ,a fearless diver sounds its depths2 as who else can8 ,our bodies drift about in mind's strong eddies still1 ,like basins on the water1 at the stream's sole will4 ,until they fill1 they float like bowls1 on ocean's brink2 ,and1 like the bowls1 when full1 they cannot choose but sink4 ,the wind's invisible2 a world without1 we see4 ,our bodies are the waves or drops of that vast sea4 ,whatever means our bodies seek to grasp1 anon1 ,a billow drives it far2 no sooner seen than gone4 #bcj ,until our hearts perceive the ,giver of all good1 ,the swiftly-flying bolt shot far from o'er the flood1 ,they hold their coursers to be lost2 and out of spite1 ,they push their roadsters hastily1 as thoughts invite4 ,they hold their coursers to be lost2 and all the while ,like noble courser1 roadster's borne them many a mile4 ,they now begin to wail1 distress'd1 and ask the way4 ,they knock at ev'ry door they see1 they beg1 they pray3 8,the stealer of our courser was a little child4 ,what horse is this1 my master8 ,seems it not too wild80 #bce 8,o yes1 a horse it is2 but not the horse you want4 ,come to your senses1 man2 to some one else go chant40 ,the soul is void of patency and fellowship4 ,thou1 like a wine-jar1 full within1 hast parched lip4 ,how shouldst thou e'er distinguish red from green or brown1 ,when these are all the colours unto thee well known8 ,and when thy mind is dazed by colour's magic round1 ,all colour's lost in one bright light diffused around4 ,those colours1 too1 all vanish from our view by night4 ,we learn from this1 that colour's only seen through light4 #bdj ,the sense of colour-seeing's not from light distinct4 ,so1 too1 the sudden rainbow of our mind's instinct4 ,from sunlight1 and the like1 all outer colours rise2 ,the inward tints that mark our minds1 from ,god's sunrise4 ,the light that lights the eye's the light that's in the heart4 ,eye's light is but derived from what illumes that part4 ,the light that lights the heart's the light that comes of ,god1 ,which lies beyond the reach of sense and reason1 clod6 ,by night we have no light2 no colour can we see4 ,thus1 light we learn by darkness1 its converse4 ,agree6 #bde ,a seeing of the light1 perception is of tints2 ,and these distinguished are through darkness' gloomy hints4 ,our griefs and sorrows were by ,god first introduced1 ,that joy to sense apparent thence should be reduced4 ,occult things1 thus1 by converse1 grow apparent1 all4 ,since ,god has no converse1 apparent ,he can't fall4 ,sight first saw light1 and then the colours saw4 ,from converse converse stands forth1 as ,frank from ,negro4 ,by converse of the light1 distinguish we the light2 ,a converse 'tis that converse shows unto our sight4 #bej ,the light of ,god no converse has in being's bound2 ,by converse1 then1 man has not its distinction found4 ,our eyes cannot distinguish ,god1 decidedly2 ,though ,he distinguish ,moses and the ,mount from thee4 ,form and ideal1 gnat and lion1 word and sense1 ,sound of the voice and thought1 learnst thou by dissidence1 ,the words and sounds take rise from exercise of thought4 ,the sea of thought is where8 ,of this thou knowest naught4 ,words1 as thou seest1 rise as waves upon the sea4 ,the sea of thought thou knowest great1 immense to be4 #bee ,the waves of thought arise1 by breath of knowledge raised2 ,they take the forms of words1 of sounds1 which ear has seized4 ,through words have forms arisen1 and passed away again2 ,as waves still lose themselves beneath the ocean's main4 ,from realm of formlessness1 existence doth take form2 ,and fades again therein3 8,to ,him we must return40#afa ,each moment1 then1 for thee death and return await1 ,as ,ahmed hath declared3 8,life's transitory40#afb ,wait6 ,thoughts1 bolts are1 shot by ,god into the air like dust4 ,whose thoughts can reach to ,god1 through densest air of lust8 #bfj ,the world's renewed each moment1 though we still remain ,in ignorance that permanence can change sustain4 ,life1 like a river1 ceaselessly1 is still renewed2 ,and apes persistency1 in forms by change subdued1 ,through fleetness it puts on continuity's shape2 ,like squib when 'tis revolved in dark by boy with tape4 ,a flash of flame1 through motion's necessary speed1 ,appears unto our eyes a fire of size1 indeed4 ,its length and its extension1 through quickness of fact1 ,appear to be effects of ,god's creative act4 #bfe ,a student of this mystery1 a doctor of great skill1 ,is our ,husmu-'d-,dn1#afc whose praises books would fill4 ,the lion1 now enraged with hunger's gnawing pain1 ,perceived the hare was coming1 bounding o'er the plain4 ,all carelessly1 in confidence1 he frisking came1 ,the lion all the while growled1 gnashed his teeth from shame4 ,no consciousness of fault was visible1 no fear2 ,but confidence1 sure sign his conscience he felt clear4 ,when he'd reached hearing range1 the lion him addressed ,in tones of wrath3 8,thou demon1 insolent1 possessed6 #bgj ,know ,i'm a lion2 elephants my prey ,i make4 ,the tigers1 spotted pards1 by me are caused to quake4 ,a petty hare am not ,i1 slighted thus to be1 ,or see my just dominion spurned by likes of thee4 ,cast off assumed prim innocence1 awake to fact2 ,thou hear'st the lion's roar2 forget not thus the pact40 ,the hare replied3 8,gramercy6 ,hear my poor excuse4 ,let me explain4 ,your ,majesty will ne'er refuse40 ,the lion now3 8,excuse8 ,thou basest of the base6 ,is this the time to pay thy court8 ,a pretty case6 #bge ,unseasonably crowing cock art thou6 ,reprieved8 ,excuse from simpleton can never be received4 ,a simpleton's excuse is worse than was his fault4 ,excuse of ignorance were science to assault4 ,excuse from thee1 thou hare1 were quite devoid of sense4 ,take thou me not for hare2 with me strive not to fence40 ,the hare to him3 8,o prince6 ,have pity on the weak6 ,lend ear unto the tales of them who justice seek4 ,thankoffering let it be for thy august estate4 ,poor supplicant like me1 thou'lt not drive from thy gate4 #bhj ,great river like1 thy boons stream aye through all canals2 ,each flower that decks thy hair in price rich pearls excels4 ,the sea is not dried up by yielding showers of rain4 ,thy ease will not decrease by lessening of my pain40 ,the lion then3 8,my clemency ,i show to those ,who've it deserved4 ',tis stature rules the length of clothes40 ,the hare3 8,give ear4 ,should ,i of grace unworthy prove1 ,i'm at thy feet4 ,my life is thine1 ,i cannot move4 ,at morning's early hour ,i set out for thy court4 ,companion had ,i with me4 ,true1 the way is short4 #bhe ,that second hare ,i speak of1 food was for thy maw2 ,by lot selected1 as the pact lays down the law4 ,upon the road1 a lion on us onslaught made4 ,the savage1 strange invader1 rendered us afraid4 ,i remonstrated with him2 told him our intent2 ,said we were coming here2 by treaty were we sent4 ,he answered3 #8,prate not to me4 ,treaty such as this ,no value has4 ,i'm king4 ,he a usurper is4 ,thy paltry king and thee ,i'll quickly rend in two1 ,if thou and thy companion will not with me go4' #bij ,i craved of him permission1 him to leave awhile1 ,till ,i could come and tell thee of his claim and guile4 ,he granted leave2 but kept my fellow as a pledge2 ,saying otherwise he'd kill me1 as his privilege4 ,we strove to coax and pacify the sturdy brute4 ',twas no avail4 ,my mate he'd keep2 me he'd depute4 ,my comrade three times was in bulk more full than ,i2 ,more plump1 more sleek1 more toothful4 ,dare ,i tell a lie8 ,henceforward1 through that lion1 who can come this way8 ,the case is so4 ,i've told thee truly all my say4 #bie ,from hence1 for evermore1 thy ration's lost1 forsooth4 ,the truth ,i speak to thee4 ,unpleasant oft is truth4 ,wouldst thou thy ration have1 arise and clear the way4 ,come on4 ,i'll guide4 ,let's see1 then1 who shall win the day40 ,the lion now3 8,in ,god's name6 ,come6 ,where is the beast8 ,go thou before1 if thou speak truth4 ,take heed at least4 ,i'll treat him as he merits1 and a hundred such4 ,but should this prove a lie1 thou'lt rue it very much40 ,the hare set out in front1 so acting as a guide1 ,that he might lead the lion as he should decide4 #cjj ,a well there was not far off1 which the hare had seen4 ,this pit he destined for the lion's last death-scene4 ,they journeyed thus1 the two1 towards the well in haste1 ,the scheming1 plotting hare's fell stratagem to taste4 ,a stream of water freely bears the chaff away2 ,but how it undermines a mountain's hard to say4 ,all single-handed1 ,moses1--,red ,sea at command1-- ,can drown pursuing ,pharaoh's vast ungodly band4 ,a gnat1 by ,god's behest1 a ,nimrod may annul2 ,its feeble wings may burst the sutures of his skull4#afd #cje ,the doom of him who acts on what a foe adjusts1 ,is like the end of one his envier who trusts4 ,the punishment of ,pharaoh's listening to ,haman1#afe ,resembles ,nimrod's1 who faith pinned upon ,satan4#aff ,a foe who talks in friendly guise1 a false game plays2 ,he vaunts the bait2 but be thou sure1 a trap he lays4 ,his proffered sugarcandy poison will conceal4 ,his seeming kindly offices are treachery's veil4 ,should ,god ordain thy fall1 thy sight will blinded be2 ',twixt friend and foe the difference thou'lt fail to see4 #caj ,since thus it is1 betimes betake thyself to prayer2 ,fast1 supplicate1 entreat thee gracious ,god to spare4 ,thus pray3 8,o ,thou1 to whom all secrets well are known1 ,crush not ,thy trusting servant 'neath sore trial's stone4 ,if doglike acts ,i've acted1 ,thou who lions formest1 ,o let not loose upon me lions ,thou informest4 ,o ,lord of mercy1 ,pardoner of sin1 ,all-just1 ,upon me vengeance wreak not1 or succumb ,i must4 ,cause not ,thy pleasant waters me to burn like fire2 ,let not the fiery furnace form of stream acquire4 #cae ,if ,thou me madden with the vials of dismay1 ,thou'lt make nonentities the parts of things to play40 ,what's madness8 ',tis a bandage to the eye of faith4 ,a stone we see as pearl1 an island as a frith4 ,what's madness8 ,false to judge of every stick and straw4 ,to seek the violet's perfume in hip and haw4 ,one day1 when ,solomon a camp had formed afield1 ,the birds all flocked around him1 homage due to yield4 ,they found he spake their language1 all their secrets knew4 ,with pleasure1 birds of every kind about him flew4 #cbj ,the birds with ,solomon all left their twit-twit-twee1 ,and spake a tongue articulate2 as one might see4 ,synglottism is a link1 a very potent spell2#afg ,among mere strangers1 man's a captive in a cell4 ,how many ,turks and ,hinds synglottise with us2 ,how many pairs of each are strange as incubus6 ,a synglottist is then a man's another self2 ,but syncardism1 than synglottism's much closer1 elf4 ,besides our words1 our signs1 our written characters1 ,from hearts1 there rise by hundreds mute interpreters4 #cbe ,the birds about their secrets one by one communed2 ,about their knowledge1 sciences1 and voices tuned4 ,to pay their court to ,solomon their notes they raised2 ,revealed their capabilities2 skill of each praised4 ,not out of pride and vanity2 excess 'twould seem2 ,but solely to please ,solomon1 gain his esteem4 ,so slaves that seek for favour at a master's hand ,exert themselves to name the talents they command4 ,but if they feel ashamed of one would them purchase1 ,straightway they're sick1 halt1 deaf1 or something still more base4 #ccj ,the turn then came for hoopoe's setting forth his skill1 ,to say what he could do1 what office he could fill4 ,said he3 8,o ,king1 one little talent's all ,i own4 ,i'll tell it in few words2 succinctness is a crown40 ,said ,solomon3 8,let's hear it4 ,what then is thy skill80 ,the hoopoe answered3 8,this4--,i perch where'er ,i will4 ,from my seat ,i look down like plumbline on the ground1 ,and see if hidden water under it is found2 ,where is it2 at what depth2 what are its qualities2 ,whence takes its rise2 from rock1 sand1 clay's varieties4 #cce ,o ,solomon1 whene'er thou send'st thy armies forth1 ,me call to mind2 my skill is surely notice worth40 ,to him replied then ,solomon3 8,esteemed good friend1 ,thee ,i will name ,purveyor-,general on land4 ,whene'er my troops go forth1 through sandy deserts sent1 ,with them thou'lt journey2 so1 ne'er will be water scant40 ,the crow on hearing this with jealousy was stung4 ,addressing ,solomon1 he said3 8,this bird a lie has sung4 ,his insolence is great to boast thus to the king4 ,such falsehood's quite disgusting4 ,who's heard such a thing8 #cdj ,had he possessed this very wonderful insight1 ,would he be caught in springes barely out of sight8 ,he cannot see those traps beneath a little mound2 ,so caught he is1 and caged4 ,high dudgeon thence is found40 ,said ,solomon3 8,o hoopoe1 true is this remark4 ,a gulp of vanity has set thee raving1 stark4 ,how is it thou'rt so tipsy early in the day1 ,to come and prate of things so far out of the way80 ,the hoopoe then replied3 8,great ,king1 against poor me1 ,for love of ,god1 believe not all my foes' false plea4 #cde ,if untruth ,i have spoken1--cannot prove my tale1-- ,i cast myself before thee2 kill me without fail4 ,the crow denies the rule of ,providence on earth2 ,with all his cunning1 he's a miscreant from birth40 ,of miscreants' defects1 if any one in us ,exist1 it's sure to spread1--a plague-spot cancerous4 ,a snare man may detect in every lust of flesh1 ,if ,god's decree will not he fall into its mesh4 ,by ,god's decree our reason ceases clear to see1 ,as moon1 when darkened all1 can hide the sun from me4 #cej ,whoever dares deny ,god's ruling providence1 ',tis ,providence decrees his blindness1 want of sense4 ,the ,father of ,mankind1 ,lord ,nomenclator first1#afh ,in every nerve possess'd a vein of knowledge nursed4 ,he knew the names of all things1 right1 without default4 ,from first to last his mind could hold them from revolt4 ,whatever name he gave1 that name endured unchanged4 ,if he said3 8,this thing's active10 slothful it ne'er ranged4 ,he knew at first who was believer in ,god's word4 ,he from the first1 too1 knew the miscreant toward his ,lord4 #cee ,from one who knows them well1 of things seek thou the fames1 ,and mystery of the symbol3 8,god taught him the names40#afi ,the name of everything1 with us1 is what it seems2 ,with ,god1 the name of everything1 what ,he it deems4 ,by ,moses was his staff a simple rod proclaimed2 ,by its ,creator1 ,god1 a dragon was it named4 #8,umer#agj idolater was classed by each array2 ,god him believer called upon creation's day4 ,what is by man termed seed upon this transient heath1 ,impressed by ,god was with the seal3 8,father of death40#aga #cfj ,in realm of nullity that seed received a form1 ,existent with its ,god2 nor less1 nor more2 a worm4 ,result thereof sprung forth the essence of our name ,with the ,creator1 who will be our final aim4 ,he each one names according to his last estate1 ,not with respect to that which is but passing fate4 ,so soon as mind of man with light has gained its strength1 ,it spies the soul1 and mysteries of every name1 at length4 ,when man perceives therein the kingdom of truth's rays1 ,he falls in adoration1 worships1 spends his days4 #cfe ,that ,adam's praise1 whose blessed name we're proud to bear1#agb ,should ,i recite till judgment-day1 would not end there4 ,decree of ,providence so willed1 with all his lore1 ,one single prohibition known1 cost him right sore4 ,he asked3 8,was prohibition laid1 joy to prevent2 ,or can1 by gloss1 evasion unto it be lent80 ,to his mind1 explanation having been inferred1 ,his appetites1 perplexed1 to taste the wheat preferred4#agc ,a thorn the foot of ,eden's gardener thus rent4 ,a thief the chance perceived1 the garden robbed1 and went4 #cgj ,amazement o'er1 the gardener's himself again4#agd ,he saw the thief had carried off th' unguarded train4 ,he sobbed aloud3 8,my ,god1 ,i've deeply sinned20 and sighed3 8,a darkness came1 and from the road ,i turn'd aside40 ,decree of ,god was thus a cloud the sun to veil4 ,a lion1 dragon1 were a mouse beneath that bale4 ,when judgment's needed1 should ,i not detect a snare1 ,not ,i alone am blind1 my weakness others share4 ,blest he1 whose steadfast feet have never gone astray6 ,who waywardness has shunned1 and taught his tongue to pray6 #cge ,should ,god's decree encompass thee with blackest night1 ,the same decree will readily help set thee right4 ,should ,providence at times thy life to menace seem1 ',twas ,providence that gave it1 can prolong its gleam4 ,should life's events appear to threaten every way1 ,god can in heaven prepare a home for thee to stay4 ,what 'tis thou tremblest at1 a special favour count1 ,designed to bring thee safe to ,zion's holy mount4 ,and now we turn again from morals1--they've no end1-- ,to see how fares it with our lion and his friend4 #chj ,they came to where the well was4 ,here the lion saw ,the hare his pace had slackened1 backward 'gan to draw4 ,at this he remonstrated3 8,what art thou about6 ,come forward still4 ,the enemy we must find out40 ,the hare replied3 8,i have no power to move a foot4 ,from fear ,i faint4 ,i tremble2 courage has ebbed out4 ,thou seest how pale my face2 like ashes ,i've become2 ,an indication sure of fear1 most troublesome4 ,god hath the countenance the mind's true index named4 ,the adept keeps his eye on countenance enchained4 #che ,a face's colour tell-tale is1 like tinkling bell4 ,a horse's neigh of other steeds' approach will tell4 ,a sound from anything attention brings to pass2 ',tis thus we know the creak of door from bray of ass4 ,the ,prophet said1 no point of character t' asperse3 #8,enigma is a man until he's heard converse4' ,the colour in man's face makes known how stands the heart4 ,compassion take on me2 thy sympathy impart4 ,enjoyments sensual give man a rosy face2 ,the fame of pale-faced men reports good sense and grace4 #cij ,i feel within me what makes all my joints seem weak2 ,it's borne away my colour1 strength1 and power to speak4 ,it casts down whomsoe'er it chances to attack2 ,as tempest uproots trees it meets upon its track4 ,i'm subjected to that by which both men and beasts ,are turned to stocks and stones2--to say the very least4 ,they are but parts2 that thing a universal is4 ,it makes men's faces pale2 gives ashiness where 'tis2 ,as long as nature mournful is1 or full of glee2-- ,as long as fields now verdant1 naked then we see4 #cie ,the sun each morning rises1 joying in his course2 ,at eve sinks down again1 and goes from bad to worse4 ,the planets circulating1 each within its sphere1 ,are subject to immersion when the sun they near4 ,the moon in splendour far excels each tiny star4 ,but near its change it dwindles almost to a hair4 ,the very earth1 that in firm steadfastness doth sit1 ,when subject to an earthquake1 shakes as in a fit4 ,how many regions in the world1 encroaching sands ,have changed from gardens into bare and sterile lands4 #djj ,the air1 that with its breezes gives new life to all1 ,when ,providence ordains1 brings pestilence and thrall4 ,sweet water's running stream1 a very source of life1 ,in pond confined1 turns fetid1 black1 and poison-rife4 ,the fire1 so arrogant when fed with breezes long1 ,with one puff is extinguished by a breath too strong4 ,the sea1 now boisterous with waves and swelling tide1 ,at times is like a mirror1 shrinking from land's side4 ,the sky1 revolving night and day1 is never still2 ,the seven planets like1 it works its ,maker's will4 #dje ,those planets1 too1 in apogee and perigee1--what not1-- ,auspicious1 inauspicious are in several lot4 ,thyself consider2--little part1 of universals mixed2-- ,and thou'lt divine the state of all extended1 fixed4 ,since universals are by no means free from toil1 ,how should a petty part escape from trouble's moil8 ,a part1 too1 that's compound of every opposite1-- ,of fire1 and air1 and water2 adding earth its mite4 ,if sheep from wolf should flee1 there's really wonder none2 ,to see them herd together 'd 'stonish every one4 #daj ,life springs from concord of th' ingredient opposites4 ,and death results when discord their pact disunites4 ,god's mercy hath appointed every lion's mate2 ,and unto each wild ass a fit associate4 ,but since the world in trouble prison-like offends1 ,what wonder that all's transient1--that all suffering ends80 ',twas thus the hare the lion tricked with specious lies2 ,and added3 8,hence the reason why ,i cannot rise40 ,the lion answered3 8,i see naught to cause thy fear4 ,point out to me the object seems to thee so drear40 #dae ,the hare then3 8,in this well thy foe takes his repose4 ,his stronghold is this pit1 where he's secure from woes4 ,a wise man hides himself at bottom of a well2 ,for 'tis in solitude heart's choicest raptures dwell4 ,seclusion's gloom is easier borne than wrongs from men4 ,who craves a victor's mercy1 saves his life just then40 ,the lion muttered3 8,onward come4 ,my arm is strong4 ,go look4 ,at home is he8 ,he'll not live long40 ,the hare3 8,alas6 ,already ,i've endured his gaze4 ,take me unto thy breast4 ,my mind is all amaze4 #dbj ,from off thy back1 most potent lord and prince1 ,i'll look down in the well4 ,i'll neither blink nor wince40 ,the lion took him on his back without more fuss4 ,so1 under this protection to the well went puss4 ,they both looked down2 and in the water there ,reflection shadowed forth a lion and a hare4 ,the lion saw his own shape in the water shine3 8,another lion10 thought he1 8with fat hare on chine40 ,his foe he fancied1 thus1 that in the well he'd spied4 ,the hare he set down safely2 in leapt he with pride4 #dbe ,he thus fell in the pit he had for others dug4 ,iniquity will visit those who drink out of her mug4 ,iniquity's a pit into which tyrants fall4 ,such is the firm conviction of our wise men all4 ,the wickeder a man1 the deeper does he sink4 ,so justice wills2 and so1 the wrong'd will doubtless think4 ,o thou who in thy might injustice dost commit1 ,for thy own self a pit thou diggest2 our tale to wit4 ,thou weavest round thyself a web1 as does silkworm2 ,thou'lt not escape unless to justice thou conform4 #dcj ,look not upon the weak as quite without a friend4 ,reflect2 'tis said3 8,when ,god's help comes40#age ,where's then thy end8 ,if thou'rt an elephant in strength1 the weak will flee ,to his ,protector4 ,then the ,lord's wrath shalt thou see4 ,whenever wrong's weak victim on his ,god doth call1 ,a clamour rises from the ranks in heaven's hall4 ,if with his blood1 in pride1 thou stain thy teeth just now1 ,the toothache shall avenge him2 dentist's victim thou4 ,the lion saw himself reflected in the well4 ,through blindest rage himself from foe he could not tell4 #dce ,he thought his own reflection was his hated foe1 ,and slew himself while seeking on him to work woe4 ,so tyrant1 when thou seest injustice in the world1 ,thyself behold4 ,those deeds thy banner have unfurled4 ,thine are included with them in ,god's just decree4 ,thy rage1 greed1 lust's reward most certainly thou'lt see4 ,they are thy very self2 in them thou art condemned4 ,thou judgest them2 in selfsame manner thou'rt contemned4 ,in thy own acts thou seest not the sin thou work'st2 ,or otherwise thy own self's foe thou'dst be from first4 #ddj ,it is thyself against whom thou mak'st thy attack2 ,just as the lion took the hare upon his back4 ,if thou'd sound deep to bottom of the moral well4 ,thyself thou'dst find there2 thy own acts would plainly tell4 ,the lion at the bottom found out who was there4 ,let him as likeness serve of many who are here4 ,whoe'er beats out the teeth of weaker than himself1 ,commits the lion's error2--springs upon himself4 ,o thou who loath'st a mole upon thy neighbour's cheek1 ,reflect4 ',tis but an image4 ,thy own features seek4 #dde ,believers are as mirrors2 each sees self in each4 ,so said the ,prophet4 ,his words to us truth may teach4 ,thou wearest spectacles1 of blue1 or red1 or green2 ,and thence thou judgest all is tinged with that sheen4 ,if thou wilt use a window glazed with coloured glass1 ,thou may'st expect the sun will seem of that same class4 ,if thou'rt not mad1 thou'lt know the colour is thy own4 ,thyself call evil4 ,henceforth others leave alone4 ,believers see with eye of faith1--the light of ,god4 ,how else to them were visible all things' synod8 #dej ,if thou examine things with hell-fire in thy heart1 ,how canst thou see distinct the good and bad apart4 ,seek by degrees to drown that fire in holy light4 ,so shalt thou1 sinner1 soon1 thy weakness change for might4 ,and do ,thou1 ,lord1 asperge from mercy's cleansing stream1 ,to change the fire of sin to light of faith supreme4 ,the ocean's waters are a mere drop in ,thy hand2 ,the streams of mercy1 fire of wrath1 at ,thy command4 ,if ,thou so will1 the fire a pleasant stream may be4 ,and at ,thy word1 a lake a fiery pit we'd see4 #dee ,from ,thee spring our devotions1 supplications1 prayers4 ',tis ,thou deliverest the victims from their slayers4 ,without our supplication1 ,thou entreaty gavest4 ,the stores of ,thy great mercy for all men ,thou savest4 ,the hare1 for his deliverance1 jubilant set out1 ,to join his fellows1 scattered in their homes about4 ,he saw the lion prone at bottom of the well2 ,then rapidly went back his stratagem to tell4 ,he clapped his hands for joy at his escape from death1 ,exuberant as plant sprouts from the earth beneath4 #dfj ,its stalk and leaf break forth from prison underground4 ,it rears itself apace1 makes friends with th' air around4 ,the leaves burst from the stem1 and spread themselves abroad2 ,until by growth a tree1 whose grace all men applaud4 ,it now expands in thanks for favours of the ,lord2 ,each leaf1 flower1 fruit intones a hymn of praise1 like bard4 8,thou1 ,giver of all good things1 nourishedst my root4 ,and madest me become a strongly growing shoot40 ,our souls1 shut up in prison in our frames of clay1 ,so break forth into raptures when they're called away4 #dfe ,they dance for very joy1 from love of ,god ,allwise1 ,when1 like full moon perfected1 they in glory rise4 ,material beings1 thus1 their dance perform1 and souls4 ,ask not of them the subject of their hyperboles4 ,the hare had lodged the lion in a dungeon safe4 ,more shame for lion was it1 hare should make him chafe4 ,just so a shame it is1 and subject for surprise1 ,the state in which he's left1 who ,fakhru-'d-,dn would rise4#agf ,o1 he's a lion1 sure1 at bottom of a well4 ,his pride of flesh the hare that cast him down to hell4 #dgj ,his pride1 the hare1 at large1 disporting as it will2 ,himself down in the pit4 ,o1 what a bitter pill6 ,the lion-slaying hare now scampered to his friends1 ,exclaiming3 8,good news bring ,i2 let joy know no ends6 ,good news6 ,good news6 ,festivities bring into play6 ,the hell-cat's gone to hell1 from which he came our way4 ,good news6 ,good news6 ,that foe to all our lives1 and peace4 ,has had his teeth extracted1 through our ,maker's grace4 ,he who so many crushed with paw of tyranny1 ,like rubbish has been swept by death's broom clean away40 #dge ,a convocation now was held by all the beasts1 ,hilarity and joy enlivened all their breasts4 ,about the hare1 as candle1 they1 moths-like1 all flocked4 ,all their respects presented2 none were found who mocked4 ,they all declared3 8,thou art an angel by heaven sent 7,angel of death1 however1 he to lion went74 ,whatever thou may'st be1 our souls thy sacrifice6 ,thou'st triumphed4 ,for such prowess praise will not suffice4 ,our ,god it was endowed thee with such wondrous skill4 ,may ,god be praised6 ,deliverance is by ,his will4 #dhj ,pray1 tell us all about it4 ,how was such thing done8 ,how couldst thou compass to deceive th' experienced drone8 ,relate in full4 ',twill comfort give to all our souls4 ,detail the facts2 balm will they be for bygone doles4 ,recount at length2 for1 ah1 how many tyrannies ,did we not suffer from him1 who now stark dead lies60 ,quoth he3 8,most venerable ,sirs6 ,god's grace did all4 ,what could a hare accomplish without ,him at call8 ,he strength of purpose gave me1--light from heaven above4 ,that light it was that nerved me in my every move4 #dhe ,god granteth crowning grace1 to further cause of truth1 ',tis ,god also who sends vicissitudes on earth4 ,he1 'tis1 alternately1 who parties makes prevail4 ,now mere opinionists1 now men of light avail4 ,if then1 in turn1 thou now thyself find uppermost1 ,why let hypocrisy1 presumption1 make thee boast80 ,joy not o'er great prosperity4 ,it does not last4 ,airs give not thou thyself2 thou'rt but a passing guest4 ,they whose eternal kingship lasts beyond all times1#agg ,who sing ,god's praise beyond the seven spheres and climes1 #dij ,they more endure than transient reigns of kings' short rolls4 ,they are the never-failing feeders of men's souls4 ,if thou the pleasures of the world short time forego1 ,eternal bliss may compensate th' imbroglio4 ,know that this nether world but for a period lasts4 ,t' abandon it1 eternal rest to man forecasts4 ,give ear4 ,forsake all mundane ease1 all earthly rest2 ,then will thy soul enjoy heaven's cup with double zest4 ,cast thou the carcase vile of earthly pomp to dogs4 ,the cup of mere surmise reject2 the soul it clogs4 #die ,,vi4 ,the ,greater 7,spiritual7 ,warfare4 ,great ,princes all6 ,we've killed our dread external foe4 ,within us1 still1 a worse than he remains1 ,i trow4 ,to slay this inner foe is not the task of mind2 ,our moral lion's not destroyed by tricks refined4 ,our flesh1 a hell2 that hell a fiery dragon is4 ,whole oceans can't extinguish those fierce flames of his4 ,earth's seven oceans all were lost within his maw2 ,his raging fires would still burn high1 to mankind's awe4 ,pitcoal1 hard-hearted miscreants2 these are its food2#agh ,they sink within it1 miserable1 abject brood4 #e ,withal1 its craving hunger ne'er will be appeased1 ,until the voice of ,god cry unto it3 8,art eased80 8,eased80 will it answer2 8,no2 not yet awhile by far2 ,behold my flame1 my fury1--burning1 fiery roar40 ,it swallows down a universe in its fell mood2 ,and instantly shrieks out3 8,more food6 ,more food6 ,more food60 ,god1 from nubiquity1#agi ,his foot will stamp on hell4 ,then will it cease to burn3 8,he willed1 and it befell60#ahj ,our fleshly lusts in us are but a part of hell2 ,parts have the qualities of their universal4 #aj ,the foot of ,god alone can stamp out hell's alarms4 ,who else but ,god supreme to bend such bow has arms8 ,straight arrows serve alone to be shot from a bow2 ,but lust's distorted spring shoots crooked arrows too4 ,be thou in mind upright as arrow straight for bow4 ,a bow will not shoot straight1 unless the arrow's so4 ,we've fought our fight and conquered in our outward strife4 ,now turn we our attention to the inner life4 ,we've done with outer warfare1 lesser as it is2 ,and as the ,prophet1 wage the greater warfare1 his4 #ae ,we put our trust in ,god2 from ,him we ask for aid2 ,with ,his assistance faith can move a mountain staid4 ,to rout an armed foe is nothing very fresh2 ,a lion true is he who conquers his own flesh4 ,to illustrate this truth1 give ear unto a tale1 ,that thou of these few words the moral mayest inhale4 ,from ,csar#aha an ambassador to #8,umer came1#ahb ,through deserts far-extending1 from ,madna's fame4#ahc ,he asked3 8,where is the palace of the ,caliph1 men2#ahd ,that ,i to it may lead my cavalcade1 my train80 #bj ,the people answered3 8,thou'lt no ,caliph's palace find1 ,our ,caliph's sole pavilion's his enlightened mind4 ,through his #8,commandership' his fame to ,rome has come2#ahe ,but like our other poor1 a hut's his ample home4 ,how shouldst thou see that palace1 brother1 stranger1 guest1 ,when in thy mind's eye thou a beam hast1 unconfessed8 ,cast out that beam2 make clear thy eye from every mote ,then mayst thou entertain the hope to see his cote40 ,whoever shall his heart cleanse from all passions' bale1 ,will soon perceive therein a court and presence hale4 #be ,when ,ahmed's heart was cleansed of evil's fire and smoke1#ahf ,whichever way he turned1 ,god's countenance bespoke4#ahg ,so long as man keeps company with evil thought1 ,how can he understand ,god's countenance in aught8 ,he that a window's pierced from heart towards heaven's recess1 ,sees in each mote a ray from ,sun of ,righteousness4#ahh ,god shines apparent in the midst of other things1 ,as moon in majesty among the stars' twinklings4 ,place thou two finger-tips upon thy two eyeballs4 ,what seest thou now of all the world8 ,darkness befalls4 #cj ,thou seest it not2 but that the world exists1 thou'lt trust4 ,our vices are the finger-tips of fleshly lust4 ,thy finger-tips remove2 instanter1 as before1 ,thou lookest around and seest whate'er thou wilt explore4 ,his people asked of ,noah where righteousness might be4 ,he said3 8,lo1 there6 ,with muffled heads you cannot see4 ,you've wrapped your cloaks in folds about your heads and eyes4 ,your sense of sight cannot see what before you lies40 ,the world's eye man is2 all the rest's mere skin and shell4 ,a real eye's he who strives his 8,friend0 to see right well4#ahi #ce ,unless we see our ,friend1 'twere better we were blind1 ,a friend that is not constant's better out of mind4 ,when ,rome's ambassador had heard those words so wise1#aij ,his eager curiosity began to rise4 ,he sought for #8,umer with redoubled zeal and zest2 ,but in so doing lost his horse1 and eke his chest4 ,he wandered everywhere to seek the ,caliph out4 ,like one distracted asked each passer-by his route4 8,is't possible10 he said1 8that such a man there be1 ,when like the soul to sight invisible is he80 #dj ,he sought for him as though he 'd been his truant slave1 ,but3 8,he who seeks shall find0 's a very well-known stave4 ,a desert-,arab woman saw he at the last1 ,who told him #8,umer1 then1 beneath date-palm slept fast4 ,beneath a date-palm6 ,far from mankind's busy plod4 ,that date-palm's shadow shaded the ,shadow of ,god6#aia ,he went towards the tree2 a station took afar2 ,he saw #8,umer2 a fit of trembling showed his fear4 ,on that ambassador did awe and dread alight4 ,while o'er his heart there stole a sense of sweet delight4 #de ,two feelings1 love and dread1 by nature opposites1 ,were mingled in his bosom by some occult rites4 ,he thought within himself3 8,i've many princes seen2 ,in sovereign presence ,i have ever welcome been4 ,this fit of awe and trembling's very strange to me2 ,and yet without dismay this man ,i cannot see4 ,i've been in forests where the lions make their lair2 ,i've met them face to face2 yet knew not what was fear4 ,in battle ,i've been1 oft2 in thickest of the fight4 ,my arm's upheld our cause1 when in most desperate plight4 #ej ,wounds have ,i dealt1 received1 that threatened life to take1 ,among the brave1 the bravest2 my heart knew no quake4 ,this man is weaponless1 supine upon the ground4 ,why then this tremor8 ,it my every limb has bound4 ,a ghostly awe is this2 it's not a mortal fear4 ,most certainly it's not a dread of this man here4 ,he who fears ,god has admonition of the ,lord2 ,both men and demons stand in awe of his mere word40 ,mute he remained in reverential attitude1 ,till #8,umer woke from his trance of beatitude4 #ee ,profound obeisance and grave salutation made1 ,as said the ,prophet3 8,first1 salute2 then1 embassade40 ,the ,caliph answered3 8,and on thee be peace6 ,draw near20 ,assured him of protection2 bade him put off fear4 8,fear not0 a word of comfort is to trembling soul2 ,a generous tribute 'tis1 when strong with weak condole4 ,men set at ease the object whom they wish to raise1-- ,relieve his heart from palpitation2 bid fears cease4 ,but unto one who feels no dread how say3 8,fear not08 ,what lesson's this thou givest to one whose lesson's got8 #fj ,so #8,umer put at ease that much perturbed man2 ,and calmed his wavering mind1 as noble hearts best can4 ,to him he then addressed some subtle words of sense1 ,set forth the attributes of ,god1--man's best defence1 ,declared the goodness of the ,lord to all who trust ,in ,him alone2 the rank they gain in trance combust4 ,saint's ecstasy springs from a glimpse of ,god1 his pride4 ,his station's that of intimate4 ,he's bridegroom2 ,god is bride4#aib ,a bride's veiled graces are not seen by groom alone2 ,her unveiled charms solely to him in private shown4 #fe ,in state she first appears before the people all2 ,her veil removed1 the groom alone is at her call4 ,entranced are many ,gnostic worshippers1 ,i ween2 ,few gain admission to the presence-chamber scene4 #8,umer told all the stations passed through by his soul2-- ,its flights1 fights1 tribulations1 ere it was made whole4 ,he spoke of times when flight of time's of no account2 ,of ,holiness's station1 glorious to recount4 ,he talked of atmospheres in which his righteous soul ,had soared to seek fresh conquests of devotion's whole4 #gj ,its every flight had been beyond th' horizon scant2 ,beyond the hope1 or e'en desire1 of aspirant4 ,he found a willing list'ner in the stranger guest1 ,whose mind was framed t' investigate such mysteries blest4 ,the teacher was perfection2 novice full of zeal2 ,like clever jockey on a steed with lightning heel4 ,he found his scholar apt1 of great capacity4 ,so good seed sowed in fertile soil sagacity4 ,th' ambassador now asked3 8,of true believers ,prince6 ,how can a soul from heaven come down to earth's province2-- #ge ,how can so great a bird be cooped up in a cage80 ,he answered3 8,god speaks words of power1 most sage4 ,those words1 addressed to nothings without eyes or ears1 ,set them in motion4 ,like a ferment1 fruit it bears4 ,those words no sooner spoken1 quick those nothings all ,in motion put themselves1 and reach existence' hall4 ,or ,he commands these beings1 creatures of ,his own2 ,and they return to nothing1 whence ,he them had drawn4 ,he speaks unto the flowers2 they forthwith burst in bloom4 ,his voice the flint hears2 lo1 it's a cornelian stone4 #hj ,a spell ,he laid on matter2 spirit it became4 ,by charm from ,him the sun sprang forth1 a lambent flame4 ,if ,he but whisper words of awe1 the sun again ,is seized with darkness of eclipse1 like night amain4 ,what is't ,he says1 by which the teeming eye of cloud ,sheds forth its tears1 as drops from water-skin unsewed8 ,what incantation to the earth addresses ,he1 ,to make it produce cattle1--whose hides used may be8 ,the hesitations of each puzzled child of thought ,arise from some enigma by which ,god's him caught4 #he ,on horns of a dilemma is he fixed1 poor man4 #8,shall ,i do this1' says he1 #8when 'ts opposite ,i can8' ,from ,god1 too1 is the power to make selection's choice ,of two solutions4 ,one is taken1 through inward voice4 ,wouldst thou be always free from hesitation1 fool8 ,stuff not thy mind's ear tight with doubt's dull cotton-wool2 ,that thou mayst solve the riddles ,god may set for thee2-- ,that thou mayst understand the full of mercy free4 ,then shall thy heart receive ,his inspiration's gift1-- ,a power of speaking from an inward impulse' drift4 #ij ,the ear and eye of soul are organs not of sense2 ,the ears of sense and mind are not like soul's1 intense4 ,the word 8compulsion0 puts me out of humour quite4 ,who hath not love of ,god1 compulsion's slave's1 by right4 ,this union's based on truth 7compulsion is too proud72 ,it is a glimpse of sunshine breaking through a cloud4 ,be it compulsion4 ,man's compulsion it is not2-- ,not the compulsion of browbeating from a sot4 ,compulsion's felt by them1 my very worthy friend1 ,whose eyes of faith1 ope'd in their hearts1 on ,god attend4 #ie ,the absent and the future patent are to them2 ,to speak about the past is what they most contemn4 ,election and compulsion1 theirs1 are not the same4 ,as dewdrops in the oyster-shell rare pearls became4#aic ,outside1 they're dewdrops1 solely1 whether great or small2 ,inside they're pearls of price1 whose value knows no fall4 ,such men by nature are just like the musk-deer's pod2 ,it's fed with blood of artery1 musk it yields1 through ,god4 ,ask not how 'tis that outward blood can change like this2 ,becoming musk when in the pod secreted 'tis4 #ajj ,ask not how copper vile1 by wise alchemist's art1 ,is changed to gold when solved by elixir in part4#aid ,election and compulsion1 fancies both1 in thee2 ,but when by saints they're viewed1 ,god's glory may they be4 ,upon the table1 bread's a lifeless1 senseless mass2 ,when taken in man's mouth1 the soul it joins1 in class4 ,on table transubstantiation takes not place2#aie ,the soul it is transforms it1 nourished by ,god's grace4 ,such is the soul's great power2 most perspicacious man1 ,so long as that soul life and power retain can4 #aje ,a human being1 mass of mingled flesh and blood1 ,moved by the ,lord1 can cleave hill1 dale1 mine1 and sea's flood4 ,the strength of strongest man can merely split a stone2#aif ,the ,power that informs man's soul can cleave the moon4#aig ,if man's heart but untie the mouth of mystery's sack1 ,his soul soon soars aloft beyond the starry track4 ,if heaven's mystery divulged should1 'haps1 become1 ,the whole world 'twould burn up1 as fire doth wood consume40 ,let's contemplate the acts of ,god1 the deeds of men2 ,know1 men's deeds do exist4 ,this truth is patent1 then4 #aaj ,if men's deeds be not in this nether world of ours1 ,say not thou unto others3 8,why these deeds of yours80 ,god's act it is through which those deeds of ours arise2 ,our acts are but the sequels of ,god's agencies4 ,the letter1 or the spirit1 'tis1 our reason weighs4 ,but both at once it cannot comprehend always4 ,examining the spirit1 letter we neglect2 ,at one time forwards1 backwards we cannot prospect4 ,if thou straight forward look at any point of time1 ,thou canst not backwards see1 whatever be the clime4 #aae ,our souls not taking in the letter1 spirit too1 ,how could they e'er create these predicates1 one1 two8 ,god comprehendeth all things2--all things doth ensue2 ,one act's no hindrance1 with ,him1 other acts to do4 ,the reason ,satan gave3 8,since ,thou hast tempted me10#aih ,the scheming demon strove to hide his sin1 we see4 ,his trespass ,adam owned3 8,against ourselves we've sinned40#aii ,god's act he1 like as we1 then left not out of mind4 ,through shame the act of ,satan ,adam secret kept4 ,self-accusation's fruit1 in consequence1 he reaped4 #abj ,repentance shown by ,adam1 ,god in mercy said3 8,in thee 'twas ,i created1 sin thou hast displayed4 ,was it not ,my decree and providence that thou1 ,in asking pardon1 shouldst the tempter disavow80 ,said ,adam3 8,thee ,i feared2 most bitter shame ,i felt40 ,god added3 8,it was ,i who gave thee shame heartfelt40 ,consideration he who shows considered is2 ,so he who brings the sugar1 share of cake is his4 ,for whom1 then1 benefits1 but practisers of good8#bjj ,keep pleased thy friend4 ,offend him2 see what ensue would4 #abe ,one sole example study1--instance of this law1-- ,compulsion and election's difference to draw4 8,there is a hand that shakes from palsy or from fear4 ,another hand also thou shakest when thou'rt near4 ,know3 ,god it is creates the movement in them both2 ,and yet there's no resemblance in their motions loth4 ,thou'rt sorry that thou shakedst that man's hand anon1 ,when thou seest him annoyed at what thou'st just now done40 ,a question 'tis of judgment2 judgment shrewdness is1 ,until some weakness intervene to mar all this4 #acj ,a question1 now1 of judgment as to corals1 pearls1 ,is not the same as one about the soul1 you churls4 ,a question of the soul's another matter quite2 ,the wine that feeds the soul comes not from grapes1 black1 white4 ,when any matter is a question of judgment1 #8,umer with ,ab-,jahl's in one predicament4 #8,umer gave up his judgment2 rested on his soul4 ',b-,jahl received this name through lack of self-control4#bja ,in sense and reason ,ab-,jahl a master was2 ,but as to soul1 in ignorance he fell1 alas6 #ace ,of sense and reason questions are cause and effect2 ,but miracles and wonders show soul is a fact4 ,enlightenment of soul1 whatever it may see4 ,by quibbles of school logic cannot silenced be4 ,we now return again our tale to take in hand1 ,though certainly we've never left it out of mind4 ,in ignorance1 our souls are in ,god's prison chained4 ,in wisdom1 by ,god's help1 their liberty's regained4 ,in sleep1 ,god's lethargy it is in which we sink4 ,awake1 we're in ,god's hands1 whatever we may think4 #adj ,in weeping1 we are clouds from which ,his mercy flows4 ,in laughter1 we're the flash with which ,his lightning glows4 ,in anger1 we're reflections of the wrath of ,god4 ,in amity1 the mirrors of ,his favour's nod4 ,what are we in this world8 ,all tortuous and bent4 ,there is not one upright1 straightforward1 innocent4 ,csar's ambassador no sooner #8,umer heard1 ,than light broke on his heart2 at which he stroked his beard4 ,all questions and all answers from his mind went quite2 ,all sense of right and wrong had vanished from his sight4 #ade ,he'd found the source2 what need1 then1 of the streams8 ,to gather further wisdom1 pondering on the means1 ,he said3 8#8,umer1 pray tell me what's the end and use ,of shutting up that thing of light in darkness' house8 ,how can clear water be expected from black mud8 ,why then is the pure soul combined with flesh and blood80 ,he answered3 8,most important question hast thou raised4 ,a sense1 a spirit1 by the letter paraphrased4 ,the free1 the jocund spirit prisoner thou'st made2 ,as though the mind1 the air1 could into letter fade4 #aej ,thou hast done this for explanation's sake1--#bjb ,thou1 who beyond the explanation place wouldst take4 ,how should the man in whom the explanation's gleamed1 ,not yet distinguish what's to me so clearly beamed8 ,ten thousand explanations are there1 each of which ,is most momentous1--than ten thousand others1 rich4 ,with that1 thy speech1 now compoundly particular1 ,a universal explanation were1--no bar4 ,thou art a partial1--seekest explanation still2 ,why set thyself1 then1 to deny th' universal8 #aee ,unless thy speech contain some use1 propound it not2 ,and if it have1 objection quit2 give what thou'st got4 ,thanks are incumbent upon every mortal's head2 ,contention and sour looks are surely no one's bread4 ,if to put on sour looks1 of thankfulness sign be1 ,then vinegar the sweetest-spoken thing we'd see4 ,if vinegar desire to hearts a way to find1 ,it oxymel becomes1 with honey sweet combined4 ,true1 verse is not best vehicle for sense abstract4 ,it's like a sling2 one's never certain how 't will act48 #afj ,th' ambassador his senses lost with this one cup ,of wine spiritual4 ,his mission he gave up4 ,o'erwhelmed with wonder at the power of ,god1 he fell4 ,he came ambassador2 now sovereign was1 as well4 ,a river overflooded constitutes a lake4 ,some grains1 when sown in earth1 a field of corn can make4 ,when eaten1 bread assimilated is by man1 ,that bread inanimate takes life1 and reason can4 ,when wood or candle is made victim unto fire1 ,its substance dark becomes a source of light entire4 #afe ,black stibium1 a stone1 when placed in human eye1 ,expands the power of vision1 objects can descry4 ,good luck to him who's saved from his own fleshly self1 ,and has become a parcel of some living elf4 ,alas for him1 who1 living1 sits among the dead4 ,he's dead himself1 his life from out of him has fled4 ,if thou take refuge in the ,qur'n1 ,god's own book1 ,with spirit of ,muhammed thou'lt soon exchange look4 ,the ,qur'n is the essence of all prophets right4 ,they were the whales who swam in ocean of ,god's might4 #agj ,if thou canst read or not1 the ,qur'n take to heart1 ,the saints and prophets study2 they were as thou art4 ,read thou it carefully2 read1 mark1 digest its tales2 ,thy soul1 like bird in cage1 will long to break its rails4 ,the bird shut up1 imprisoned in a little cage1 ,that seeks not to get out1 is ignorant1 not sage4 ,the souls who've freed themselves from cages of the flesh1 ,are worthy fellow-travellers with prophets1 fresh4 ,their voices they lift up1 religion to impart3 8,the way of sure deliverance is here4 ,take heart6 #age ,religion hath us saved from fleshly cages1 sure4 ,no other way is there1 salvation to secure4 ,you then upon yourselves will chastisements inflict1 ,that you may be delivered from the world's respect40 ,respect of mortal man a heavy fetter is2 ,within religion's path the gravest bond is this4 ,consider well this tale1 ingenuous young friend2 #agi ',twill teach thee many lessons may thy morals mend4 ,,vii4 ,the ,merchant and the ,parrot4 ,a merchant there was1 who a parrot did own2 ,confined in a cage1 wisest bird in the town4 ,this merchant to journeying made up his mind ,to fair ,hindstn1 there some rich wares to find4 ,from generous motives1 to each of his slaves1 ,to male1 and to female1 some gift to bring craves4 ,he made them all tell him what best they would like2 ,and promised to bring it1 most gentlemanlike4 ,he said to the parrot3 8,poll6 ,poll6 ,with the rest1 ,from ,hind ,i must bring thee what thou mayst like best40 #e ,the parrot replied3 8,sure1 thou'lt see parrots there1 ,to them pray impart how it is that ,i fare4 ,inform them1 a parrot who loves them all well1 ,by thee's kept confined1 close shut up in a cell4 ,he sends you his love1 and his very best wish2 ,desiring from you wise advice1 parrotish4 ,he fears he may pine1 through longing to see ,his dear absent friends1--die in foreign countree4 ,he asks if it is altogether thing fit1 ,that he should be caged1 while you on the trees sit4 #aj ,if this is the way in which true friends should act2 ,leave him in his cage1 while you forests affect4 ,he wishes you'd call to your mind your lost friend1 ,when drinking your bumpers1 ere fieldward you wend4#bjc ',tis sweet to be thought of by far-away dame1 ,one's sweetheart1 whose love's set one's heart in a flame4 ,while you are disporting with those you love best1 ,he's eating his heart out2 grief gives him no rest4 ,one bumper you'll drink for the love of poor ,poll1#bjd ,if only you wish him your love to extol4 #ae ,or1 thinking of him who's in slavery kept1 ,your bowl's whole contents dash to earth1 as though wept4 ,o where is the promise1 and where is the oath1 ,th' engagements sworn to him by sugarsome tooth8#bje ,if absence of his came from truancy's pranks1 ,you've set your forgetfulness 'gainst his sin's ranks4 ,the ills you inflict out of spite and disdain ,are sweet to your lover1 he does not complain4 ,your petulance prized is beyond fairy gifts2 ,your vengeance most dear is2 his hope it uplifts4 #bj ,no soul can imagine what pleasure is felt1 ,or grace seen1 in all the fell blows you have dealt4 ,your wrath is thus sweet2 how much more so your grace6 ,if mourning so grieve1 what from feast would take place8 ,he weeps2 but he hopes you'll believe not his tears2 ,and1 out of affection1 not lessen his fears4 ,he loves your great kindness1 your anger as well4 ,he equally dotes on those opposites fell4 ,the thorn escape should he1 and visit the rose1 ,he'd warble as nightingale1 moved by love's throes4 #be ,most wondrous this bird's strangest use of his bill2 ,with thorns1 as with roseleaves1 he would his mouth fill4 ,not nightingale this2 fiery dragon it is2 ,all wrongs seem to him1 through his love1 purest bliss4 ,he loveth a rose1 and himself is a rose4 ,he loveth himself2 and seeks love for its woes40 ,just so is the soul4 ,its tale1 just parrot's tale4 ,o where is the ,one to whom all souls make wail8 ,where is the man1 feeble1 who's yet innocent8 ,his heart1 ,solomon and his whole armament4 #cj ,when he1 with tears bitter1 is heard to complain1 ,the seven vaults of heaven re-echo the strain4 ,in anguish he groans2 ,god1 in mercy1 him hears4 ,his cry is3 8,o ,lord60 ,and ,god wipes off his tears4 ,abasement in him1 is by ,god highly prized4 ,his blasphemies1 o'er other men's faith are raised4#bjf ,each instant1 in soul1 he ascends to heaven's gate2 ,his mitre's with crowns capped1 of infinite state4#bjg ,his frame's here on earth2 his pure soul with the ,lord ,in heaven's highest sphere1 above man's thought or word4 #ce ,a heaven such as this thou contemplatest not2 ,thou every moment imaginest--what8 ,with him 8where0 and 8nowhere0 are quite equal felt4 ,to angels the 8four rivers0 seem a mere belt4#bjh ,break off we this theme4 ,let's discuss other things4 ,cease trifling4 8',tis ,god who knows best0 sense's rings4#bji ,let's seek to inquire how it fares with our friends1-- ,the merchant1 his parrot4 ,who is't understands8 ,the former had promised1 at latter's request1 ,to give to the birds of far ,hind his bequest4 #dj ,so when he had reached that land1 greatly renowned ,in wooded retreat1 flock of parrots he found4 ,he stopped his beast1 cried out1 at top of his voice1 ,that message his ,polly had made1 as his choice4 ,one bird of the flock1 he saw1 then took to quake1 ,fell prone to the earth2 no more breath seemed to take4 ,the merchant regret felt for what he had done1 ,exclaiming3 8,alas6 ,the poor bird ,i've slain1 lone6 ,that creature was surely related to ,poll2 ,two bodies2 one soul2 just as is magic doll4 #de ,why did ,i deliver that fatal message8 ,i've killed a collateral of ,poll's lineage60 ,the tongue1 by itself1 acts just like flint and steel4 ,a word from it1 fire-like1 we scathing can feel4 ,strike not1 then1 so rashly1 fire's sparks from thy tongue1 ,in message or talk1 feeble hearers among4 ,the night is pitch dark2 strewn around1 cotton beds4 ,amongst beds of cotton1 'tis1 sparks one most dreads4 ,he sins who1 unmindful of dire consequence1 ,lets fall spoken spark1--fires a whole world1 immense4 #ej ,one rash word may set an assembly ablaze4 ,molehills into mountains1 and higher1 it can raise4 ,in basis1 our souls would appear ,jesus-like4 ,to kill1 to resuscitate1 words are godlike4 ,if lifted could be from our souls the dark veil1 ,each word of each soul would with miracles trail4 ,dost wish to speak always to men with sweet words8 ,have patience4 ,impatience must not fret the cords4 ',tis patience beloved is by all men of sense4 ,impatience a fault is1 of children1 intense4 #ee ,who patience exhibits shall mount to heaven's dome4 ,impatience who showeth1 tastes wrath that's to come4 ,a saint is not hurt1 whate'er else may betide1#baj ,to swallow fell poison should he once decide4 ,he's whole1 and he's sound2 strict diet's his rule4 ,poor students are healthy in fever's dread school4 ,the ,prophet has cautioned3 8,brave though you may be1 ,commit not mad rashness1 howe'er the foe flee40 ,within thee's a ,nimrod4 ,approach not the fire4 ,approach it thou must8 ,to be ,abr'am aspire4 #fj ,a swimmer thou art not2--nor seaman by trade2 ,from headstrongness strive not the deep sea to wade4 ,from fire ,abr'am brought forth a fresh-plucked red rose4 ,a diver1 from sea-bottom1 pearls' store can choose4 ,a saint handles earth1 turns it straightway to gold4 ,a sinner1 by touch1 to earth turns this2--behold4 ,a just man's accepted of ,god1 the ,most ,high4 ,his deeds are the works of ,god's hand1 still4 ,eigh6 ,eigh6 ,th' imperfect one's hand is aye ,satan's foul limb2 ,responsible rests he1 howe'er he may climb4#baa #fe ,to him wisdom's self's but a mere misguidance4 ,th' imperfect man's science is crass ignorance4 ,whatever as cause acts1 as cause counted is2 ,a perfect man's blasphemy's pure faith1 my quiz4#bab ,rash combatant1 fight'st thou on foot 'gainst horseman6 ,thy point thou'lt not carry2--as sure as thou'rt man4 ,so1 ,egypt's magicians1 in old ,pharaoh's days1 ,contended 'gainst ,moses2 and rashly1 always4 ,at length they owned ,moses superior was2 ,men honour1 revere him1 who most of power has4 #gj ,they said to him1 then3 8,command 's thine6 ,see6 ,purely6 #8,thy rod cast down' first4#bac ,this thy wish is2 surely40 ,he answered3 8,nay1 nay6 ,first cast ye down your wands4 ,produce to our sight the tricks ye've in your hands40 ,the honour thus paid was a slur on their faith1 ,removing contention from out of their path4 ,when they had perceived what was thus due to him1 ,they error acknowledged1 though somewhat too dim4 ,the 8perfect man0 's free both to eat and to speak4#bad ,if thou art 8imperfect10 eat1 speak not1 in freak4 #ge ,thou art but an ear4 ,he's a tongue2--not like thee4 ,to ear was addressed ,god's word3 8,silent be40#bae ,a newly-born infant1 still sucking the breast1 ,is speechless some while4 ,he's all ear1 at the best4 ,his lips to keep closed he has1 for a set time2 ,to speak till he learns1--words to frame and to chime4 ,if ear he lend not1 he'll not learn common sense2 ,becomes laughingstock2--folly shows1 most immense4 ,if hearing he have not1 deaf being at root1 ,he mute must remain2 no tongue has he1 to boot4 #hj ,since1 then1 we must listen1 before we can speak1 ,lend ear to thy teachers1 to guide thee who seek4 ,a room should be entered1 as rule1 through its door4 ,effects ever seek where thou seest their cause' spoor4 ,the speech that has need to be heard by no ear1 ,the voice is of ,god2 it's to us ever near4 ,inventor is ,he4 ,from no one has ,he learnt4 ,of all1 ,he's the stay2 not a prop does ,he want4 ,all others require1 as in speech1 so in deed1 ,from others1 instruction2 they all patterns need4 #he ,if thou art not negligent1--hear'st what's been said1 ,adopt dervish frock2 go and weep in homestead4 ,himself ,adam saved from all blame by his tears4 ,so tears run wherever repentance appears4 ,to weep1 ,adam came down to this nether world2 ,to sigh1 moan1 and groan2 far from sweet ,eden hurled1 ,from paradise shut out1 from heaven driven down1 ,like schoolboy in fool's-cap1 his great sin to drown4 ,if thou'rt seed of ,adam2--if from his loins sprung2 ,like him1 do thou seek for ,god's pardon1 whilst young4 #ij ,with burnings of heart1 and with moisture of eyes1 ,as sun and as rain1 do thou sorrow's fruit raise4 ,of all the rich solace1 what knowest thou of tears8 ,thou beggest still for bread1 like a blind man1 with leers4 ,thy stomach make void of foul greed's lust for bread4 ,thy heart thou'lt find filled with deep love for ,godhead4 ,thy infant soul wean from the gross milk of greed1 ,then teach it to join1 next1 in angel's pure creed4 ,so long thou remainest in darkness and thrall1 ,a bantling of ,satan thou art1 out at call4 #ie ,the morsel that brings a pure light to the soul ,is earned by endeavour2 not begged with a bowl4 ,should oil1 upon trimming1 extinguish a lamp1 ,not oil may we name it2 'tis water2 'tis damp4 ,the honestly-earned morsel1 wisdom imparts2 ,gives softness to souls1 and a warmness to hearts4 ,if thou be aware that from thy morsel spring ,heartburnings and hate1 know it's not a blest thing4 ,hast wheat ever sown1 and reaped barley instead8 ,hast known colt of ass from a mare in birth bred8 #ajj ,a morsel1 when eaten1 's a seed2 its fruit1 thought4 ,a morsel1 when swallowed1 's a sea pearls has brought4 ,from good1 honest morsels come1 taken in mouth1 ,good works1 and firm strivings to shun the soul's drought4 ,reflections1 though true1 we'll now bring to an end4 ,to merchant and parrot's tale ear we will lend4 ,our merchant his trading had quickly despatched1 ,then homeward he turned2 with joy housedoor unlatched4 ,to ev'ry male slave a rare present he brought2 ,for each of his handmaids some gift he had bought4 #aje ,the parrot him questioned3 8,what news bringest thou me8 ,and whom hast thou seen8 ,what's been said8 ,tell4 ,let's see40 ,the merchant him answered3 8,i'm sorry for that4 ,i'd rather my hand eat1 than tell it thee2--flat4 ,in thoughtlessness1 folly1 ah6 why did ,i prate ,about thy fool's message1 until 'twas too late80 ,the parrot then asked3 8,what's this fuss all about8 ,what's caused tribulation8 ,let's hear it right out40 ,the merchant now said3 8,i told all thy sad grief ,to flock of green parrots2--so like thee1 their chief4 #aaj ,of them1 one1 affected with thy tale of woe1 ,heart-broken1 a gasp gave1 expired1 and fell low4 ,i conscience-struck was for the words ,i had said4 ,but what is the use8 ,a word breathed can't be stayed40 ,a spoken word's arrow swift shot from a bow1 ,it can't be recalled1 whate'er we may do4 ,an arrow once shot off will never come back4 ,at source1 inundation alone can have check4 ,an outlet once found1 there's no stoppage for it4 ,a world is then ruined1 through lack of quick wit4 #aae ,act1 consequence little dreamt of may produce4 ,the progeny's far 'yond our power to reduce4 ,the work of one ,maker 's this universe all4 ,our acts' consequences to our accounts fall4 ,jack shoots off an arrow2--directs it to ,jill4 ,the arrow poor ,jill hits2--straightway does her kill4 ,if only it wound her1 for great length of time ,it tortures4 ,pain's ,god's work2 wherever the clime4 ,should ,jack1 at that moment1 expire from his fright1 ,to plague her ,jill's wound would not cease1 day or night4 #abj ,if from the effect of great pain1 then1 she die1 ,remote cause is ,jack1 still1 of her misery4 ,account he must render for those pangs of hers4 ,although they're ,god's acts1 man to man them refers4 ,and so propagation1 seed-sowing1 and all2 ,effects of them operate4 ,god's sole1 the call4 ,a saint acquires powers1 most astounding1 from ,god4#baf ,the flying bolt he can avert with a nod4 ,the door can be shut between cause1 consequence1 ,on saint's reclamation1 by ,god's prescience4 #abe ,he makes said unsaid1 from beginning to end4 ,hence1 neither does skewer burn1 roast to coal trend4#bag ,from every mind that has knowledge of fact1 ,remembrance effaced is1 though brains may be racked4 ,of this1 dost thou proof require1 most worthy friend1 ,the text read3 8,what verse ,we annul1 or ,we mend40#bah ,again3 8,they my warning made you to forget40#bai ,by these is oblivion's great power 'fore us set4 ,to make us remember1 forget1 they power have4 ,they've hearts subjugated o'er creation's wave4 #acj ,whene'er dull forgetfulness blinds eye of man1 ,no act can he do1 howe'er wide his scan4 ,dost dare1 thou1 great saints to make laughingstock8#bbj ,to words of the ,prophet give heed1 silly block4 ,earth's lords have dominion o'er bodies of clay4 ,enlightened saints rule hold o'er hearts2--their own sway4 ,all acts are fruits1 doubtless1 of experience4 ,man1 then1 is but pupil4 ,all's1 else1 mere pretence4#bba ,i'll close now this subject2 much more ,i might say2 ,prevented ,i am by the rules ,i obey4 #ace ,remembrance1 forgetfulness1 both are of ,god4 ,support and aid1 too1 must depend on ,his nod4 ,of thoughts1 ,god1 men's good and bad souls voids1 each night1 ,by millions4 ,since this has seemed good in ,his sight4 ,by day1 their hearts fill with their thoughts all1 again1 ,those oystershells ,he fills with rich pearls amain4 ,he knows all the thoughts that here trouble our frames4 ',tis ,he that gives guidance to souls in their games4 ,thy talent1 thy judgment1 unto thee are given1 ,that means thou may'st have to redeem thy fallen leaven4 #adj ,the goldsmith's rich art's not by weaver possessed1 ,by jocund vein here1 there another's distressed4 ,though mind's frame and talents endowments are1 all1 ,they seem to a foe mere machines for his thrall4 ,when sleep is departed1 thoughts1 talents return1 ,one's foe so comes back1 has of war one more turn4 ,with dawn1 all our thoughts1 all our talents1 awake1 ,as erst1 good or bad2 ere repose we could take4 ,so carrier pigeons1 wherever they've been1 ,return to their homes1 quit the woodlands all green4 #ade ,we see1 thus1 that all things revert to their source4 ,parts ever must go shares in whole's intercourse4 ,so soon as our bird heard that parrot's sad state1 ,a shudder he gave1 fainted1 grew stiff as slate4 ,the merchant1 on seeing this1 seized with dismay1 ,himself dashed to earth2 wished he'd been far away4 ,his clothes rent in sorrow2 his beard he plucked out2 ,and moaned1 in distress wildly sobbing1 throughout3 8,my parrot1 why1 dearest1 thus broken of heart8 ,dead art thou1 now1 really8 ,so fain to depart8 #aej ,poor pet6 ,darling bird6 ,with thee1 hours ,i could talk4 ,my sweetheart6 ,my second self6 ,loved was thy walk4 ,alas for poor ,polly6 ,where's now his sly chat8 ,alas1 my companion6 ,how shall ,i bear that8 ,had ,solomon seen a green parrot like mine1 ,what pleasure had he felt in other birds' line8 ,dear prattler1 in whose words ,i took such delight6 ,and then1 thus to leave me1 with naught in my sight6 ,thy tongue to me dearer than gold's wealth untold2 ,at sound of thy sweet voice my joy was tenfold40 #aee ,o tongue6 ,thou'rt a fire1 and also a cornstack6#bbb ,my patience1 the cornstack6 ,hark6 ,how its flames crack6 ,my soul doth1 in secret1 of thee complain sore2 ,but whate'er thou wishest1 it does evermore4 ,o tongue3 ,thou'rt a treasure1 beyond all earth's price6 ,and yet thou'rt a plague1 that's not always too nice6 ,a whistle art thou1 birds decoying afield4 ,a solace to love's wayward1 fitful1 spoilt child4 ,to men thou'rt all darkness1 and blasphemy's bale2 ,to saints1 guide1 companion too1 through this dark vale4 #afj ,thou'rt pitiless6 ,pity on me take1 awhile4 ,thy bow thou hast strung1 on poor me to work guile4 ,thou hast taken my bird2 thou hast flustered my soul4 ,so cruel why be8 ,why delight take so foul8 ,an answer pray give2 or else1 deal out justice2 ,or hope let me have to taste joy's chalice4 ,my dawn6 ,thou dispellest my deep'ning darkness4 ,my light6 ,day with thee is all sunshine brightness4 ,alas6 ,that swift bird1 boldly soaring1 of mine1 ,my lowest fall plumbed1 traced my lineage divine4 #afe ,the ignorant1 wooers of trouble are1 all4 8,i swear10 down to 8misery0 read1 thou poor thrall4#bbc ,from misery free made me thy countenance4 ,from spume1 so the clear stream of thy assistance4 ,regret is a nursing of phantoms by day4 ,neglect1 stern realities drives not away4 ,a zeal for the truth is in ,god1 there's no doubt4 ,the heart1 with ,god's will1 is constrained to burst out4 ,he's zeal1 ,who is 8other10 far1 than all things else1#bbd ,beyond all praise1 laud1 blessing1 thanks1 in heart's pulse4 #agj ,alas6 my hot tears have become briny lake1-- ,an offering worthy my lost idol's sake4 ,my parrot6 ,my wise bird6 ,my starling art thou6 ,interpreter1 reader of thoughts1 secrets1 thou4 ,all daily events1 results1 just or unjust1 ,by ,him ordained were1 as ,i know1 from the first4 ,the ,parrot1 inspired1 who by voice of man spoke1 ,existed ere dawn of existence first broke4 ,that ,parrot is plainly within thyself felt2 ,around thee ,his motto is ev'rywhere spelt4 #age ,art joyful8 ,from ,him1 know1 all joys here do spring4 ,art wronged8 ,thou submittest4 ,thou'rt under ,his wing4 ,o thou1 who for body dost injure thy soul1 ,thy proud flesh to pamper1 dost wrong to thy whole4 ,i1 too1 am in flames4 ,who1 then1 seeks burning brand1 ,the trash to consume of conceit from the land8 ,that which is once burnt cannot blaze out again4 ,select flaming brand1 living fire choose1 amain4 ,alas6 ,lackaday6 ,what has thus come to me8 ,my full moon in clouds why thus hidden to be8 #ahj ,i scarcely can breathe2 with deep sorrow heart burns2 ,male-lion-like1 grief all kind condolence spurns4 ,he who in his senses has thus become drunk1 ,how fierce would he rage1 if in cups he were sunk4 ,a lion in heat1 he1 despising all bounds2 ,no forest would hold him1 nor dense jungle-grounds4 ,of rhymes do ,i dream8 ',tis my love orders me#bbe ,of love still to dream2--swain devoted to be3 8,thyself make thou happy4 ,rhymes leave1 now1 alone4 ,the rhyme ,i seek1 thou art4 ,i love thee1 my own4 #ahe ,what's rhyme1 that thou turnest thy thoughts thitherward8 ,mere bramble on wall1 hedging round our vineyard4 ,i care not for words1 for asseverations2 ,my time if ,i pass in these sweet delusions4 ,suggestion there is1 one1 kept secret from men4 ,to thee ,i'll impart4 ,thou keep'st secrets1 like pen4 ,suggestion occult1 ,abr'am knew not one jot4 ,one secret1 that ,gabriel as yet conceives not4 ,one mystery1 to ,jesus that never was known1 ,in jealousy ,god spake to me all alone40#bbf #aij ,what do we with tongue8 ,we affirm2 we deny4 ,i'm no affirmation2 denial am ,i4 ,in impersonality1 person ,i find4 ,in ungenerosity1 goodness of mind4 ,earth's potentates slaves are of their own slaves' will4 ,all mortals1 mere corpses of dead corpses1 still4 ,kings1 subject are here to their own subjects' whim4 ,man's drunk with those intoxicated of him4 ,the hunter of birds them entraps in his toils1 ,himself is then pounced on1 despite of his foils4 #aie ,a beauty makes prey of the men soft of heart4 ,sweethearts fall the victims of false lover's dart4 ,if lover thou see1 know1 a sweetheart he's1 too1 ',tis but a relation4 ,each one's one of two4 ,if thirst seeks for water in this wide domain1 ,the water1 on its side1 the thirst courts again4 ,should any one love thee1 do thou silent be4 ,thy ear claims he then1 thou attentive should'st be4 ,the torrent bank up that threats dire overflow2 ,or ravage 'twill make of the lands down below4 #bjj ,what care ,i if cities in ruins should fall1 ,in ruins we treasures find dear to us all4 ,man merged in ,god1 most entirely is drowned ,as wave of a sea1 soul but goes a set round4 ,is bottom of that sea preferred more1 or top8 ,is ,god's shaft desired more1 or shield1 it to stop8 ,by doubts and by fears thou'lt piecemeal be torn1 heart4 ,if thou well distinguish from joy1 sorrow's smart4 ,desir'st thou to taste1 then1 true happiness1 joy8 ',tis not thine to choose4 ,beauty ever's most coy4 #bje ,each spangle of beauty's star outshines the moon4 ,to wreck a whole world's naught to beauty's full moon4 ,what is it we're good for8 ,to sacrifice self4 ,then hasten1 my good friend1 to offer thyself4 ,a lover's whole life is but self-sacrifice2 ,he wins not a heart1 save his own heart's the price4 ,a heart ,i once courted with soft blandishment2 ,with pretexts was put off1 most magniloquent4 ,i said my heart brimful was quite with her love2 ,said she3 8,hold thy tongue1 now2 that theme let's not move40 #baj ,what have you been doing1 you two eyes of mine8 ,why saw you that cruel one8 ,left me to pine8 ,presumptuous man6 ,didst thou hold her so cheap1 ,because1 by her kindness1 made easy thy sleep8 ,what's easily got in this world1 's easy spent4 ,a child will give jewels at cake's allurement4 ,with love ,i'm o'erwhelm'd1 now1 of such a sad sort1 ,that ancients and moderns to it are all sport4 ,i've made short my story2 details are not given4 ',twould otherwise scorch heart and tongue's whole joint leaven4 #bae ,when ,i may say 8lip10 ,i mean 8margin of sea20 ,when 8,no60 you may take its true sense 8,yes60 to be4 ,my sourness of looks by much sweetness is caused4 ,by words' multitude1 silence strict ,i've imposed4 ,my sweetness ,i'll hide1 in this world1 in the next4 ,as veil1 austere features ,i've firmly annexed4 ,my secrets to shield from the ken of all ears1 ,one out of a hundred1 alone1 here appears4 ,the world is right jealous1 for reason that best3 ,god first jealous was1 long before all the rest4#bbg #bbj ,he's soul4 ,the two worlds ,his august body form4#bbh ,the body1 through soul must receive good or harm4 ,whoso in his worship turns truly to ,god1 ,foul shame 'twould be for him to bow to faith's rod4 ,whoever's a keeper of wardrobe to king1 ,brings loss to his sovereign by petty trading4 ,with potentate1 whoso1 by grade1 council holds1 ,if placed as a guard at a gate1 roundly scolds4 ,admitted to honour by kissing of hands1 ,to stoop1 kiss the foot1 degradation now stands4 #bbe ,to kiss foot of sovereign's a great honour1 sure4 ,compared with hands-kissing1 ignominy pure4 ,a king would be jealous of servant so base ,his foot who should kiss1 when his hand was the place4 ,god's jealousy wheat is on full threshing-floor2 ,man's jealousy1 chaff blown away out of door4 ,know3 ,jealousy rise doth take1 still1 in our ,god2 ,man's jealousy budded from that noble rod4 ,let's quit that deep subject2 take up plaint and wail1 ,against the great hardship of love's chastening flail4#bbi #bcj ,i cry1 for that ,he loves to hear all my cries4 ,my moans1 lamentations1 are what ,he enjoys4 ,how should ,i cease wailing at ,his fell caprice8 ,i'm not of ,his darlings1 nor in ,his service4 ,how should ,i not be1 in my soul1 black as night8 ,deprived of ,his look1 sweetness1 warmth1 and mild light4 ,all his disagreements are pleasant to me4 ,my life ,i'd give up1 sacrifice ,i would be4 ,i love all my anguish2 ,i dote on my pain1 ,so long as it pleases my heart's treasured swain4 #bce ,my sorrow's my eyes' choicest collyrium2 ,my tears are as pearls from deep-sea tedium4 ,tears poured forth by lovers at ,his adored feet1 ,are pearls2 though we're used them as tears to misgreet4 ,my soul's ,soul's the tyrant of whom ,i complain4 ,complaint ,i make not4 ,i describe but my pain4 ,my heart but pretends it has been too much hurt2 ,excuse is this merely4 ,i smile at such blurt4 ,do justice now1 ,god1 of all justice the fount6 ,thou sittest in justice' seat2 threshold ,i count4 #bdj ,from chief seat to threshold6 ,how far raised above6 ,where stand 8we0 and 8,i0 in the sight of our love8#bcj ,o ,thou who art free1 quite from 8,i0 and from 8we10 ,thou heart's-joy of all men and women that be2 ,where men and where women join1 ,one art ,thou1 ,sole6 ,where units appear1 ,thou'rt the sum of the whole6 ,this 8,i0 and this 8we0 ,thou'st ordained for ,thy state2 ,that psalms1 hymns1 and lauds may still rise to ,thy gate4 ,when 8,i0 and when 8we0 shall unite both in ,one1 ,absorbed they'll be in ,thy essence alone4 #bde ,existencies1 potencies1 all rise from ,thee4 ,denial and potency1 ,thou'rt from these free4 ,can eye now behold ,thee as truly ,thou art8 ,can heart ,thy love picture1 and smiles1 e'en in part8 ,the heart that's a slave to a love or a smile ,can never be worthy to see ,thee awhile4 ,engrossed he that's now with pleasure and pain1 ,can he1 by these accidents1 live o'er again8 ,green pastures of love1 in their infinitude1 ,more fruits yield than care1 and than beatitude4 #bej ,love's far above these evanescent two states2 ,without spring and autumn1 its verdant estates4 ,pay beauty's high toll1 ,beauty1 on ,thy sweet face2 ,set forth lover's torments with all due preface4 ,that archness of look of my coquettish ,swain ,anew has my heart fired with love's brand of pain4 ,i gave ,him permission to pour out my blood4 ,i spoke of permission4 ,he fled me for good4 ,why fleest thus1 always1 the groans of complaint8 ,why pourest ,thou suffering's floods on the faint8 #bee ,o ,thou1 whom each morn1 as it dawns in the ,east1 ,has found1 like the sun1 full prepared for a feast1 ,what cause have ,i furnished for all this sad pain1 ,o ,thou1 whose lips sweeter than sugar remain8 ,thou ever new life givest to this old world2 ,the prayer hear of one whom from life ,thou hast hurled6 ,for heaven's sake1 quit talking of spring's roses red1 ,and think of the nightingale banished their bed4 ,my eagerness grows not from joy1 or from grief2 ,my senses cajoled will not be by whim's thief4 #bfj ,my state is just one very often not seen2 ,contest not2 truth's ever victorious been4 ,think not my state that of all these common men2 ,be not benefactor1 to tyrannise then4 ,if kindness and tyranny1 joy1 grief1 are new2 ,all new things must die4 ,god inherits4#bca ,that's true4 ',tis dawn4 ,o of dawn ,thou who art the sole cause6 ,excuse for me make to ,husmu-'d-,dn's laws4#bcb ,excuses for angels and souls ,thou canst see2 ,thou art the soul's life2 coral's shine is from ,thee4#bcc #bfe ,from ,thy light have sprung men and brightness of dawn4#bcd ,we're all aided by ,thee1 ,thou cup of wine drawn4 ,why does ,thy gift keep me in constant suspense2-- ,thy spiritual wine1 that still charms ev'ry sense4 ,a beggar from me's wine in fermentation6 ,spheres lessons take from me in revolution6 ,with me wine gets drunk2 ,i get not drunk with it4 ,from me body grows2 ,i spring thence not one bit4 ,we're bees1 all of us2 and our bodies1 the wax2 ,with it we build cells to conceal our dark tracks4 #bgj ,these considerations would grow longer still4 ,we'll turn to our merchant4 ,we left him so ill4 ,he thus1 lamentations1 sad groans1 sadder moans1 ,shot forth1 with sighs1 burning2--grieved hearts' crater-stones4 ,complaints1 contradictions1 petitions1 like words1 ,now literal1 then keen metaphors1 sharp as swords4 ,the drowning1 'tis known to each one who breath draws1 ,to save threatened life1 will1 though vain1 grasp at straws2 ,in hopes that some aid to his rescue will come1 ,he struggles1 he flounders1 he thinks of his home4 #bge ,his sweetheart takes pleasure his struggles to see2 ,an effort's more noble than despondency4 ,a bridegroom is1 surely1 not quite free from cares4 ,his moans we expect not4 ,pain's not what he fears4 ,the reason this1 why the ,lord's blest scripture says3 8,each day ,he's engaged in some one of ,his ways40#bce ,therefore thou1 my dear son1 thyself still exert ,until thy last breath4 ,seek not toil to avert4 ,then1 at the last moment1 the time may have come1 ,when favor 'll be shown thee for all thou hast done4 #bhj ,how much1 and how long1 strives the soul of each man1 ,the king's at the window2--hear1 see all1 he can4 ,our merchant the parrot cast out from his cage4 ,the parrot flew up2 on a tree took high stage4 ,the bird that was thought dead1 now swift flew away4 ,his course like the sun's from the morn to midday4 ,the merchant sore marvelled at his flying bird2 ,could not understand it2 thought3 8,what has occurred80 ,then cried1 looking upwards3 8,come1 pretty ,poll mine6 ,relate all about this freak strangest of thine4 #bhe ,what was that bird's game1 there1 of whom then thou spokest8 ,what trick was 't he played8 ,grief in me thou awokest40 ,the parrot him answered3 8,he taught me the trick4 ,he came and said3 #8,free thyself now4 ,up6 ,be quick6' ,no sooner had sounded thy voice in his ears1 ,he1 as was agreed on1 fell dead1 it appears4 ,as much as to say1 here1 to me in my cage3 #8,thou death counterfeit2 so thou savest thy old age4'0 ,become thou but grain2 thou'lt be pecked up by birds4 ,a flower make thyself2 all the children go thirds4 #bij ,thy grain hidest thou8 ,thou'rt naught else but brick-trap4 ,thy flower shuttest up8 ,thou'rt a weed on house-top4 ,his beauty whoever may offer for sale1 ,invites many troubles his heart to assail4 ,hopes1 fears1 wraths1 and jealousies strike him at once2 ,as rain on his head pours in winter2--the nonce4 ,all sorts of opponents1 by jealousy moved2 ,with them1 even friends joy to see him so proved4 ,whoever may put off to sow seed in spring1 ,ignores the true value of time's swiftest wing4 #bie ,let each one take refuge in mercy of ,god1 ,who grace manifold on our souls has bestowed4 ,then shalt thou find shelter1 when shelter thou needest4 ,fire's1 water's protection thou'lt have1 as thou heedest4 ,it was not the sea alone ,noah1 ,moses1 saved4 ,nor sea alone was it1 their foes that ingraved4 ,it was not the fire that stood ,abr'am in stead1 ,till ,god conquered ,nimrod by gnat in his head4 ,it was not the mountain that called ,john to it1 #cjj ,and drove back pursuers with huge rocks that hit4 ,it cried3 8,hither1 ,john2 refuge come take with me4 ,thy life ,i will save from foe's sharp sword4 ,come2 see40 8,adieu1 master dear2 ,i'm now off to my home4 ,may'st thou1 too1 be free1 when the judgment shall come4 ,good-bye1 my kind master2 compassion thou'st shown4 ,from tyranny's chains1 now1 through thee1 have ,i flown40 ,he gave to our merchant some words of advice4 ,then flew away1 shouting3 8,good-bye6 ,very nice60 ,the merchant a 8,safe journey0 augured to him4 ,then thought3 8,useful lesson ,i've learned1 and trim4 #cje ,his doings may serve as a pattern for me4 ,i'll imitate him4 ,better teacher can't be4 ,my soul is not1 sure1 inferior to his4 ,see how souls should act1 to gain heavenly bliss40 ,the body's a cage and a thorn to the soul4 ,hence1 seldom are body and soul wholly whole4 ,the body says3 8,i'll follow where thou mayest lead40 ,the soul answers3 8,nay6 ,thy desire's all ,i heed40 ,the body then argues3 8,there's none like to thee1 ,thou'rt perfect1 kind1 beautiful1 good as needs be40 #caj ,the soul now demurs3 8,this and next worlds are thine4 ,all hearts to the feast hasten1 where thou'rt to shine40 ,the body then says3 8',tis a time for delight40 ,and soul responds quick3 8,season1 sure1 to bedight40 ,when body sees crowds1 throngs1 profess love for it1 ,control of self loses1 in teeth takes the bit1 ,it does not reflect how the thousands and more1 ,itself like1 has sin brought to ruin's grim shore4 ,the bait of gross flattery is always found sweet4 ,therewith be not caught4 ,lurid fire's 'neath its greet4 #cae ,its sweetness is present2 its flame's not forecast2 ,its smoke of destruction will burst forth at last4 ,say not3 8,i'll ne'er listen to flatterer's tale2 ,they're sordid1 its motives2--like #8sprat to catch whale4'0 ,a lampoon should thy panegyrist indite ,against thee in public1 thy rest's disturbed quite4 ,thou knowest it was spoken in sheer angry spleen1 ,when he in some wish unsuccessful had been4 ,the barb of it rankles1 still1 in thy heart's core1 ,the price paid for flattery1 'tis1 makes thee feel sore4 #cbj ,long1 long shalt thou feel the deep wound it inflicts4 ,it stimulates pride2 all the soul it infects4 ,man shows not how sweet flattery is to his soul4 ,the instant he's lampooned1 he's lost self-control4 ,thus1 pill or draught taken to combat disease1 ,a long time1 indeed1 you're thence robbed of all ease4 ,and if you eat sweetmeats1 their tastes are soon lost4 ,nor one1 nor the other1 is worth half the cost4 ,duration they have not2 effects they produce4 ,by contraries1 contraries all we deduce4 #cbe ,as hidden effect of a diet of sweets1 ,by long incubation1 boils break out1 or gleets4 ,the flesh1 with praise pampered1 a ,pharaoh becomes4 ,the flesh1 mortified1 due submission assumes4 ,a servant to all be2 princely power be forgot4 ,submit to cuffs1 ball-like2 like bat1 batter not4 ,so soon1 otherwise1 as thee fortune forsakes1 ,thy flatterers will turn4 ',tis greed only1 them makes4 ,the throngs of gross flatterers1 who sang loud thy praise4 ,will shake their heads1 shout out3 8,poor de'il6 ,what a craze60 #ccj ,on seeing thee1 then1 as thou wanderest about1 ,they cry3 8,cursed hobgoblin6 ,from grave he's come out60 ,like beardless1 vain boy they've addressed as 8,my ,lord10 ,to work on his vanity1 fair fame defraud1 ,in vice when he's nurtured1 his beard thickly grown1 ,e'en ,satan would blush a pact with him to own4 ',tis men ,satan seeks out1 to work them mischief4 ,thee he'll never seek2 worse than him1 thou1 a thief4 ,so long as thou'rt man1 ,satan follows thy track4 ,he tempts thee to drain manhood's lees1 still1 and wrack4 #cce ,when thou'rt become devil1 just like to himself1 ,he flees thee in fright2 leaves thee quite to thyself4 ,all they who before refuge took in thy power1 ,with horror fly from thee1 in this thy fallen hour4 ,our words are mere lies1 all tergiversations4#bcf ,without the divine grace1 they're sheer delusions4 ,without grace of ,god1 holy aid from ,his saints1 ,best 8record0 of man must be blots and complaints4#bcg ,o ,god6 ,thy grace1 sole1 'tis sustains us as men4 ,another to name with ,thee suits not a pen4 #cdj ,to servants1 sound judgment ,thou'st kindly vouchsafed4 ,this gift made the means1 we've from error escaped4 ,one drop from the sea of ,thy knowledge1 does us ,with omniscience1 surely1 make confluous4 ,that drop have ,i gathered up in my soul's trust4 ,do ,thou save it1 ,lord1 from lust's soil and sin's gust4 ,sin's soil1 oh6 permit not that drop to absorb6 ,those gusts forbid ,thou more to lessen its orb6 ,true1 ,thou art ,all-,powerful1 and ,thy gracious will ,could force them to yield it back1 grace to fulfil4 #cde ,a drop1 lost in air1 dispersed in the soil1 ,is still1 through ,thy providence1 safe from despoil4 ,become it1 or others1 a nonentity1 ,thy beck can them summon to new entity4 ,how many diverse still combine to form one4 ,thou givest the word1 they part1 each to its zone4 ,each moment1 from naught fresh creations still come1 ,in flocks and in crowds4 ',tis ,thou makest them a home4 ,each night1 in profound sleep our consciousness sinks2 ,becomes non-existent2--waves on seashore's brinks4 #cej ,when morning afresh dawns1 they wake up anew1 ,like fish in the sea1 plashing drops1 falling dew4 ,in autumn1 the leaves see4 ,they quit1 then1 the trees2 ,like scattered battalions1 they fly with the breeze4 ,the rook1 in robes sable1 as mourner acts1 chief2 ,in wood and field croaks for his much-deplored leaf4 ,command from ,thee goes forth2--,thou1 true ,forest-,king2 ,nonentity gives back each late stolen thing4 ,o ,death6 ,thou restorest1 now1 the whole prey of thine2 ,the leaves1 flowers1 and fruits1 in their due season shine4 #cee ,consider1 my friend1 in thyself2 now1 awhile1 ,the spring and the autumn thou in thee seest smile4 ,look thou that thy heart be green1 yield its good fruits ,of righteousness1 purity1--heaven's best recruits4 ,through garlands of verdure thy rough branches hid2 ,with bloom in profusion1 hills1 plains1 all tumid4 ,these words of mine come from the ,spirit supreme1 ,to call to mind heaven's everlasting grand scheme4 ,thou smellest a perfume of flowers4 ,flowers are not yet2 ,thou dreamest fermentation1 though wine is not set4 #cfj ,that odour will draw thee to where the flowers grow1#bch ,the joys of sweet paradise1 8where rivers flow40#bci ,of hope it perfume is that leads our souls on2 ,as hope led forth ,jacob in quest of his son4#bdj ,bad tidings and fearful cost ,jacob his sight4 ,reunion1 in hope1 to him brought back the light4 ,if thou'rt not a ,joseph1 a ,jacob be yet4 ,as he did1 weep1 mourn2 joy1 like him1 thou shalt get4 ,if thou art not ,shrn1 thou may'st ,ferhd be2#bda ,and if not ,layl dear1 ,majnn's ravings see4#bdb #cfe ,accept the advice of old ,gazna's sage1 wise4#bdc ,to thee1 ever1 new life from old life may rise3 8,to give one's self airs1 requires1 first1 a fair face2 ,if beauty thou hast not1 run not thou that race40 ,an ugly face ugly is1 all the world round4 ,a blind eye's affliction1 where'er it be found4 ,in presence of ,joseph1 no coquetries use4#bdd ,but humble thyself2 soft entreaties infuse4 ,the parrot had death simulated1 as prayer4 ,do thou to pride die2 thou mayest so live for e'er4 #cgj ,from ,jesus a breath may1 then1 blow upon thee2 ,transform thee to what he was1 what thou mayest be4 ,a stone will not blossom because it is spring4 ,as earth make thyself2 flowers around thee may cling4 ,for years thou a stone 'st been2 lay this well to heart4 ,try patience a short time2 'twill give a fresh start4 #cgc ,,viii4 ,the ,harper4 ,hast heard1 perchance1 there was in days of good #8,umer ,a minstrel talented1 whose harpings moved the sphere8 ,the nightingales all wept in transports at his voice1 ,one pleasure made men's hearts a hundredfold rejoice4 ,his song enchanted every gathering where he went1 ,applause as thunder broke forth1 to his heart's content4 ,like voice of ,isrfl1 whose trump on judgment day1#bde ,will wake the dead to life1 his made the saddest gay4 ,dear friend to ,isrfl he was1 and mendicant2 ,his notes made plumes to sprout on hide of elephant4 #e ,some day will ,isrfl attention pay to moans4 ,their souls he will recall to old and putrid bones4 ,the prophets1 likewise1 all1 musicians are on hearts4 ,disciples hence expire with joy by fits and starts4 ,our outward ears the strains hear not which thence proceed2 ,those ears1 in many ways1 degraded are indeed4 ,mankind the songs of fairies never hear at all1 ,they are not versed in fairies' ways1 their voices small4 ',tis true1 the chants of fairies' sounds are of this world2#bdf ,but songs sung by men's hearts are far above them hurled4 #aj ,both men and fairies pris'ners are in earthly cage4 ,both1 too1 are thralls of sinful ignorance's rage4 ,read thou the text3 8,o fairy troop10 in book of ,god4#bdg ,consider1 too3 8,can ye pass out80 ,who holds the rod8 ,the inward hymn that's sung by all the hearts of saints ,commences3 8,o component parts of that thing ,,not40#bdh ,now since they take their rise in this ,,not1 negative1 ,they put aside the hollow phantom where we live4 ,ye putrid corpses1 wrapt in rank corruption's cloth1 ,our everlasting souls are free from birth and growth4 #ae ,were ,i but to recite one stave from their blest song1 ,all living souls would rise out from their tombs among4 ,lend ear attentively2 that may not distant be2 ,as yet1 however1 leave's not given to tell it thee4 ,the saints are ,isrfls of this our passing time4 ,the spiritually dead through them live life sublime4 ,our souls mere corpses are2 their graves1 our bodies' crowds4 ,at voice of saint do they arise1 clothed in their shrouds4 ,they say3 8,this voice has in it something to be feared4 ,to raise the dead1 ,god's voice alone has power1 we've heard4 #bj ,we were all dead1 and unto earth had we returned4 ,the voice of ,god we've heard2 our prisons we have spurned40 ,the voice of ,god without1 also within the vail1 ,can give the gift to all1 it gave to ,mary3 8,hail60 ,o ye whose death was not that which attacks the flesh1 ,at sound of the ,beloved's voice ye've risen afresh4 ,that voice the ,bridegroom's voice most truly was1 'tis said1 ,although 'twas from the lips of ,his servant1 ,ahmed4 ,god said to him3 8,thy tongue1 thy eye1 thy ear1 ,i am2 ,all thy contentment1 anger1 thoughts1 'tis ,i undam4 #be ,go on2 #8,by ,me he hears1 by ,me he sees2' that's thee2 ,thou art the head2 thou holdest the place of ,head's trustee4 ,in ecstasy1 since thou art #8,he the ,lord's who is1'#bdi ,i will be thine2 for see1 'tis said3 #8,the ,lord is his4' ,now will ,i say to thee3 #8,thou art2' and now2 #8,i am4' ,what ,i may say's as clear as is the sun in heaven4 ,wherever ,i may shine an instant in a lamp1 ,a world of doubts ,i solve2 on all ,my seal ,i stamp4 ,the darkness which the sun could never yet illume1 ,by magic of ,my breath grows bright as peacock's plume4 #cj ,wherever gloom may reign as undisturbed night1 ,when shone upon by ,me1 like noonday's forthwith bright40 ',twas ,he who taught to ,adam ev'ry thing's true name1 ,through ,adam to mankind imparted ,he the same4 ,take thou enlightenment from ,adam or the ,lord4 ,draw wine as thou mayest list from jar or from the gourd4#bej ,the distance is not great between the gourd and jar4 ,the gourd is not1 like thee1 made drunk by grape's nectar4 ,draw water from the brook1 or from a pitcher's mouth2 ,the brook is still the source whence pitcher's filled2 forsooth4 #ce ,seek light as listest2 whether from the moon or sun4 ,the moon derives her sheen from daystar's golden tun4 ,imbibe what light thou canst from any twinkling star4 ,the ,prophet said3 8,stars are all my disciples40 ,hear6#bea ,he further said3 8,how happy they who see my face1#beb ,and happy they who look on them in their own place40 ,he said3 8,good luck to all who have the happy chance#bec ,to look on my disciples1--mirrors of my glance40 ,if thou by taper's aid proceed to light a lamp1 ,the eye that sees its light1 perceives the taper's stamp4 #dj ,if one lamp from another should be lighted2 well6 ,the light received from this1 has come from that one's cell4 ,and so1 if through a thousand wicks the light should pass1 ,who sees the last enjoys the gift of all the mass4 ,the light of this last lamp's as pure as is the whole2 ,no difference is there4 ,and thus 'tis with the soul4 ,the light diffused by teachers in these latter days1 ,no other is than what was shown by earlier rays4 ,our ,prophet said3 8,the breathings of the ,lord your ,god1#bed ,in these your days of pilgrimage1 on all sides prod4 #de ,your ears and minds lend ye to all signs of the times2 ,perchance ye may inhale those breathings in these climes40 ,one breathing came and found you4 ,straightway it was gone4 ,to all who sought1 new life it gave4 ,it then had done4 ,another breathing's come4 ,be ye not unprepared4 ,ye may not let it go by4 ,something must be shared4 ,it found your souls on fire4 ',tis thence they cease to burn4 ,your souls it found all corpses4 ,life it made return4 ,your fiery souls by it all quickly were puffed out4 ,dead souls of yours by it began aloud to shout4 #ej ,their present calm1 and this vivacity's from heaven2 ,resembling not the turbulence by which man's driven4 ,one breathing from the ,lord1 when blown on earth and air1 ,ill qualities converts straight into all that's fair4 ,for fear lest any breathing such as this thee shake1 ,read thou the text3 8,they shunned the task to undertake40#bee ,had not 8they shrunk from it10 where now would'st thou have been8 ,had they not feared1 would'st thou this grade have ever seen8 ,but yesterday an opening gleamed for better things2 ,till greed for fleshly morsels stopped the way of kings4 #ee ,for sake of some such morsel ,luqmn was made bail4#bef ,the time's now that for ,luqmn morsel'd not avail4 ,the troubles we endure are all for morsel's sake4 ,be ,luqmn4 ,thou'lt extract the thorn that makes thee ache4 ,a thorn or chafing hurt not ,luqmn's horny hand4 ,through greed thou lackest the discipline made him so bland4 ,the thing thou thoughtest a date-palm1 know1 is but a thorn4 ,ungrateful1 uninformed thou art1 now1 as when born4 ,the soul of ,luqmn was a vineyard of the ,lord4 ,why then into his soul did thorn pierce like a sword8 #fj ,thorn-eating camel1 truly1 is this world of ours1 ,ahmed1 then1 came and mounted2--him that camel bears4 ,o camel1 on thy back thou bearest a vase of rose4 ,on thee from thence have sprouted rosebuds1 as ,god knows4 ,thy tastes thee lead to camel-thorn and wastes of sand4 ,to thee the thorn's a rose2 the wilderness1 rich land4 ,o thou who in such quest hast wandered up and down1 ,how long wilt thou contend rose-garden's sandy down8 ,thou canst not now extract the thorn from thy sore foot4 ,with that blind eye of thine1 how wilt thou see its root8 #fe ,a man whose vast desires the world could not contain1 ,is sometimes by one thorn's point sent to death's domain4 ,now ,ahmed came2 a tender1 kind companion1 he4 8,speak to me1 ,o ,humayr10 said he1 8speak to me40#beg ,put thou thy shoe1 ,humayr1 quick into the fire4#beh ,the rocks will rubies turn1 from his feet's blood in mire4 ,this ,humayr's a woman's name1 the poet's love4 ,such is the ,arab custom4 ,soul is meant4 ,now move4 ,that ,soul's no need to fear from being named as girl4#bei ,of sex1 as male or female1 that ,soul has no twirl4 #gj ,that ,soul is far above sex1 accident1 and mood4 ,that ,soul is not man's darling1 made of flesh and blood4 ,that ,soul is not the life that grows from cakes of bread2 ,that's sometimes of one mind1 and other then instead4 ,of good is ,he the worker1 good ,he is also4 ,from goodness separate1 no goodness e'er will flow4 ,if thou'rt made sweet through sugar1 it may happen still1 ,that sugar none thou find1 to sweeten thee at will4 ,but if thou sweet become1 like sugar1 through good heart1 ,this sweetness from thy sugar never will depart4 #ge ,how can a lover find love's nectar in himself8 ,that question passes comprehension1 my good elf4 ,man's finite reason disbelieves love's potent sway4 ,himself he yet esteems endowed with head to-day4 ,he's clever1 and he's knowing1 nil he's not2 anon4 ,until an angel's nothing1#bfj he's a sheer demon4 ,in word and act a man may be a friend of ours2 ,but when it comes to heart and mind1 he huffs and lours4 ,if he from esse1 reach not posse's state1 he's nil2 ,and willingly2--unwillingly1 we may worlds fill4 #hj ,the ,soul1 our ,god1 's perfection4 ,perfect is ,his 8call40#bfa ,his ,ahmed used to say3 8,ensoul us1 ,o ,bill6#bfb ,lift up thy voice1 ,o ,bill1--thy harmonious voice4 ,put forth the breath that ,i infused at thy heart's choice4 ,the breath that 'twas made ,adam lose all consciousness2 ,while all the hosts of heaven1 too1 felt their helplessness40 ,that ,ahmed1 ,mustaf1 at one blest sight stood lost4#bfc ,his wedding-night it was4 ,dawn-worship it him cost4#bfd ,he woke not from the sleep his blessed vision shed4 ,dawn-worship he o'erslept2 the sun shone overhead4 #he ,on that1 his wedding-night1 in presence of his bride1 ,his sainted soul kissed hands1 high honour's fullest tide4 ,both love and soul are occult1 hidden and concealed4 ,if ,god ,i have 8bride0 named1 let it stand fault repealed4 ,i silence would have kept1 from fear of love's caprice1 ,if for a moment only1 ,i'd been granted grace4 ,but ,he still said3 8,say on4 ,the word is not a fault4 ,it's naught but the decree there should appear default4 ,it's shame to him who only sees another's faults4 ,what fault is noticed by the ,soul safe from assaults80 #ij ,a fault it is to eyes of creatures ignorant4 ,but not with ,god the ,lord1 our ,maker benignant4 ,e'en blasphemy is wisdom with th' ,omnipotent2#bfe ,attributed to mortals1 mortal sin patent4 ,if one sole fault be found amidst a hundred truths1 ',tis like a stick that's used to prop sweet flowers' growths4 ,both will be surely weighed in justice' equal scales2 ,for1 like the soul and body1 both are pleasant tales4 ,the saints have therefore said1 for sweet instruction's sake3 8,the bodies of the pure with souls just balance make40 #ie ,their words1 their selves1 their figures1 whate'er these may be1 ,are all ,soul ,absolute1 without a trace to see4 ,sworn enemy is ,body to their spiritual life1 ,just as one game of backgammon1 with names full rife4#bff ,the body goes to earth2 is soon reduced to clay2 ,the soul endures like salt1 and suffers no decay4 ,the salt1 than which ,muhammed far more sapid is2 ,from 8,attic salt0 that's found in each dictum of his4 ,that ,attic salt's an heirloom1 heritage from him2 ,his heirs are here with thee4 ,seek unto them passim4 #ajj ,they're sitting in thy presence4 ,what's in front of thee8 ,thy soul demands thy care4 ,where can thy forethought be8 ,if thou still be in doubt1 and not sure of thyself1 ,thou'rt slave unto thy body2 soul thou hast not1 elf4 ,behind1 before1 above1 below1 stands body's shade4 ,the soul has no 8dimensions20 clearly it's displayed4 ,lift thy eyes1 dear ,sir1 in glorious light of ,god2 ,that thou be not accounted most shortsighted clod4 ,thou nothing knowest or carest about1 save grief and joy2 ,thou nothing1 by mere nothings hemmed in1 man or boy4 #aje ,to-day's a day of rain4 ,yet journey thou till night2 ,not on account of downpour1 but because it's light4 ,one day did ,mustaf go to the burial-ground4 ,the ,prophet at a funeral1 his friend's1 was found4 ,at filling in the grave he lent a helping hand2 ,a living seed he planted in that holy land4 ,the trees thereof are emblems1--cypress1 fir1 or yew2 ,their boughs are hands in prayer uplifted1--if men knew4 ,they many lessons inculcate to men of sense1 ,he who hath ears to hear may thence draw inference4 #aaj ,a contemplative mind from them new secrets culls4 ,the heedless are amused with what men's reason dulls4 ,with tongue-shaped leaves and finger-twigs they us address2 ,from inmost heart of earth they publish mysteries4 ,as ducks dive into water1 they plunge into earth4 ,like rooks they were1 now peacocks1 gay in their new birth4 ,the winter shuts them up1 as prisoners1 in its ice4 ,black rooks then1 bare2 as peacocks spring bids them arise4 ,god makes them look like dead in winter's frozen reign1 ,but with returning spring wakes them to life again4 #aae ,dull atheists contend this is a story old1 ,and ask why we to ,god attribute it1 so bold4 ,they say these alternations ever thus were seen4 ,the world of old1 they think1 as 'tis1 has ever been4 ,in spite of their contention1 in breasts of ,his saints ,has ,god at all times reared rich gardens free from feints4 ,each flower that yields to sense agreeable perfume1 ,speaks volumes to saint's heart with its mysterious tongue4 ,each perfume from a flower rubs atheist's nose in dirt2 ,although he rush about1 and boundless nonsense spirt4 #abj ,an atheist's like a chafer clinging to rosebud1 ,or like a nervous patient tortured by drum's thud4 ,he makes himself as fussy as each touting wight2 ,but shuts his eyes to flashes of conviction's light4 ,he shuts his eyes perversely1 with them will not see4 ,the saint1 on other hand1 's clear-sighted certainly4 ,the ,prophet1 when returned home from the funeral1 ,found #8'isha was waiting1 him to welcome all4 ,so when her eyes fell on him1 just as in he came1 ,she him approached1 and on him hand placed2 gentle dame4 #abe ,she touched his turban1 cloak and coat1 his sleeves and shoes1 ,his hair and beard1 his face and hands1 peering for news4 ,he asked her what she sought with so much eager zeal4 ,she answered him3 8,to-day of rain there's fallen a deal4 ,i'm lost in wonderment to feel thou art not wet2 ,no dampness is there here4 ,i marvel still more yet40 ,he asked3 8,what veil worest thou ,god's service to fulfil80#bfg ,she answered3 8,i a plaid of thine threw o'er my frill40 ,he said3 8,that plaid it was for which the ,lord1 to thee1 ,my lady pure1 a shower caused visible to be4 #acj ,that shower was not of raindrops from the clouds that fall2 ,a shower of mercy 'twas2 its cloud and sky1 ,his call40 8,in regions of the soul so many skies are there6#bfh ,they issue their commands to spheres of earth and air4 ,the ups and downs in spirit's path form quite a class2 ,so many hills to climb2 so many seas to pass40--,san'4 ,the unseen world has other clouds1 and other skies2#bfi ,its sun is different2 its water ,god supplies4 ,its rain proceeds from other clouds than does our own4 ,god's mercy 'tis that forms that rain when it pours down4 #ace ,those rains are never seen1 save by the eyes of saints4 ,mere men 8by new creation puzzled10#bgj judge them feints4 ,one rain there is that nourishment brings in its track2 ,another rain also that works a whole world's wreck4 ,the rain of spring does wonders in the garden's fold2 ,the rain of autumn chills like ague's shivers cold4 ,the spring rain nourishes whate'er it falls upon4 ,autumnal showers but bleach and shrivel2 all turns wan4 ,thus is it with the cold1 the wind1 and eke the sun2 ,they're means from which such different phases seem to run4 #adj ,in things invisible the same rule still holds good2 ,advantage1 loss1 annoyance1 fraud1 affliction's flood4 ,the words of saints are like the vernal breeze in power2 ,they cause sweet flowers to open in man's bosom bower4 ,and like the rains of spring on herbage of the field1 ,they raise in pious hearts a harvest of rich yield4 ,if thou shouldst see a trunk that's blighted1 dead1 and dry1 ,attribute not this state to quickening air's supply4 ,the air still quickens1 though dead stumps feel not its power4 ',tis only what's alive1 that freshens by a shower4 #ade ,the ,prophet gave advice3 8,from breezes cool1 in spring1#bga ,your bodies cover not2 they're invigorating4 ,allow them1 then1 full play2 they'll give your sinews strength4 ,see how1 with them1 the trees are clothed with leaves1 at length4 ,beware1 however2 autumn's chills ye must not court4 ,they're fatal to men's lives2 the trees they strip1 in short40 ,traditionists report the ,prophet's blessed words2 ,but there they have stopped short2 they add naught afterwards4 ,the whole class1 ignorant of application's call1 ,the mountain have discerned2 its mines they have missed1 all4 #aej ,the autumn chill1 with ,god1 is fleshly lust and pride2 ,the vernal breeze1 the spirit1 wisdom1 sense to guide4 ,of wisdom1 in thy head1 a glimmering thou hast2 ,seek then for perfect wisdom2 be to it steadfast4 ,thy partial stock from thence completed thou wilt bring4 ,on neck of flesh completed wisdom put1 as ring4#bgb ,thou seest now1 applied1 the breeze of spring is he1 ,who1 perfect in himself1 men perfect helps to be4 ,from words of his take care thou close not up thy ear4 ,thy faith they will confirm2 religion fruit will bear4 #aee ,reproachful1 or in praise1 hear all he has to say2 ,from thee the fires of hell they'll help to turn away4 ,reproaches1 admonitions1 life will bring at last ,if faith they but confirm1 flesh in subjection cast4 ,by admonition is the heart encouraged to good deeds2 ,and by reproaches is the soul kept back from evil's meeds4 ,upon the heart of teacher clings dark sorrow's pall1 ,if one twig from heart's garden's seen away to fall4 ,good #8'isha1 the gem of honour's casket wide1 ,then asked the ,prophet 7who's of both the worlds the ,pride73 #afj 8,o thou who of all creatures every essence art1 ,what was the reason rain this day has played its part8 ,was it a rain of mercy1 such as sometimes falls2 ,or was it as a menace justice fitly calls8 ,was it a vernal rain1 dispensing benefits2 ,or was it an autumnal shower1 to dig grave pits80 ,he answered3 8',twas a sprinkle1 sent to soothe our care1-- ,that fruit inherited by all who ,adam share4 ,should man remain exposed for long to care's fierce flame1 ',twould work him wrack and ruin1 crush his mortal frame48 #afe ,the world would go to ruin in a little while2 ,man's greed would get the upper hand1 did he not smile4 ,the prop of this wide world is heedlessness1 my son2 ,and thoughtfulness on earth below's a curse1 when won4 ,for thoughtfulness belongs unto the upper world2 ,triumphant here below1 all's soon to ruin hurled4 ,this thoughtfulness a sun is2 greed's a mass of ice4 ,this thoughtfulness is water2 greed1 the filth of vice4 ,so from the upper world scant tricklings are sent down1 ,that greed and envy may not ruin every town4 #agj ,if those scant tricklings were to prove a copious rill1 ,defects and talents both would cease our soil to till4 ,let's leave these moralisings2 they would have no end4 ,so go we back to seek the minstrel1 our old friend4 ,that minstrel's talent had been rare2 the world he'd charmed4 ,at sound of his sweet voice1 imagination 'd swarmed4 ,each heart1 birdlike1 began to flutter in its cage2 ,surprise enchained men's minds when his notes threw the gage4 ,but now he was grown old2 long years he'd passed on earth4 ,like falcon chasing gnats1 he'd little cause for mirth4 #age ,his back was double bent1 like belly of wine-jar2 ,his brows above his eyes with crupper-straps on par4 ,his voice1 the former joy of all who might it hear1 ,was now cracked1 out of tune1 uncouth1 none could it bear4 ,his tones1 that might have made dame ,venus mad with rage1#bgc ,were now like donkey's brayings in his sinking age4 ,what is there beautiful that goes not to decay8 ,where is the roof that will not ruin be one day8 ,unless it be the words of saint#bgd from ,god2 they'll last ',till echoes of his voice shall sound in judgment blast4 #ahj ,he is the inner joy that glads our inner man2 ,the source from whom our beings rose when time began4 ,he is the amber draws the motes of thought and speech2 ,he gave the means to measure revelation's reach4 ,our minstrel in old age felt poverty's sure pinch4 ,no money could he earn2 bread1 not enough for finch4 ,he prayed3 8,o ,god1 long life and full to me ,thou'st given1 ,to worthless sinner ,thou hast shown foretaste of heaven4 ,i've slighted ,thy commandments seventy years and more1 ,not one day hast ,thou let me pangs of want feel sore4 #ahe ,no longer can ,i earn2 ,i'm now ,thy household guest2 ,i'll harp for love of ,thee1 ,thou giver of my feast40 ,his harp on shoulder slung1 he went1 in quest of ,god1 ,to burial-ground of ,yathrab2#bge sat down on the sod4 ,said he3 8,i'll ask of ,god the hire of my harpstrings2 ,for ,he accepts the heart's most humble outpourings40 ,he harped awhile1 and then he laid him down and wept4 ,his harp his pillow was2 upon a grave he slept4 ,with sleep his soul was freed from prison and from pain1 ,the harp and harper both were now made young again4 #aij ,his soul1 free1 wandered forth1 exempt from all dull care1 ,in spacious fields of heaven1 the soul's park1 light as air4 ,there he began to warble1 merry as a lark3 8,o that ,i here might dwell without a care to cark6 ,how joyous ,i should be in such a paradise2 ,these sweet ethereal fields breathe balm1 and myrrh1 and spice4 ,i'd wander all about2 no need of feet or wings4 ,all sweets ,i'd feast on2 lips and teeth were useless things4 ,my mind at rest1 from all care free1 ,i'd ever roam4 ,the angels ,i'd not envy in their heavenly home4 #aie ,with bandaged eyes ,i'd survey realms without an end2 ,all sorts of flowers ,i'd gather1 yet not soil my hand4 ,like duck in pond1 down deep ,i'd plunge in honey lake4#bgf ,in ,job's own fount ,i'd bathe1 in wine ,i'd revel make4 ,for ,job with wine from heaven was cleansed in every pore2 ,from head to foot he came forth healed1 without a sore40 ,if these poor rhyming verses covered heaven's vast vault1 ,they'd not tell half a tithe1 they still would be at fault4 ,the sum of heavenly joys ,i find an endless theme2 ,my heart is far too narrow to embrace its scheme4 #bjj ,the world ,i would enclose in my poor poem's fold1 ,has lent my thoughts the wings that make their flight so bold4 ,were but that world in sight2 its road1 were it but known2 ,few souls would here remain1 were but its glories shown4 ,commandment has been given3 8,thou shalt not covetous be40 ,the thorn from out thy foot is drawn2 thy thanks let's see4 8,my ,lord6 ,my ,god60 loud cried our minstrel in that place1 ,those glorious realms of mercy1 boundless shores of grace4 ,about that time the ,lord on #8,umer slumber sent4 ,he could not keep awake2 beneath sleep's burden bent4 #bje ,with wonder thought he 'twas unprecedented3 8,see6 ,this sleep's divinely ordered2 purpose there must be40 ,his head he bowed2 sleep bound him fast2 a dream he saw1 ,a voice from ,god he heard1--for him a sacred law4 ,god's voice the real source is of every cry and sound2 ,the only voice1 in fact2 all other's echo found4 ,turks1 ,kurds1 and ,persians1 ,arabs1 all have understood ,that voice most wonderful1--of lip and ear no mood4 ,what say ,i8 ,no6 ,not merely ,turks and ,persians all1 ,the very rocks and trees have answered to that call4 #baj ,each moment's clearly heard3 8,am ,i not1 then1 your ,lord80#bgg ,ideas and essences became 8things0 at ,his word4 ,had they not answered3 8,yes1 ,thou art our ,god1 ,o ,lord10 ,from out of nothing straight that answer 'd come1 in word6 ,about what's here been said respecting stocks and stones1 ,let's hear what tell tradition's most veracious tones4 ,we'll find related there how various rocks and trees1 ,both understood and spoke1 as human being sees4 ,a post in his own house1 at ,mustaf's retreat1 ,sent forth a sob of grief1 like heart in sorrow's heat1 #bae ,as he his sermon preached1 surrounded by his flock1 ,so that the moan was heard by old and young2 no mock4 ,disciples one and all were petrified1 perplexed1 ,and marvelled what might make its wooden heart so vexed4 ,the ,prophet put the question3 8,what may be thy need80 ,the column answered3 8,prophet1 grief my heart makes bleed4#bgh ,against me1 in thy sermon1 thou'st been used to lean2 ,a pulpit now thou'st mounted2 far from me thou'rt seen40 ,the ,prophet said3 8,thou most affectionate of posts6 ,good fortune thee attend1 sent by the ,lord of ,hosts6 #bbj ,if thou so wish1 thou mayst become a fruitful palm2 ,and men from east and west sing of thy dates in psalm4 ,or ,god may thee transplant to realms of paradise2 ,where as a cedar thou eternally mayst rise40 ,it answered3 8,i elect what ne'er will know decay40 ,lend ear1 ,o heedless man6 ,hast thou less sense than they8 ,that post was forthwith buried1 like a corpse of clay1 ,in hopes of resurrection at the judgment day4 ,thou hence mayst learn that any whom the ,lord doth call1 ,breaks straightway with the things of this our earthly ball4 #bbe ,whoe'er receives a mission from the ,lord his ,god1 ,forsakes the world1 himself prepares the path to plod4 ,who's not received the gift of knowledge from above1 ,will ne'er believe a stock could sigh and moan for love4 ,he may pretend to acquiesce2 not from belief2 ,he says3 8',tis so10 to 'scape a name much worse than thief4 ,all they who're not convinced that ,god's 8,be0 is enough1 ,will turn away their face2 this tale they'll treat as 8stuff40 ,by thousands are confessing ,muslims1 men of mark1 ,by doubt most sadly haunted2 faith they've not1 one spark4 #bcj ,conformity with them is founded on surmise1 ,and all their heart and conscience quieted with lies4 ',tis ,satan sows the seed of doubting in their breast1 ,like blind men they will fall into the pit at last4 ,mere reasoners are cripples1 propped on wooden leg2 ,and1 like such cripple1 often falling as they beg4 ,how different's a pillar of our holy creed6 ,as mountain he is steadfast2 faith his living meed4 ,a blind man's leg's his staff2 upon it he must lean1 ,or he will risk to fall at full length on the green4 #bce ,a knight is he who sole has routed hosts of foes2 ,wise leader then becomes of liegemen's ranks through woes4 ,those blind men find their way by trusting to a staff4 ,they lean upon a creature2 their sight is in a gaff4 ,for1 otherwise1 they'd be far-seeing2 they'd be kings2 ,as 'tis1 they're blind1 they're corpses1--lifeless1 senseless things4 ,the blind can never sow1 and surely never reap2 ,they cannot edify2 their talent they must keep4 ,if 'twere not for ,god's mercy1 favour1 and free grace1 ,their staff of reason 'd snap2 they 'd fall prone on their face4 #bdj ,that staff's a weapon made for quarrelling and fight2 ,then break it up in pieces1 man of feeble sight6 ,that staff was given thee1 to help thee on thy way2 ,with it men's faces strikest thou1 angry1 ev'ry day4 ,what's this you're doing1 blind ones8 ,what are you about8 ,some constables call in1 to calm this frightful rout4 ,fall down1 and ,him entreat1 who furnished you with staff4 ,look well1 and see what signs your weapon may engraff4 ,consider ,moses' miracle2 reflect on ,ahmed's too4 ,one's staff became a serpent2 one's post chose what is true4 #bde ,from that staff came a serpent2 from this post1 loud moan4 ,five times a day for praise we hear the crier's tone4 ,this trouble otherwise had been a senseless suit2 ,so many miracles1 so very little fruit4 ,what's reas'nable the mind can easily allow1 ,no need's there then for miracle1 for tide to ebb and flow4 ,the plan of miracles unreasonable count2 ,but know it is accepted2 faith it does not daunt4 ,just like as demons1 and as wild beasts1 out of dread ,of man1 fled to the wilds1 when envy reared its head1 #bej ,so1 out of dread of miracles by prophets wrought1 ,do cavillers take refuge in sophisms of thought4 ,in name1 they're ,muslims2 and1 by virtue of their wiles1 ,we can't know what they are2 their faces are all smiles4 ,precisely as false-coiners on their metal base ,a coat of silver put1 the sovereign's name then trace1 ,in word1 ,god's unity confessed1 and holy law1 ,their hearts are like the poison-grain in sweet kickshaw4 ,not ,venus will convince a sophist in debate2 ,but true religion speaks1 confutes his postulate4 #bee ,his body's like a stock1 his spirit's but a stone4 ,howe'er he contradict1 them ,god directs alone4 ,in words1 mayhap1 he may detect a hitch or two2 ,but his own soul and body witness ,god is true4 ,some stones were held in hand by ,ab-,jahl one day4#bgi ,said he to ,muhammed3 8,what hold ,i here8 ,now say4 ,since thou'rt a prophet1 tell3 ,what hold ,i in my hand8 ,the secrets of high heaven thou claimest to command40 ,said ,muhammed3 8,how can'st suppose ,i should not tell8 ,the things themselves shall speak4 ,i'm truthful2 they know well40 #bfj ,said ,ab-,jahl3 8,this last pretension's harder still40 ,to him replied the ,prophet3 8,they'll obey ,god's will40 ,from out of his closed hand a chorus now burst forth2 ,confession of ,god's unity2 ,his ,prophet's worth3 8,there is no god but ,god10 the stones distinctly sang2 8,muhammed is ,god's prophet10 also clearly rang4 ,when ,ab-,jahl this heard1 he cast the stones away1 ,in anger from his hand1 as then he dared to say3 8,most surely no magician ever was like thee4 ,magicians' chief art thou2 crown on their heads thou'lt be40 #bfe ,may dust alight upon his head1 blind miscreant6 ',twas ,satan closed his inward sight2--cursed recusant4 ,now turn we once again to hear the minstrel's tale1 ,for all this time he's waiting2 anxious1 wan1 and pale4 ,the heavenly voice the ,caliph called3 8,ho6 #8,umer6 ,ho6 ,our servant's want relieve2 set thou him free from woe4 ,a servant whom we hold in very high esteem1 ,in public burial-ground1 go1 visit2 him redeem4 ,from out the public treasury do thou extract ,seven hundred golden sequins1 with due care and tact4 #bgj ,to him deliver them2 and say3 #8,o man of good1 ,for present needs let this suffice2 'twill give thee food4 ,thy harpstrings' hire it is4 ,go hence2 and when 'tis done1 ,do thou again come hither2 look for me alone4'0 ,at sound of that dread voice did #8,umer now awake1 ,and straight himself disposed that task to undertake4 ,towards the burial-ground he turned his steps amain1 ,the money in his breast1 to seek the stranger1 fain4 ,he walked about the ground1 right1 left1 and everywhere4 ,no second soul was seen2 the minstrel only there4 #bge ,thought he3 8,this cannot be my quest40 ,so1 off again ,he wandered2 still no other offered2 this was plain4 ,he said within himself3 8,the ,lord of servant spake1 ,devout1 approved1 accepted1 loved for ,god's own sake4 ,an ancient minstrel this4 ,of ,god can he be loved8 ,some mystery is here4 ,hail1 riddle1 by ,god moved6 ,once more he wandered o'er the spacious burial-ground1 ,as lion seeking for his prey goes round and round4 ,convinced at length no other was there choice to make1 ,he thought3 8,when ,i'm in doubt1 light from above ,i take40 #bhj ,respectfully he then approached the sleeping guest4 ,a sneezing seized him4 ,straight the harper woke from rest4 ,when #8,umer he espied1 he marvelled1 sore amazed2 ,and rose to go away4 ,fear's tremor held him dazed4 ,he thought3 8,o ,lord1 have mercy ,thou on me6 ,this magistrate austere no harper 'll kindly see40 ,now #8,umer him considered2 saw he was afraid2 ,his cheeks all pale and wan2 looks1 modest as a maid2 ,then said3 8,fear not6 ,from me seek not to go away2 ,good tidings from on high to thee ,i bring this day4 #bhe ,of thee the ,lord hath spoken in terms of highest praise4 ,the heart of #8,umer's moved to love thee and thy lays4 ,be seated1 then1 by me1 as friend by side of friend2 ,while ,i to thee impart the message ,god doth send4 ,the ,lord doth thee salute2 thy welfare doth inquire2 ,trusts thou'st supported well all thy afflictions dire4 ,this trifle sends for present needs1 as harpstrings' worth4 ,when it is spent1 come here again1 and fear not dearth40 ,the old man trembled as he heard those words so kind2 ,his finger in astonishment he bit2--near lost his mind4 #bij ,then cried aloud3 8,o ,god6 ,thou all-unequalled ,one6 ,in my old age ,i sink for shame2 this mercy ,i've not won40 ,a torrent1 now1 of tears1 he shed1 in anguish deep2 ,his harp then dashed to pieces4 ,why it longer keep8 ,he thus apostrophised it3 8,o thou source of ill6 ,thou'st barred me from heaven's path1 as highwaymen who kill4 ,my blood thou'st sucked these seventy years1 thou thing of shame6 ,through thee ,i'm rendered vile in eyes of men of fame4 ,o ,lord1 ,most ,merciful6 ,thou giver of all good6 ,my past life pardon1 squandered ill1 in heedless mood60 #bie ,man's life's a gift of ,god4 ,alas6 ,how few will think6 ,the value of each moment's great1 so near death's brink4 ,i've spent my life1 not thinking how the moments fly4 ,i've sung and harped as though a man should never die4 ,alas6 that ,i in singing songs of mirth and glee1 ,entirely had forgot that death would visit me4 ,alas6 that shrillest notes have set my ears in flames1 ,and scorched my heart to shamelessness6 ,sad names6 ,alas6 the gamut's intervals were heard all night4 ,the day has dawned2 the caravan passed with the light4 #cjj ,my ,god6 ,help1 help6 ,me save from him who cries for help6 ,protection ,i implore from self2--,i1 who thus yelp6 ,i never shall obtain my right1 except through craft4 ,for craft is german more to me than self ingraft4 ,by craft this self itself doth rear across my way4 ,beyond my craft myself ,i see1 when craft's at bay4 ,just like as when a man is telling gold with thee4 ,alone it thou considerest1--self thou dost not see4 ,so did the harper weep1 and loudly did complain4 ,his sins he numbered up1 committed in life's train4 #cje ,to him then #8,umer3 8,this contrition deep of thine ,is proof thou sober art1 though grief thy heart entwine4 ,thy worldly journey's over1 other path now take2 ,for this sobriety's a sin thou must forsake4 ,sobriety's a virtue in the road thou'st trod4 ,the past and future both are curtains hiding ,god4 ,set fire to both of them6 ,how long wilt thou remain ,partitioned up by diaphragms like a reed cane8 ,so long as reed has diaphragms1 it's not our friend2 ,with lips and voice of ours its notes it cannot blend4 #caj ,so long as thou goest round the house1 thou waverer art2#bhj ,but when thou'st entered1 then full ease reigns in thy heart4 ,o thou1 whose knowledge of full knowledge is not half1 ,contrition is1 with thee1 worse than thy fault1 mooncalf4 ,thou'rt contrite for the past4 ,on what occasion ,wilt thou contrition feel for this contrition8 ,at one time worshipper thou wert of notes of harp2 ,and now1 like lover1 thou'dst kiss sighs and moans so sharp40 ,like mirror1 #8,umer having thus reflected truth1 ,the harper's heart received enlightenment1 forsooth4 #cae ,he1 spirit-like1 became relieved of moan and smile4 ,his old mind took its leave1 his new heart was docile4 ,amazement fell upon him1 stupor bathed each sense1 ,ecstatic trance then followed1 earth and sky flew hence4 ,a yearning and a longing past description4 ,as ,i cannot explain2 try thy perception4 ,such ecstasy1 such words1 beyond all mood and tense2 ,immersion total in ,god's glorious effulgence4 ,immersion such1 escape therefrom impossible2 ,that sea henceforth to him became impassable4 #cbj ,our partial wisdom's not part of omniscience1 ,until ,god's promptings come its promptings to enhance4 ,but when our souls are made those impulses to feel1 ,that sea in waves straight rises1 under which we reel4 ,the story of the harper and his state now ends2 ,both harper and that state have grown to be our friends4 ,the harper sealed his mouth from any further song4 ,we1 too1 will leave his tale half told2 it is too long4 ,in order to attain to his high state of bliss1 ,had one a hundred lives1 they might be staked for this4 #cbe ,be thou1 then1 like a falcon1 ever on the wing1 ,to catch that gnat1 thy soul2 sunlike1 for ever sing4 ,he casts himself1 for love1 from highest heaven's height2 ,if flagons empty1 he with wine fills them1 so bright4 ,o spiritual ,sun1 transfuse ,thou life to all4 ,a new life give1 ,o ,god1 to this our earthly ball4 ,into the frames of men both life and soul infuse ,from out ,thy hidden world1 as water dost diffuse4 ,the ,prophet has informed us that1 for warning's sake1 ,two angels evermore sweet invocation make3 #ccj 8,o ,god1 dispensers bless6 ,do ,thou them feed and tend6 ,give them ten thousandfold for every mite they spend6 ,but hoarders1 ,o our ,lord ,god1 in this lower scene1 ,do ,thou afflict with loss1--no profit intervene60 ,how many hoardings better than dispensings are6 ,save in ,god's service1 wealth of ,god spend not4 ,take care6 ,so mayst thou get in recompense a hundredfold4 ,so mayst thou 'scape the punishment of sins untold4 ,men offered up their camels as a sacrifice2 ,in hopes their swords 'gainst ,mustaf would do service4 #cce ,seek thou the will of ,god from him who has it learnt2 ,not into every soul has ,god's will been inburnt4 ,the ,prophet's words forewarned those sons of heedlessness1 ,that all such offerings are a heap of worthlessness4 ,in war with ,god's apostle1 chiefs of ,mekka all ,such sacrifices offered1 ghostly aid to call4 ,just like the unjust steward1 who1 as justice due1 ,the treasure of his lord bestowed on rebel crew4 ,he falsely pictured to himself he'd justice wrought1 ,with public money spent1 the poor to terms he'd brought4 #cdj ,such justice from such culprit1 what could it effect8 ,his lord1 to anger moved1 excuses did reject4 ,hence is it1 every ,muslim1 fearing he may stray1 ,in his devotions begs3 8,lead ,thou us in right way40#bha ,their substance to dispense suits men of generous mood4 ,a lover's ready gift's his life for his love's good4 ,dispense thou food for ,god's sake2 food thou'lt surely have4 ,lay down thy life for love of ,god2 thy life thou'lt save4 ,we see the trees here shed their leaves at ,god's command4 ,without their toil or trouble1 other leaves ,he'll send4 #cde ,shouldst thou1 dispensing much1 one day be found in want1 ,the ,lord will not forsake thee2 ,his supply's not scant4 ,whoever sows1 must empty storehouses of grain2 ,his fields will yield him richly tenfold heaps of gain4 ,but he who's left his corn in garners1 to be used1 ,mules1 horses1 mice1 and accidents have it reduced4 ,this world's a negative2 the positive seek thou4 ,all outward forms are cyphers2 search1 the sense to know4 ,lay down thy wretched life before th' uplifted sword2 ,new life thou'lt purchase1 never-ending1 of the ,lord4 #cej ,but if thou do not know1 well1 how to quit this scene1 ,to me1 then1 lend thy ear2 this tale for thee ,i mean4 ,in days of old there was a ,caliph1 as is said1 ,whose generosity ,htim ,ty 'd dismayed4#bhb ,his fame for liberality went through the land2 ,all poverty1 all want1 relieved was at his hand4 ,the very sea went dry through his dispensing zest2 ,and rumours of his benefits spread east and west4 ,a fruitful cloud of rain was he to this our race2 ,in turn1 the object he of ,god's surpassing grace4 #cee ,so large his gifts1 that seas and mines were out of date4 ,still fame brought caravans of suitors to his gate1 ,his courts and halls the temples of the indigent4 ,the noise had gone abroad how largely he had spent4 ,the ,persian1 ,roman1 ,turk1 and ,arab1 all were there1 ,and all admired his liberalities so rare4 ,a ,fount of ,life was he1 a very sea of gift4 ,all nations profited1--in praise their voice did lift4 #cei ,,ix4 ,the ,poor ,scenite ,arab and his ,wife4 ,an ,arab woman once thus to her husband spake1 ,insisting strongly he'd of these words notice take3 8,how very poor we are6 ,what hardships have we borne6 ,the whole world lives in pleasures2 we're the butt of scorn6 ,we have no bread2 for condiment we've grief and cares4 ,jug1 pitcher we possess not2 drink we naught but tears4 ,by day1 our only raiment's scorching solar heat2 ,our bedclothes in the night1 the moon's rays pale and sweet4 ,the disk of ,luna we may well imagine bread4 ,our hands we lift to heaven2 keen hunger's pangs we dread4 #e ,e'en mendicants feel shame at our dire poverty4 ,our days are dark as night1 through drear adversity4 ,our kindred1 as all strangers1 sight of us now shun4 ,just like the wandering ,jew1 for fear we should them dun4#bhc ,when ,i would borrow half a handful of lentils1 ,the neighbours wish me dead2 their wrath on me distils4 ,amongst us ,arabs pride is felt in war and gifts1 ,among those very ,arabs thou'rt devoid of shifts4 ,what need of war have we8 ,we're wounded2 we are slain2 ,the dart of want has pierced us through and through with pain4 #aj ,what need of faults1 ,o sinless one8 ,we're in hell-fire6 ,what solace have we8 ,overwhelmed with deep desire6 ,what gifts have we to give8 ,we silent beggars sit6 ,could we but seize a gnat1 its throat we'd straightway slit6 ,if guest should come to us1 as sure as ,i'm alive1 ,when he was sunk in sleep1 to strip him we would strive40 ,such grumblings1 and as follows1 going on all day1 ,she made her husband wish her fifty miles away3 8,unbroken destitution's brought us both to straits4 ,my heart burns for our sorrows2 hope's gleam ne'er awaits4 #ae ,how long are we to suffer torture such as this8 ,with hunger's agony1 like coals of fire we hiss4 ,should any stranger guest come unexpectedly1 ,what shame we'd feel him to receive dejectedly4 ,if any visitor should pass our way this eve1 ,unless we eat his sandals1 what food can we give80 8,hence 'tis the wise have said in proverb1 rendered free #8,a guest should never go where he'll not welcome be4' ,who'd wish to be the guest confiding of a man1 ,who'll strip thee to the skin1 bare1 gladly1 if he can8 #bj ,unhappy in himself1 can he thee happy make8 ,he can impart no light2 deep gloom's his only stake4 ,not feeling gladsome in himself1 with others met1 ,he cannot yield to them what he has not as yet4 ,suppose a man ophthalmic start as oculist2 ,of granite-dust alone will his eye-salves consist4 ,so 'tis with all in times of misery and need2 ,let no one1 then1 come blindly to our house to feed40 ,hast never seen reality of famine near8 ,look well at us2 thou'lt see effects of food too dear4 #be ,our outward look is black1 like dark pretender's heart4 ,this lacks enlightenment1 though his exterior's smart4 ,he has no hope of ,god1 nor any good to show1 ,though more than ,seth or ,adam he pretend to know4 ,ev'n ,satan unto him no trace of self has shown1 ,and yet he claims to be a ,vicar of ,god's own4#bhd ,some ,gnostic terms he uses as a plagiarist1 ,that he may lead the people as though secretist4 ,a critic1 'sooth1 is he2 complains of ,byezd2#bhe ,whereas ,yezd himself would blush at his bald creed4#bhf #cj ,of heavenly bread and table1 nothing has he known2 ,the barest bone to him1 vile dog1 ,god has not thrown4 ,he pompously proclaims3 8,my table have ,i spread2 ,vicegerent's son1 ,god's ,vicar1 here am ,i indeed6 ,then welcome1 all ye simpletons6 ,come in2 ,come in6 ,from table of my bounty fill yourselves within40 ,for years he dupes them with 8,to-morrow's0 promise still4 ,the arrant arch-deceiver1 whose 8,to-morrow's0 nil4 ,a long time is required to sound a human mind1 ,to find out what defects may lurk the mask behind4 #ce ,a buried treasure is there under body's wall8 ,or is it hole of serpent1 toad1 or scorpion1 all8 ,at length when 'tis discovered1 impostor is he1 ,his pupil's life is wasted2 what use then to see8 ,but on some rare occasion1 pupil of great parts ,will come to the impostor1 profit by his arts4 ,he comes with good intention to the lecture-hall1 ,expects a guiding soul2 he finds a carcase2 all4 ,as when1 in dead of night1 one does not know the east1#bhg ,to offer one's devotion's licit1 turning west4 #dj ,pretenders carry famine in their heart of hearts4 ,we suffer only want of bread for our repasts4 ,why1 then1 pretender-like1 should we our want disguise8 ,why1 for appearance' sake1 our soul1 too1 bastardise8 ,the woman's husband answered3 8,pray now1 silence keep6 ,our life is most part o'er4 ,what's left us but to weep80 8,the wise man cares not for a little more or less4 ,these both will pass away1 like torrent's waywardness4 ,a torrent may be clear1 or muddy1 black as ink4 ,it will not last4 ,why then should we about it think80 #de 8,within this world what millions1 living creatures all1 ,a life of joy still lead1 quite free from let or fall4 ,a dove is always cooing praises to the ,lord1 ,upon a tree1 so long as day may light afford4 ,a nightingale sings hymns1 ,god's name to bless alway4 ,for unto ,thee he trusts1 ,who hearest us when we pray4 ,a falcon1 when he sits upon a royal fist1 ,no longer stoops to carrion1 wherewith to subsist4 ,and so from gnat to elephant like state we find1 ,they all depend on ,god1 the best of feeders' kind40 #ej 8,all those anxieties that fall on us like darts1 ,are but the vapours1 tempests1 of our human hearts4 ,those cares are like a sickle1 made to cut us down4 ,this is a fact1 though we are slow the truth to own4 ,our ev'ry suffering1 here1 a portion is of death4 ,this part of death1 then1 drive away whilst thou hast breath4 ,if from this part of death thou findst thou canst not run2 ,thou'rt sure whole death will follow1 as the light the sun4 ,if thou canst learn to think this part of death is sweet1 ,thou knowest that ,god will make its whole thy tastes to meet4 #ee ,our troubles are the heralds of our death to come4 ,turn not thy face away from herald1 as do some40 8,whoever leads a joyous life finds death severe4 ,and he who's slave to body1 mars his soul's career4 ,when sheep come home from pasture in the meadows green1 ,the fattest ones are slaughtered1 soon as they are seen4 ,the night is spent1 the morn is come1 my bosom friend1 ,when wilt thou bring thy grumbling gossip to an end8 ,once thou wert young1 and more content a hundredfold2 ,then covetous becamest1 though thyself art gold4 #fj ,a fruitful vine thou wert2 a blight's come over thee2 ,thy fruit will never ripe1 'twill shrivel on the tree4 ,sweet fruit1 with flavour1 give1 thy inward worth to prove4 ,thou backwards shouldst not walk1 as ropemakers all move4 ,thou art my helpmate fond2 and fellow-workers all1 ,of one mind still should be1 or their joint work must fall4 ,a pair should ever be conformable in aim4 ,a pair of shoes examine2 pair of boots1 the same4 ,if one boot of a pair be too small for the foot1 ,the pair is useless2 vain1 the other's size to moot4 #fe ,one boot is small2 the other1 'haps1 too large is found4 ,hast ever known a lion consort with a hound8 ,two packs upon a camel equipoise require2 ,the one must not be half1 the other bale entire4 ,i choose the road that leads straight to contentment's door1 ,why takest thou the path to sin and misery's floor80 ,the woman's husband1 suffering1 but resigned still1 ,thus spake unto his wife1 to calm her restive will4 ,the woman raised a shout3 8,o man of simple mind6 ,i will no longer listen to thy words1 though kind4 #gj ,talk not to me of claims1 pretensions1 and such stuff4 ,i care not one pin's point for pride and flimsy fluff4 ,why preach so loud of sentiment and honour's call8 ,just look at our condition4 ,shame upon thee fall6 ,pride certainly is wrong2 much worse in beggars' camp4 ,the day is cold and snowy2 all our clothing's damp4 ,what nonsense and frivolity thy weak pate doles6 ,and all the while thy tent1 like cobweb1 's full of holes4 ,where didst thou learn contentment's rule to make thy pride8 ,has thy contentment taught thee shame from men to hide8 #ge ,the ,prophet has declared3 #8,content a treasure is4' ,but what knowest thou of treasure8 ,suffering's all thy bliss4 ,contentment's but a water-reservoir that leaks4 ,do hold thy tongue1 thou plague2 and cease these foolish freaks4 ,thou namest me thy helpmate2 lower1 pray1 thy tone4 ,i'm fellow unto justice2 mate to knavery1 none4 ,since thou equality with lords and princes claimest1 ,why suck the blood of locusts that by chance thou maimest8 ,thou fightest for a bone with dogs in this debate4 ,how shall ,i not complain1 with hunger at our gate8 #hj ,don't look at me contemptuously1 and all askance4 ,lest ,i tell all my mind1 thy baseness to enhance4 ,thou holdest thyself much wiser than poor soul like me4 ,hast ever found me wanting sense to make thee see8 ,think not to fall upon me1 wolf-like1 unawares1 ,o thou at whose great wisdom woman's folly stares6 ,the wisdom thou so holdest superior to all1 ,not wisdom is2 but serpent's1 scorpion's1 deadly gall4 ,a foe may ,god prove ever to thy drivelling guile6 ,so mayst thou turn out weaker than weak woman's wile6 #he ,thou art both snake and snake-catcher1 in one combined4 ,a serpent-charming serpent6 ,arab's pride enshrined6 ,did crows but realise their ugliness supreme1 ,as white as snow they'd change1 through rage and arrant shame4 ,a charmer sings a charm against a snake1 his foe2 ,the snake charms him in turn2 hence follows boundless woe4 ,were not his trap a charm prepared by the snake1 ,would he become the victim of some small mistake8 ,the charmer first is caught in toils of greed and lust4 ,and sees not 'tis the snake has charmed him1 bound him fast4 #ij ,the snake addresses him3 #8,o charmer6 ,see now6 ,look6 ,thy own work thou perceivest1 my wiles hast mistook4 ,thou charmest in ,god's name to make me thy bond-slave1 ,and lead me captive1 make me sport for fool and knave4 ,the name of ,god it is that holds me fast enchained2 ,that name thou usest as my trap4 ,art not soft-brained8 ,that name will one day vengeance on thee for me take4 ,in fear of that dread name1 ,i1 soul and body1 quake4 ,he'll either take thy life with poison-fang of mine2 ,or1 like me1 unto prison ,he will thee consign6'0 #ie ,thus spake the woman bitterly unto her spouse1 ,whole volumes would not hold the words that she let loose4 ,he answered her3 8,my wife6 ,art woman8 ,art thou mad8 #8,my poverty's my pride4'#bhh ,reproach me not when sad4 ,possessions1 wealth1 are but a cap the scalp to hide4 ,the scaldheads or baldpates alone in caps confide4 ,whoever's hair has grown in curls or tresses full4 ,is always proud when he his cap away can pull4 ,a man of ,god resembles precious sense of sight4 ,our eyes should not be bandaged1 or we can't see right4 #ajj ,the dealer who exposes slaves free from defects1 ,strips off the useless cloak that hides all ill effects4 ,were they not sound1 would he the sheltering mantle strip8 ,nay6 ,contrary6 ,with clothing he'd their vices clip1 ,and say as an excuse3 #8,he's timid2 she's shamefaced1 ,and shrinks from being here bare of vestments placed4'0 8,a man of wealth may full of sundry vices be4 ,his riches are his mantle2 none his failings see4 ,men all are covetous2 their greed 'tis blinds them all1 ,one touch of fellow-feeling binds them as one ball4 #aje ,but should a poor man say what's precious more than gold ,his saying is not heeded by the world so cold40 8,the functions of a dervish far transcend thy ken4 ,the aim of mendicancy's folly to most men4 ,true dervishes retire away from wealth and power4 ,their bread the ,lord1 majestic1 furnishes each hour4 ,our ,god is just4 ,when had it happened that the just ,have acted with injustice towards the poor who trust8 ,to one1 all blessings ,god gives1 favours1 luxuries2 ,another one1 at will1 with coals of fire ,he tries4 #aaj ,who doubts that ,god thus acts with uncontrolled will1 ,his portion be the fire of tribulation still40 8#8,my poverty's my pride' is not an empty word1 ,therein are hid a thousand blessings well assured4 ,in anger1 imprecations thou hast cast on me4 ,i am a humble suitor2 snake-catcher thou'dst see4 ,if e'er a snake ,i catch1 ,i still extract its fangs1 ,that harm may never follow1 when its head one bangs4 ,those fangs are enemies to every serpent's life1 ,when ,i extract them1 then1 ,i make him free from strife40 #aae 8,i never will submit to spell of lust and greed4 ,for cov'tousness ,i've conquered4 ,its maw ,i'll not feed4 ,thank ,god that greed is not among my sins1 at least4 ,contentment fills my heart2--a true1 perpetual feast4 ,thou lookest at the crown of pear-tree full of fruit1 ,come down from that idea2 no good will it boot4 ,in raising up thyself1 thou giddy hast become2 ',tis not the house that reels2 thy brain's grown troublesome40 8,once ,ab-,jahl saw ,ahmed2 spitefully he said3 #8,thou ugly portraiture from ,ban-,hshim bred6' #abj ,said ,ahmed3 #8,true thou'st spoken1 most veracious man2 ,thy words are worthy credit1 let who cavil can6' ,then ,ab-,bekr saw him1 said he was a sun ,of perfect beauty2 east1 west1 everywhere he'd run4 ,to him1 too1 ,ahmed answered3 #8,thou hast spoken true1 ,o upright man1 set free from all the nine spheres' clew4' ,the company assembled marvelled at these words1 ,and asked3 #8,how can two contraries be what accords8' ,said ,ahmed then3 #8,a mirror am ,i1 polished bright4 ,both ,turk and ,hind see in me reflection's light4'0 #abe 8,o wife6 ,if ever thou hast thought me covetous1 ,come forth from such idea1--too preposterous4 ,that which thou takest for greed is heaven's mercy1 sure4 ,and how can greed and mercy both at once allure8 ,make trial of true poverty1 but for one day1 or two4 ,thou'lt find therein true riches1 with contentment1 too4 ,be patient with our poverty1 and banish grief2 ,for poverty's a crown bestowed by our great ,chief4 ,put off sour looks and see1 how many thousand souls1 ,through sweet contentment are as happy as the fowls4 #acj ,see other thousands1 also1 drinking dregs of grief3 ,it permeates their being1 as sugar scents roseleaf40 8,alas6 ,thou wast a treasure valued by my heart6 ,i loved to pour my soul forth in thy ears apart6 ,a kind of milk is speech2 its teat the soul1--or gland4 ,to make it freely flow requires a loving hand4 ,if but the hearer listen1 hang upon his lips1 ,the speaker1 though a corpse1 grows eloquent1 ne'er trips4 ,attentive audiences still confer the powers1 ,to stutterers and stammerers1 to speak for hours4 #ace ,if strangers should break in upon my privacy1 ,my womenkind retire1 from mere delicacy4 ,but if my visitor be confidant and kin1 ,they come forth freely1 play about with gladsome din4 ,whatever best they know1 of work1 or play1 or jest1 ,they do and say1 for show1 before a welcome guest4 ,what use of sound of harp1 of bass or treble notes1 ,for deaf or senseless ear1 that on no music dotes80 8,our ,god has made the earth1 the sky1 and all between2 ,his light1 and eke ,his fire1 upon that stage is seen4 #adj ,the ,lord without a purpose gave not musk its scent4 ,for odour 'twas1 not for diseased nostrils1 meant4 ,the earth ,he stretched forth1 and fixed as man's abode4 ,the heavens ,he upreared to be by angels rode4 ,th' inferior creature1 man1 's at strife with all on high2 ,he bids for every place he sees1 for all he'll sigh40 8,dear wife6 ,chaste1 modest matron6 ,art thou well prepared ,into the tomb to sink1 ere thy doomed hour's declared8 ,were ,i to fill the earth with pearls of countless price1 ,thy daily bread thee failing1 could they thee entice8 #ade ,then cease from all contention1 strive not 'gainst the ,lord1 ,or separation from thee will be my last word4 ,what taste have ,i for strife1 contention1 or annoy1 ,when even in peacemakings ,i've no longer joy8 ,be quiet6 ,hold thy peace6 ,or1 by the ,lord of life1 ,i'll quit this tent for ever2 thou'lt not be my wife6 ,much better to walk barefoot than with shoe too small6 ,the toil of travel's sweeter than strife in one's wall60 ,she knew1 thence1 he was angered2--will had of his own2 ,she burst in tears4 ,was ever woman tearless known8 #aej ,quoth she3 8,i'd never thought from thee such words to hear2 ,far different had ,i hoped2 knew not ,i'd aught to fear40 ,she made herself most servile1 thing of small amount2 ,remarked3 8,thy humble servant am ,i2 so me count4 ,my soul and body1 all ,i have1 's at thy command2 ,sole arbiter art thou2 dispose2 ,i'll not withstand1 ,if ,i of poverty impatiently complained1 ,not for myself1 for thee1 was our sad lot disdained4 ,in all afflictions thou our remedy hast been2 ,i grieve to see thee want2 my anguish thence grows keen4 #aee ,dear1 darling spouse6 ,for thee was all my deep dismay2 ,my sighs and moans for thee came into bitter play4 ,i call my ,god to witness1 in my heart and mind1 ,i'm ready life to lay down1 if thou'rt so inclined4 ,o that thy heart1--the life with which my soul's endued1-- ,could trace aright the channel by my thoughts pursued6 ,if merely through suspicion thou art vexed with me1 ,my life ,i value not2 breath1--body's naught6 ,just see4 ,i scorn all gold and silver1 count them less than dirt1 ,if they to thee bring anguish4 ,no6 ,i'm no such flirt4 #afj ,thine is the only picture painted on my heart2 ,and canst thou talk of leaving me1 from home depart8 ,discard me1 if thou wilt4 ,thou hast the right and power1 ,o thou for whose divorce excuse ,i make each hour6 ,recall to mind the time when ,i thy idol was1 ,and thou1 priest-like1 didst worship me6 ,alas6 ,alas6 ,my heart ,i cultivated just as thou desiredst4 ,thou thoughtest 'twas fond4 ,i knew thou it with love inspiredst4 ,like potherbs o'er the fire1 thou addedst what thou wouldst1 ,sharp vinegar1 or honey4 ,what thou wishedst1 thou couldst4 #afe ,if blasphemy ,i've uttered1 lo1 ,i faith profess6 ,my life is in thy hands2 but1 be not pitiless6 ,i wot not thou wouldst prove imperious1 like a king2 ,so1 like an ass turned loose1 before thee took my fling4 ,thy pardon now ,i crave4 ,let me know joy again6 ,contention ,i forswear1 repentance ,i maintain4 ,with sword and winding-sheet ,i fall at my lord's feet2 ,should he decapitate me1 death to me'll be sweet4 ,thou'st talked of separation2--bitter1 worse than gall2 ,do what thou will with me1 that hideous word recall4 #agj ,in thee1 for me1 a pleader ever will be found2 ,if ,i be mute1 thou'lt still hear intercession's sound4 ,my potent advocate is1 in thyself1 thy heart2 ,relying upon that1 ,i dared to sin1 with art4 ,have mercy slily1--see thy grace thyself not1 ,lord6 ,to me far sweeter than a honeycomb full stored60 ,thus pleaded she2 in coaxing1 wheedling terms1 with skill4 ,her tears rolled down in streams1 fast coursing at her will4 ,her weeping and her sighs were past endurance felt1 ,whose features1 tearless1 e'en his heart of steel could melt4 #age ,that shower precursor was of lightning's vivid gleam1 ,whose flash lit in his breast a fire1 with pity's beam4 ,she1 of whose beauty was a slave her husband still1 ,a double spell exerted through entreaty's thrill4 ,one1 whose least coolness sets man's heart in flames1 ,by turning supplicant a twofold witchery claims4 ,if he1 whose pride at times pain causes to thy mind1 ,to supplication stoop1 thou'lt small resistance find4 ,he1 whose fierce tyranny our bleeding hearts most grieves1 ,by tendering excuses1 us excuseless leaves4 #ahj 8,is goodly made to man0#bhi 's a text from ,god's own word2 ,as truth made manifest1 is by man ever heard4 ,god1 too1 therein decreed3 8that he with her may dwell20#bij ,whence ,adam's love for ,eve survived lost ,eden's dell4 ,a hero man may be1 a ,hercules to grieve1 ,but slave to woman's will is he1 without reprieve4 ,he1 to whose words the universe has all bowed down1#bia ,was he who sang3 8,humayr1 speak to me60 ,life's crown6#bib ,of fire and water1 fire is quelled through water's wet2 ,still1 water boils through fire1 when in a cauldron set4 #ahe ,the cauldron1 like a veil1 those lovers keeps apart2 ,and water's influence no longer cools fire's heart4 ,to outward show1 as water1 thou mayst rule thy wife2 ,in stern reality1 thou cleavest to her1--thy life4 ,this attribute1 humanity must own its force3 8,man quails to sensual love10 which springs from failing's source4 ,the ,prophet hath declared that woman1 over sage1 ,despotic power e'er wields1 and over men of age2 ,that fools the upper-hand o'er women still maintain1 #aij ,because they're harsh1 gross1 senseless1 careless to cause pain4 ,no gentleness1 no pity1 faith1 or ruth have they2 ,in that a bestial nature o'er them holds its sway4 ,humanity 'tis claims1 for self1 love1 charity2 ,while lusts and rage are marks of bestiality4 ,fair woman is a ray from out the sun of ,truth2 ,not loved8 ,a creator2 not created1 forsooth4#bic ,the husband1 now1 contrition felt for what he'd said1 ,as sinner1 at death's door1 repents of evil deed4 ,thought he3 8,i have assailed the life of my life's life2 ,i've plagued and broke the heart of my dear darling wife60 #aie ,when ,god decrees an ill1 man's judgment falls asleep4 ,and perspicacity knows not which way to leap4 ,the doom of ill struck home1 man straight feels deep regret2 ,propriety outraged1 he turns to mourn and fret4 ,addressing1 then1 his wife1 he said3 8,my shame is great6 ,i've acted as a heathen1 ah6 ,i'm ready to entreat6 ',gainst thee ,i've trespassed1 prithee1 pardon to me grant2 ,upon me vengeance wreak not1 root not up the plant6 ,an infidel1 however old1 if he confess his sin1 ,and make amends1 ,god's sheepfold opes and takes him in4 #bjj ,thy heart is full of pity1 goodness1 kindness1 grace2 ,all being1 eke nonentity1 's in love with thy sweet face4 ,true faith1 e'en blasphemy1 adores thy majesty2 ,with that elixir all to gold turns instantly40 ,in ,moses and in ,pharaoh parables we see4 ',twould seem that ,moses' faith was right2 ,pharaoh's sin's fee4 ,by day would ,moses pray unto the ,lord of ,hosts2 ,at midnight ,pharaoh1 too1 bewailed his impious boasts1 ,and said3 8,thou1 ,lord1 this yoke upon my neck didst lay2 ,were't not for yoke imposed1 the egotist who'd play8 #bje ',tis ,thou'st enlightened ,moses' mind1 of ,thy free grace2 ,and hence hast left me blindly groping on my face4 ,the countenance of ,moses ,thou'st lit up1 like day2 ,my heart1 like moon eclipsed1 ,thou'st darkened with dismay4 ,my star was never brighter than the full-faced moon2 ,when darkened with eclipse1 it surely sets too soon4 ,true1 kings and princes sound my praises in their routs2 ,my star eclipsed1 the rabble raise their clamorous shouts3 ,with cleavers1 marrowbones1 tongs1 pokers1 hideous 'larm1 ,they seek to fright some monster2 really1 shame all charm4 #baj ,alas for ,pharaoh1 with those fearful yells and noise6 ,alas his #8,lord ,supreme1'#bid drowned in that discord's voice6 ,both ,i and ,moses servants are of ,thee1 our ,king2 ,like woodman's axe on tree1 ,thy wrath on me takes swing4 ,some boughs ,thou loppest1 to plant4 ,they quickly grow again4 ,some others but as firewood burn1 or moulder on the plain4 ,what can the bough1 to cope with axe's severing edge8 ,can bough resist1 return the blow1 as blacksmith's sledge8 ,i call on ,thy omnipotence6 ,thy axe withhold6 ,thy mercy manifest6 ,these wrongs set right6 ,behold60 #bae ,then to himself did ,pharaoh think3 8,o wondrous thing6 ,all night ,i've prayed #8,good ,lord' to heaven's ,almighty ,king6 ,in secret ,i'm humility1 a very worm6 ,but when ,i ,moses meet1 how greatly changed my form6 ,base coin1 if tenfold gilded o'er with finest gold1 ,upon the fire when cast1 its baseness all behold6 ,are not my heart and body wholly in his hand8 ,why brain me1 flay me1 thus8 ,so cunning1 soft1 and bland6 ,commandest ,thou me to flourish8 ,as cornfield ,i'm green4 ,decreest ,thou me to wither8 ,straight ,i'm sallow seen4 #bbj ,one day ,i'm bright as full moon2 next1 as eclipse dark4 ,but is not this of all ,god's works the constant mark8 #8,be1 and it is6'#bie ,a bat that drives man on1 ,his laws6 ,of entity1 nonentity1 that course is cause6 ,th' uncoloured being stained with colour's various tinge1 ,one ,moses 'gainst another's certain to impinge4 ,if th' unconditioned state1 that was1 should e'er return1 ,with ,moses ,pharaoh1 then1 may live in peace2 not burn40 ,does doubt invade thy bosom from this subtle theme8 ,think6 ,when was colouredness exempt from doubt extreme8 #bbe ,the wonder is how colour rose from hueless source2 ,how colour1 huelessness1 in ceaseless warfare course6 ,the origin of oil is water4 ,this is known4 ,then why are oil and water foes1 as may be shown8 ,from water oil's created by mysterious power2 ',gainst water why does oil rise up1 and war1 each hour8 ,the rose springs from a thorn2 thorns1 from the rose4 ,in open warfare are these two4 ,why8 ,what suppose8 ,or is this seeming warfare all a cunning sham1 ,like donkey-dealers' wordy strife1 some dupe to flam8 #bcj ',tis neither this nor that4 ',tis puzzle for the wise4 ,the treasure's to be sought2 the ruin's 'fore our eyes4#bif ,that which thou deemest the treasure's naught but vanity4 ,by deeming it a treasure1 makest thou it to flee4 ,thy deemings and thy thoughts build up a pile too fair2 ,for treasure never lurks where buildings crown the air4 8,to edify0 means3 8,being1 warfare eke1 to sow40 ,nonentity is shamed with entity's false show6 ,not entity 'tis calls for aid4 ,it is the void ,for restitution asks1--encroachments would avoid6 #bce ,think not 'tis thou wouldst flee non-entity's fell grip2 ,nonentity encroachment dreads from thy short trip4 ,apparently1 it thee invites unto its breast2 ,but really1 it repels2 club-like is its protest4 ,know then1 dear friend1 that ,pharaoh's shrink from ,moses' call ,was1 really1 like a wrong shoe on one's foot4 ,that's all4 ,opinions are agreed 'mongst philosophic folk3 8,the sky's an eggshell2 in it lies this globe1 as yolk40 ,a questioner once asked3 8,how rests this little ball ,within the circumambient spheres1 without a fall8 #bdj ',tis like a lamp hung up to vault of high-pitched dome2 ,it never sinks below1 nor soars above its home40 ,to him one wise man answered3 8,by attraction's force1 ,on all sides equal poised1 it's kept from all divorce4 ,just as an iron ball would centrally be hung1 ,if loadstone vault there were to hold it freely swung40 ,a caviller objected3 8,how should heaven's pure vault1 ,attracting to itself1 this vile black ball exalt8 ,say rather it repels with equal force all round4 ,the earth thus rests amidst air's tides that hold it bound40 #bde ,thus is it by repulsion from the souls of saints1 ,the ,pharaohs of each age are fixed in error's taints4 ,repelled1 then1 they are from this world and the next2 ,in neither have they portion2#big shunned are they1 and vexed4 ,from ,god's anointed ones dost thou draw back in heart8 ,know1 thy existence grieves them1 frets them1 makes them smart4 ,they're like the amber1 then4 ,when chafed1 it shows its power4 ,the mote of thy existence quick they'll force to cower4 ,if they conceal that power1--exert it not for thee1 ,all thy docility will turn to pride4 ,thou'lt see4 #bej ,e'en as the bestial quality1 in man aye found1 ,unto its human yokemate#bih slave and serf is bound4 ,this human element1 too1 in saints' hands1 my friend1 ,is pliant1 like the bestial2 to their wish they't bend4 ,by true faith1 ,ahmed called the world1 his docile sons1 ,to table spread3 8,say3 #8,servants mine6'0 ,thus ,god's text runs4#bii ,thy mind's a camel-driver2 thou1 the camel1 still1 ,urged by decree3 8,command60#cjj it drives thee as it will4 ,god's saints are minds of minds4 ,men's minds1 beneath their sway1 ,are camels1 too4 ,and thus the lengthening series play4 #bee ,look unto them1 then1 if the truth thou'dst fully know2 ,a pilot is the life of thousands1 here below4 ,but what are pilots8 ,camel-drivers what8 ,still seek ,thou one whose eye looks on the sun1 and feels not weak4 ,the world's plunged1 nailed1 in thickest pitchy dark of night2 ,for day to break1 it wants the rise of ,god's sunlight4 ,behold a sun for thee1 in mote contained and hid2 ,a rampant lion1 clad in pelt of gentlest kid4 ,behold a hidden sea1 beneath a blade of grass4 ,beware6 ,tread not thereon in doubt4 ,thou sink'st1 alas6 #bfj ,doubt and incertitude1 when felt in pious breast1 ,are mercies from on high2 a leader gives them rest4 ,a prophet 's sole and solitary in the world4 ,sole2 but within him bears a thousand systems furled4 ,as though by magic1 the vast universe he makes ,around himself revolve1 who smallest compass takes4 ,the fools saw him alone2 thence judged him some weak thing6 ,weak can he ever be who's upheld by the ,king8 ,those fools thought3 8,he's a man4 ,he's really nothing more40#cja ,alas1 for fools6 ,they're void of common sense in store4 #bfe ,the prophet ,slih's camel was1 in form1 a beast2#cjb ,his people her hamstrung2 'twas ignorance1 at least4 ,they cut her off from water2 drink they her refused4 ,ungrateful such return for meat and drink they'd used6 8,god's camel0 drank the water brought as dew by mists4 ,god's water they held back from ,god4 ,monopolists6 ,thus ,slih's camel1 as of saint the fleshly form1 ,became an ambush2--sinners' ruin thence would storm6 ,upon that sinning race what dreadful judgment fell6 8,god's camel and her drink0#cjc the text is1 us to tell4 #bgj ,god's vengeance1 as pursuer1 sought from that vile crew ,the price of her shed blood1 a country's whole space through4 ,the soul to ,slih's like2 his camel is the flesh2 ,the soul communes with ,god2 the flesh pines in want's mesh4 ,good ,slih's soul was safe from effort of their whim2 ,his camel felt the blow they dared not aim at him4 ,no hurt could fall on ,slih's soul1--that priceless gem1-- ,such holy emanation was not sport for them4 ,the soul unto the flesh is joined1 by ,god's decree1 ,that it may be afflicted1--trials made to see4 #bge ,who hurts a body hurts also its soul1 no doubt2 ,the life-blood in that vase from being's fount was brought4 ,god enters in relation with material form1 ,that ,he may be asylum to each earthborn worm4 ,no man can inlet find to injure soul of saint2 ,an oyster-shell is crushed2 its pearl escapes attaint4 ,then serve the camel2 that is1 list to saint in flesh2 ,and with his righteous soul thou'lt serve one ,lord afresh4 ,when ,slih saw the evil deed they'd foully wrought1 ,in three days' time a judgment from his ,god he sought4 #bhj 8,three days from hence10 said he1 8affliction will befall2 ,of which1 three signs precursors shall be4 ,you'll see1 all4 ,the colour of your faces shall be changed to view2 ,complexions various shall be seen in each of you4 ,upon the first day1 saffron's hue shall be their tinge2 ,the second1 scarlet red each countenance shall fringe2 ,and on the third1 as black as coal shall be each face2 ,upon which ensuing1 ,god's wrath shall then take place4 ,if sign of me you ask for truth of what ,i say1 ,observe the path that camel's foal shall take to-day2 #bhe ,then strive to catch it4 ,if you can1 by chance1 succeed2 ,good4 ,if not1 hope is gone2--from bow the arrow's freed60 ,no one of them the camel's foal could overtake4 ,it fled among the hills1--was lost to sight4 ,heartache6 ,e'en so the soul1 when once its prison bars are burst1 ,unto the ,lord of ,grace its winged flight takes first4 ,the prophet then3 8,the threatened judgment now must storm2 ,all hope's gone by2--dead as that camel's lifeless form4 ,still1 if1 by coaxing1 you her foal can win back here1 ,in calm tranquillity1 from whence it's fled through fear1 #bij ,with its return of confidence you may be saved2 ,but otherwise1 despair and gnash your teeth1 depraved60 ,his threat they heard2 dejected were at its import4 ,their looks sank downcast2--sad anxiety's resort4 ,the first day came2 they saw each visage jaundiced o'er2 ,and thence1 in fell dismay1 they laments uttered1 sore4 ,their scarlet skins1 the second day1 told plainer still1 ,time for repentance was but short1 and hope was nil4 ,the blackened faces1 on the third day1 clearly told ,the prophet's threat was strictly true4 ,their blood ran cold4 #bie ,thus being brought to quit their menaces and scowls2 ,upon their knees1 hams1 breasts1 they crouched like roosting fowls4 ,this cringing posture has that abject1 trembling crew1 ,in holy writ1 inspired1 dubbed 8crouching20#cjd and 'tis true4 7,kneel1 thou1 at times when by instructors thou art taught1 ,and when thou'rt warned that 8crouching0 's with abjection fraught47 ,in hopeless expectation ,god's blow to ensue1 ,the countryside entire within their homes withdrew4 ,the prophet ,slih left his cell to view the town4 ,enveloped in a smoke and blaze he saw it drown6 #cjj ,low1 moaning noise he heard proceed from its remain2-- ,sighs1 as it were1 and sobs2--he sighers sought in vain6 ,those sighs were fitful cracklings of their burning bones2 ,those sobs1 the hissings of their blood1 in clots1 on stones6 ,on hearing these sad sounds the prophet burst in tears2 ,responsive to those moans1 he groaned4--,no listening ears6 ,the dead he then addressed3 8,o people1 chid in vain6 ,how often 'gainst you to the ,lord ,i've wept1 with pain6 ,the ,lord me answered3 #8,patience have with their misdeeds2 ,to them give counsel still2 not long will last those needs6' #cje ,remark ,i made3 #8,with such misdeeds will counsel count8 ,as milk1 kind counsel flows from love's unsullied fount6' ,the untold wrongs you'd heaped upon my patient head ,had curdled milk of counsel in my bosom's stead4 ,the ,lord replied3 #8,a grace ,i'll now on thee bestow2 ,i'll soothe the wounds inflicted by their rancour's bow4' ,with that1 ,god made my heart as tranquil as of yore2 ,swept clean away the cobwebs of your paltry score40 8,again ,i proffered counsel to you1 sage and safe2 ,in parables soft couched1 with words that might not chafe4 #caj ,once more that milk flowed1 mixed with honey1 from my lips2 ,the dulcet tones were tempting1 not like stinging whips4 ,alas6 ,within your ears they all to venom turned2 ,because1 like poisonous plants1 your nature goodness spurned4 ,why do ,i weep8 ,you've burnt the substance of all grief2 ,like bone in throat1 ye obstinate1 you've choked relief6 ,ought any to lament when grief is laid in bier8 ,man justly tears his hair1 his head if broke by spear60 ,with that1 reproachfully upon himself he turned1 ,and cried3 8,those fellows were not worth the tears they spurned4 #cae ,recite not wrongfully1 ,o master of address1 ,the text3 #8,how will ,i grieve#cje o'er crew that none should bless6'0 ,still1 in his eyes and heart more briny tears he found1 ,a pity1 really motiveless1 in him 'd ta'en ground4 ,as summer-rain he wept1 through feeling ill at ease2 ,a summer-rain1 quite cloudless1 from compassion's seas4 ,his conscience smote him sore3 8,why weepest thou1 man of sense8 ,are they of tears fit objects1--men of violence8 ,what motive for thy tears8 ,say4 ,grievest thou for their acts8 ,mournest thou th' extinction of their merciless1 vile pacts8 #cbj ,or is't1 perchance1 their hearts1 corrupt1 gangrened1 thou'dst weep8 ,on their empoisoned tongues1 so adderlike1 thou'dst keep8 ,those tails and fangs is't1 are the objects of thy grief8 ,their scorpion claws and sting that thou regrettest in chief8 ,contentiousness1 foul mockery1 rude violence8 ,thank ,god1 instead1 who's checked their boastful insolence6 ,their hands were evil2 evil were their feet1 their eyes2 ,their peace1 their friendship1 as their wrath1 were all unwise4 ,from rule of meek obedience1 customs handed down1 ,they'd swerved2--to follow mere devices of their own4 #cbe ,they wished not for a teacher1 asses obstinate2 ,their own ideas alone they'd stoop to cultivate4 ,god therefore sent ,his servants1 smoke and fire to wit1 ,from heaven1 the miscreants to chase to dire hell-pit40 ,behold the damned and blessed1 thus1 in one scene conjoined2 ,between them is 8a great gulf fixed by none o'erclimbed40#cjf ,those 8sons of fire0 and 8light0 together seemed immixed2 ,but barrier impassable 'tween them was fixed4 ,the mine's rich golden ore in soil imbedded lies2 ,but really separated1 far as eagle flies4 #ccj ,like pearls and jet beads in one row of necklace ranged2 ,a motley company1 like inn's chance guests1 oft changed4 ,or like an estuary1 half soft1 sweet to drink1 ,most palatable water1 clear1 bright as moon's twink2 ,the other half salsuginous1 wormwood and gall1 ,foul1 black as ink1 and fetid1 shocks the senses all4 ,these dash together2 now this1 now that1 uppermost2 ,their waves a turmoil make1 as though by tempest tost4 ,that show of fierce collision's made by matter's form2 ,in truth1 the spirits 'tis that compacts make1 or storm4 #cce ,when gentle waves1 in friendship's reign1 roll gracefully1 ,contention quits each breast1 all goes on merrily4 ,with rough war's hideous billows1 7mark the altered scene67 ,all love is straight renounced2 dire hate's to supervene4 ,affection coaxes rancour to subside1 appeased2 ,because its origin's in reason fixed1 soon pleased2 ,while raging anger stirs up thoughts of bitter strife4 ,for how can man be tranquil1 when the stake's his life8 ,our outward eye discerns not pure from tainted hearts2 ,futurity's small lattice oped1 the curtain parts4 #cdj ,the eye of true sagacity distinct can see2 ,this other eye1 'tis1 fails2--is ne'er from error free4 ,how many seeming pleasures1 fair1 as sugar sweet1 ,have poison lurking in them1 death to all they meet6 ,men of discernment know them surely by mere smell2 ,and others find them out1 though late1 when tasted1 fell4 ,that taste's enough2 ejected are they2 swallowed1 not2 ,although the fiend may urge1 with3 8,eat1 while hot60 ,again some others find in throat they firmly stick2 ,and others yet are vexed with intestinal prick4 #cde ,still others by sharp purgings find they've done amiss2 ,indulgence of the palate's changed to pangs their bliss4 ,again there are some suffer after months or years2 ,and others pay the penalty within the tomb1 with tears4 ,e'en should there chance a respite1 granted in the grave1 ,at resurrection's trump1 disclosure naught will save4 ,each plant1 each honied morsel1 in this lower sphere1 ,a term has1 fixed1 him to affect who tastes the cheer4 ,what ages of submission to sun's influence1 ,e'er ruby can acquire ripe tinge1 bright effulgence6 ,the salad cress is ready in a month or two2 #cej ,the rose requires some years before it shows its hue4 ,to this end has the ,lord1 whose name be ever blessed1 ,in holy writ declared3 8,appointed term40#cjg ,we've cessed4 ,hast thou this heard8 ,read1 mark1 and learn with diligence6 ,life's water is it4 ,hast thou drunk8 ,health spring from thence6 ,those words thou mayst consider life's fount1 if thou list2 ,their sense it is important thou shouldst not have missed4 ,one other theme1 my friend1 fix firmly in thy mind4 ',tis patent as thy soul2 as subtle thou'lt it find4 #cee ,at times as venomous as adder's fatal fang2 ,at times as healthful as the food from heaven that sprang4 ,now lethal2 now again remedial1 by ,god's will4 ,at one time blasphemy2 then1 holy rapture's thrill4 ,thus will it1 now1 be fatal to a human soul2 ,and then1 again1 a remedy for all that's foul3 8,the juice of unripe grapes is sour1 as is well known2 ,but when the fruit has ripened1 sweet and fragrant grown1 ,in wine-jar when fermented1 nauseous and unclean2 ,when vinegar1 again1 most wholesome is it seen40 #cfj ,if saint a poison swallow1 wholesome it will prove2 ,but if disciple taste it1 death will him remove4 8,lord1 grant unto me10 was the prayer of ,solomon1 8,the power and kingdom solely 7not to ,abaddon72 ,this favour grant not unto other after me60#cjh ,which reads like envy4 ,such1 however1 it can't be4 ,put not1 in heart1 construction that must disagree ,upon those words so read3 8to other after me40 ,he saw a thousand dangers in the sway conferred2 ,saw that earth's empire is a snare to be abhorred2 #cfe ,a danger to one's life1 one's faith1 one's inner self2 ,such trial has no equal on the whole world's shelf4 ,e'en ,solomon sagacity did much require1 ,to shield him from mistakes in all his vast empire4 ,the wondrous power he wielded could alone suffice1 ,to quell rebellion's perils1 rising in a trice4 ,so when he rested from due ordering his wide realm1 ,he felt that other kings misrule might overwhelm4 ,then interceded he3 8,this rule1 this much-prized flower1 ,vouchsafe to none1 save with the selfsame power4 #cgj ,to whom ,thou mayest it grant upon these very terms1 ,he's ,solomon1 he is myself1 my sway confirms4 ,he'll not come after me1 he'll reign with me indeed2 ,with me and in me1 free from rival's dreaded meed40 ,this to expound appeared a duty paramount2 ,return we1 and our tale of man and wife recount4 ,a sequel to that incident 'tween man and wife ,is looked for by the mind of him who's watched their life4 ,the incident of man and wife recounted here ,of each man's soul and flesh the parable is1 clear4 #cge ,the wife the flesh is2 man's the soul2 he's wisdom1 too2 ,they're emblems also of all good and evil1 true4 ,the two1 of need1 existing in this earthly home1 ,by day and night at war are2--always quarrelsome4 ,the wife requires her various household garniture1 ,her bed and board1 her comfort1 and her furniture4 ,the flesh1 like woman1 to be gratified still seeks2 ,submissive sometimes2 oft would play ambitious freaks4 ,the soul has no idea1 itself1 of such instinct2 ,but seeks to muse upon its love for ,god1 distinct4 #chj ,existence is the secret of their constant war2 ,the form in which 'tis waged thou'rt now about to hear4 ,had psychic indication proved sufficient sign1 ,material creation 'd been a useless coin4 ,is love for ,god thy thought1 aim1 wish1 design1 intent8 ,to forms of worship1 fasting1 thou wilt yield assent4 ,the gifts and little presents interchanged by friends1 ,are not their love's pure essence4 ,signs they are1 not ends4 ,mere outward witnesses1 that simply testify ,th' affection's feelings4 ,these the heart1 'tis1 sanctify4 #che ,for all men know that kindnesses bestowed by hand ,are proofs of sympathy4 ,mind can this comprehend4 ,a witness may speak falsely2 also1 may speak truth2 ,is sometimes drunk1 with wine2 sometimes1 is urged by ruth4 ,when wine is drunk1 intoxications supervene2 ,its vapours rise into the head1 erst so serene4 ,behold yon hypocrite6 ,he fasts2 he worships1 prays2 ,that he a man of ,god may seem4 ,he's not4 ,mere ways6 ,results of outward actions are of outward kind1-- ,the signs of what is inward1 working on the mind4 #cij ,grant unto us1 ,o ,lord1 discernment to perceive ,what sign is true1 which meant fond mortals to deceive6 ,suppose not that the senses with discernment plod2 ,discernment is the inner1 gracious gift of ,god6 ,effect not being visible1 we look to cause4 ,we know that kindred moves to friendship1 by fixed laws4 ,but him1 who judges by the light of ,god's own truth1 ,effect and cause no longer hold a slave1 forsooth4 ,when love for ,god is lighted in the human heart1 ,it fiercely burns2 it suffers not effect's dull smart4 #cie ,no sign of love does it require to seek for1 there2 ,for love is love's own sign1 giv'n from the highest sphere4 ,details there are1 far more1 to make this theme complete4 ,if wished for1 each can find them4 ,they're not obsolete4 ,sense must be gathered from material1 outward form2 ,some sense is patent2 some is hard to find1 difform4 ,the indication's feeble2--tree and water see2-- ,how different1 apparently1 their natures be6 ,let's leave now all these words1--cause1 nature1 sign2-- ,and turn we to our ,arab and his wife benign4 #djj ,the husband said3 8,i've now abandoned all dispute4 ,all rule is in thy hands2 thy power is absolute4 ,whatever thou ordain1 submissive thou'lt me find2 ,its good or bad results shall not weigh on my mind4 ,i'm non-existent2 save1 that by thee ,i must move2 ,a lover2 therefore am ,i deaf and blind1 through love40 ,his wife him answered3 8,is this all in kindness meant8 ,or dost thou seek by craft my plans to circumvent80 ,he swore3 8,by ,god2 who knows the secrets of each heart2 ,who hath created ,adam free from treacherous art2 #dje ,who1 in three cubits' stature unto him dispensed1 ,the mysteries of all decrees1 all souls1 condensed3 ,whatever is to be1 to all eternity1 ,to ,adam taught1 with every name of ,deity1 ,so that the very angels wearied under him1 ,as he them taught1 but ever gained by each maxim60 ,the revelations ,adam made to them were vast2 ,had never been disclosed before1 from first to last4 ,the compass1 spacious1 of his all-inclosing mind ,far wider was than heaven of heavens a grasp could find4 #daj ,the ,prophet hath declared ,god made him clearly know3 8,i'm not contained1 not held2 by aught above1 below1 ,on earth1 in heaven1 above the heavens1 ,i am not held4 ,this know1 then1 thou also1 ,my friend1 as though beheld4 ,but1 wonderful6 ,believer's heart can ,me contain6 ,if ,me thou'dst seek1 there look for ,me1 with might and main60#cji ,his words were3 8,seek within ,my servants4 ,there thou'lt meet ,the paradise of ,my aspect4 ,thou most discreet60#caj ,the heaven of heavens1 with all its wondrous wide extent1 ,at sight of ,adam's glory into tremors went4 #dae ,the marvellous expanse of heaven's a stretch extreme4 ,but what is matter1 all1 when spirit is the theme6 ,each angel made remark3 8,until this very hour ,i had a certain knowledge of the wide earth's bower4 ,much duty ,i've performed upon its soil1 down there4 ,surprise ,i've felt1 not small1 attachment so to bear4 ,for what was my attachment to that ball of clay2-- ,i1 that am moulded from the glorious light of day8 ,what was my strong affection8 ,i'm light2 darkness1 earth6 ,can light and darkness mingle2--live in jocund mirth8 #dbj ,o ,adam6 ,now it's clear6 ,my love was mere instinct2 ,in that the earth material gave for thee1 succinct6 ,thy earthly body here was wove out of its clay2 ,thy spirit1 pure1 created was beyond the realm of day6 ,the honour which we1 spirits1 have received through thee1 ,before all worlds had sparkled1 by divine decree6 ,when we were on the earth1 we inattentive were2 ,and little recked the treasure trusted to its care6 ,when orders were received to quit the earth1 and mount1 ,we felt regret to change2 knew not on what account4 #dbe ,we thought of reasons for the shift1 and question made3 #8,o ,lord6 ,who then shall take our place when we're thus bade8 ,wilt ,thou exchange our praise and service here below1 ,for mere lip-homage from a worm ,thee will not know8' ,an answer from the ,lord1 benign1 did we receive3 #8,what you allege is somewhat many might deceive4 ,each word upon your tongues is surely out of place1 ,as lisping talk of son to sire1 without preface4 ,your rash objections would deserve to be chastised1 ,but that ,i have decreed that mercy's higher prized4 #dcj ,behold1 ,o angels6 ,since you've made confusion strange1 ,in you henceforth ,i've placed a sense of doubt and change6 ,since you demur1 and ,i refrain from chastisement1 ,none can gainsay my mercy2 none may raise comment4 ,a hundred mothers1 fathers1 meet not ,my decree6 ,each soul that's born a zero is compared to ,me6 ,their love is but the froth2 ,my love1 the sea of love6 ,froth comes and goes2 the ocean none remove4 ,more ,i may say4 ,for1 in this earthly oyster-shell ,there's naught but froth of froth1 of froth of froth to tell6'8 #dce ,the ,lord thus spake2--the ,lord1 that sea of purity6-- ,he spake not by conjecture2--truth's own entity6 ,what ,i here state is said in love's humility4 ,the ,lord is ,he to whom ,i fly1--sole ,deity6 ,if thou wouldst put to test what ,i have here set forth1 ,first prove thy test4 ,make truly sure it's trouble's worth4 ,cloak not thy secret thoughts4 ,so may my thoughts be known4 ,propose whate'er thou list2 within my power1 'tis shown4 ,thy heart conceal not4 ,i'll lay bare my heart of hearts2 ,accept all1 of acceptance worthy1 thy mind starts4 #ddj ,that ,i may do whatever lies within my power1 ,do thou observe my heart's condition in its bower4 ,the wife observed3 8,a very sun of good is risen2 ,through whom a gladsome world's enlarged from want's sad prison4 ,vicegerent of th' ,all-,merciful1 ,caliph of ,god1 ,fair ,bagdd's city prides itself to kiss his rod4 ,if unto him thou have recourse1 a prince thou'lt be4 ,why1 then1 to misery cleave1 such as we hourly see8 ,companionship with fortune's minions brings good luck2 ,where's an elixir like their power1 my dearest duck8 #dde ,ahmed's esteem raised ,ab-,bekr such a height2 ,for once confirming ,ahmed's word1 #8,faithful' he's hight60 ,the man demurred3 8,how can ,i gain access at court8 ,without an introduction1 how find sure passport8 ,connection we must seek2 or else invent excuse4 ,no artizan can work without his tools4 ,the deuce6 ,thus ,mejnn1 when he'd heard by chance from passing wight1 ,his ,layl was an invalid 7which caused him fright71 ,exclaimed3 #8,alas6 ,without excuse ,i cannot go6 ,and if ,i visit not the sick one1 ,i'm all woe6 #dej ,would that ,i were physician1 with his healing art2 ,then could ,i see my ,layl2 none would dare me thwart6' ,and now he cries3 #8,i have it6 ,i've a right to go6 ,no bashfulness shall keep me from her portico6' ,had bats but eyes1 with which to see and find their way1 ,they'd fly about1 disport themselves1 jocund1 by day40 ,the wife replied3 8,the ,caliph's public pageant is ,for all who introduction lack2 their griefs are his4 ,to be1 and have a grief1 is introduction sure4 ,thus poverty and lowliness work their own cure40 #dee ,he still objected3 8,shall ,i fall in love with want1 ,that ,i may urge my need as matter for some grant8 ,e'en then1 a witness credible ,i should require ,t' attest my indigence1 when almoners inquire4 ,point out for me a witness2 not mere words and wiles2 ,that so the sovereign's favour may be won1 and smiles4 ,for1 otherwise1 a mere pretext1 without a proof1 ,in justice' court would fail1 and bring reproof4 ,a witness credible is1 then1 sine qu non4 ,for suitor's plea to stand1 proof it must rest upon40 #dfj ,his wife rejoined3 8,the witness thou requir'st to bring1 ,must1 by some shrewd contrivance1 from thy prospects spring4 ,rain-water's all we have in store within our hut1 ,estate1 possessions1 wealth1 lie in our water-butt4 ,a little pot of water shalt thou bear with thee1 ,as offering to the ,caliph4 ,this present from me2 ,and say3 #8,no other wealth on earth do ,i possess4 ,to ,arabs of the desert1 water's happiness6 ,the ,caliph's treasury is full of gems and gold2 ,a pot of water such as this1 its coffers do not hold6 #dfe ,what is this pot8 ,it is an emblem of our lives6 ,the water in it1 matchless virtue of our wives6 ,accept1 then1 gracious prince1 this little pot from me2 ,and out of all ,god's gifts repay its value1 free6' ,that pot's five lips are emblems of our senses4 ,sure6 ,keep them all clean2 so may thy honour1 too1 be pure6 ,the pot will then relation keep with ocean's wave2 ,and ,i1 perchance1 advantage from that ocean have4 ,if clean thou carry it before the sovereign's eyes1 ,he may be pleased therewith2--buy it from mere surprise4 #dgj ,the pot will1 then1 of water never lacking be2 ,my little water-pot shall suffice thee and me4 ,close tight its lips1 and bear it full from our supply4 ,a holy text 'tis says3 #8,from lust close every eye4'#caa ,his beard1 his moustache1 both1 will swell with joy at this4 ,for prince supreme like him1 my offering's not amiss40 ,thou1 woman1 didst not know that there1 in ,bagdd's midst1 ,a ,tigris flowed with water1 sweet as honey4--,didst8 ,a very ocean is it1 rapid in its course2 ,with boats and ships1 with fishers' hooks1 both fine and coarse4 #dge ,go then1 good man6 ,the ,caliph thee his state shall show6 ,thou'lt comprehend the text3 8,beneath which rivers flow40#cab ,thus1 likewise1 are our intellects1 our thoughts1 our sense2 ,a drop compared with ,god's boundless omniscience6 ,the husband now chimed in3 8,yes6 ,plug the pot's mouth tight4 ,thou'st hit the very offering2--useful1 good1 and right6 ,sew it up carefully in case of felt1 threefold4 ,our ,caliph's breakfast-water#cac shall it be2--so cold6 ,no other water's like it in this world of ours2-- ,it's heaven's pure ambrosia1 'still'd from vernal showers6 #dhj ,poor cits know none but waters hard and bitter all2-- ,whence various maladies1 with blindness1 them befall60 ,the bird that lives where salt-marsh noisome airs exhales1 ,knows naught of joys pure water gives1 and spicy gales6 ,so thou1 good man1 who dwelledst 'midst the desert's waste1 ,hadst never seen a ,tigris1 known ,euphrates' taste6 ,as he1 again1 not yet from worldly cares set free1 ,is ignorant of ecstasy1 of rapture's glee2 ,or1 having heard thereof as tales from men of old1 ,knows them as names alone1 in storybooks oft told2 #dhe ,child's ,a1 ,b1 ,c2 as taught to every lisping elf2 ,but whose real meaning's hidden from the teacher's self4 ,our ,arab man now takes that water-pot in charge4 ,by day and night he travels2--load not over large6 ,anxiety fast holds him1 lest the pot should break2 ,most watchfully he guards it from misfortune's freak4 ,his wife spends all her days in prayers on his behalf2 ,her worship o'er1 she adds3 8,lord6 shield my better half6 ,secure our pot of water from all thievish hands6 ,send it may prove a pearl in sea of ,bagdd's lands6 #dij ,my husband1 true1 is shrewd2 and know's what he's about2 ,but pearls have enemies1 we trow1 in every rout6 ,what is a pearl8 ,a drop from fount of life sent down2#cad ,a drop from non-existence1--whence all substance known60 ,those prayers' reward1--as guerdon of her sighs and tears2-- ,his care's requital1 watchfulness1 and constant fears2-- ,their pot reached ,bagdd safe from robbers' grip2 ,secure from shock of stone1 from chance of fall or slip4 ,a city1 there1 he sees1 with every blessing filled2 ,where craving mortals ply each art1 as they are skilled4 #die ,each moment1 here or there1 some extra-lucky wight1 ,his object gains1 receives from court what glads his sight6 ,to ,muslims1 ,unbelievers1 equal grace is doled1 ,like rain and sunshine4 ,not so paradise1 we're told6 ,one set of men he sees arrayed in honour's robes2 ,another set endure1 through hope and fear1 sharp probes4 ,as gentle1 or as simple1 prince or worm1 pismire1 ,all are alive1 as though last trump's notes them inspire6 ,the worldly1 in apparel sumptuous to behold2 ,the godly1 all immersed in transports clearly told6 #ejj ,the hopeless have become as though their hopes were fair2 ,the hopeful show enjoyment of fruition's share6 ,a voice proclaimed3 8,come forward1 all ye sons of want60 ,beneficence seeks beggars1 as for gifts they pant4 ,beneficence hunts up for beggars and for need1 ,as beauty seeks her mirror1 with a special greed4 ,a pretty face is charming in its mirror seen2 ,beneficence gleams lovely through want's chilly sheen4 ,god hath enjoined in holy writ3 8,by forenoon's glare60#cae 8,muhammed1 chide not thou too much at beggar's prayer60#caf #eje ,a beggar is a mirror wherein bounty shines4 ,dull not that mirror1 then1 with breath of anger's whines6 ,the beggar 'tis shows forth what charity achieves2 ,a charitable man for this those wants relieves4 ,a beggar1 then1 's a mirror of th' ,almighty's grace2 ,and whoso's with the ,lord1 therein sees his ,lord's face4 ,he that hath love for other than the ,lord of all1 ,is dead at heart1--not living2--shadow on a wall6 ,whoe'er adopts ,god's poverty1 without false show1 ,secures the prize of ,god's rich pleasure here below6 #eaj ,who puts on sham of poverty deserves no bread4 7,bones are not given to effigies of dogs4 ,they're dead67 ,his want craves pelf2 'tis not the love of ,god he'd seek4 ,lay not thy bounty at the feet of one too sleek4 ,a landshark is a mendicant for mere pelf's sake4 ,he's fish in form2 but will not to the water take4 ,domestic fowl is he2 not eagle of free air4 ,with ,lot he sips of wine2 ,god's water's his despair4 ,he loves his ,god1 if but his ,god will grant him wealth2 ,but nothing cares for ,god's mere grace2--for spirit's health4 #eae ,should he conceive th' idea of love for ,god alone1 ,god's essence he'd deny1 ,god's attributes disown4 ,man's fancy is a creature2--born with mortal lot4 ,god was not born4 ,his scripture says3 8,nor was begot40#cag ,the man in love with self1 and with his fancy's freak1 ,can never be a lover who to ,god will seek4 ,were fancy's lover true1 and free from crafty guile1 ,his fancy's tropes had led him to the truth erewhile4 ,that dictum would require a commentary1 full1 ,but fear withholds me4 ,prejudice will have its pull6 #ebj ,old prejudice1 quite purblind to the truth1 ,i see1 ,a hundred phantoms conjures up to frighten me4 ,not every man has heard aright the still small voice2 ,not every bird's a fig-pecker1 that sweets rejoice2 ,how then a bird that's dead1--turned putrid long ago2-- ,a man of prejudice1 all sightless1 eyeless1 so6 ,a painted fish cares not for water1 or for land4 ,soap to a blackamoor is one1 or tar1 in hand4 ,shouldst thou depict a portrait overwhelmed with grief1 ,would grief or joy be felt1 though shown in strong relief8 #ebe ,the picture would look sorrowful2--no sorrow feel2 ,or smiling happiness2--without gay laughter's peal4 ,the joy or grief depicted by a pencil's art1 ,is naught but simulated2--knows nor thrill1 nor smart4 ,lugubrious countenances are for our behoof2 ,that we may be reminded not to court reproof4 ,and beaming visages are not without their use1 ,if they recall us from mere form to sense occluse4 ,the various effigies we see in this bath-house1#cah ,disguised in draperies1 are dolls2--blind fools to chouse4 #ecj ,so long as thou'rt outside1 naught else but clothes thou'lt see4 ,undress thyself4 ,come in2 and see the nude1 the free4 ,there's no admission granted to a bath1 while dressed4 ,but clothes1 the body1 this1 the soul1 leave all unguessed4 ,our ,arab man1 from far in desert's sandy waste1 ,has reached at length the walls of ,bagdd1--home of taste4 ,the guards1 the officers1 on duty at the gate1 ,received him with politeness1 kindness delicate4 ,without a question asked1 his case they'd understood4 ,their charge was to show kindness first1 ere asked for food4 #ece ,so they addressed him thus3 8,ho1 thou1 good ,arab prince6 ,whence comest thou8 ,how fares it8 ,straight thy wish evince60 ,he answered3 8,prince ,i am1 if you to me be kind2 ,but if you me contemn1 ,i'm naught in my own mind4 ,your aspects indicate you're men of wealth and rank2 ,your speech and smiles betoken breeding1 noble1 frank4 ,mere sight of your kind features salve is to the eyes2 ,your looks alone enrich2--gold in your voices lies4 ,each one of you expression is of ,god's own grace2 ,in ,caliph's bosom nurtured1 favoured with high place2 #edj ,that you1 in turn1 dispense th' elixir of support1 ,and brighten longing eyes by words of kind import4 ,i am a stranger1 poor1 come from the desert's sands1 ,in hopes some favour to obtain from sovereign hands4 ,the rumour of his goodness fills the wilderness2 ,each atom in its wastes blooms thence in joyfulness4 ,in search of wealth have ,i approached his capital2 ,now ,i'm arrived1 ,i burn with pleasures optical4 ,e'en as the lass in search of bread at baker's shop1 ,struck with his #8prentice' beauty1 swooned2--a lifeless drop6 #ede ,or like the saunterer for air in royal park1 ,who lost his heart to one he met1 gay as a lark6 ,or like the desert merchant drawing from a well ,what he thought water1 was entranced by ,joseph's spell6 ,again1 as ,moses hasted for a coal of fire1 ,and found the burning bush1 that led him to empire6 ,or ,jesus1 who escaped his foes with one fleet bound1 ,and found himself then landed where the sun goes round6#cai ,an ear of corn it was that baited ,adam's trap4#cbj ,but thence himself became the source of mankind's sap6 #eej ,the falcon stoops to earth enticed by luring fate2 ,he there meets man's good teaching1 soars to princely state4 ,a child is sent to school to teach him learning's prize1 ,in hope of toys and treats he studies till he's wise4 ,on leaving school he sits in seat of law or power2 ,he paid his schoolpence then2--he's now lord of the hour6 ,so ,abbs#cba sallied forth to war1 with fierce intent1 ,to put ,muhammed down1--,islm to circumvent4 ,defender of the ,faith1 till death1 he then became2 ,the ,caliphate was destined1 in his line1 to fame6 #eee ,so am ,i come1 in hopes at this court to advance2 ,though at its gate as yet1 ,i feel ,i've every chance4 ,in quest of bread am ,i2 as offering1 water bring4 ,the hope of bread sets wide heaven's portals at one swing4 ',twas bread that drove out ,adam from his paradise2 ',tis bread will gain me entrance where my hopes take rise4 ,from bread1 from water1 both1 as angels1 far ,i stroll2 ,and1 following the spheres1 around this centre roll6 ,without an object none will toil on earth1 you see1 ,save true and godly lovers4 ,they're from motives free60 #efj ,th' ,infinite's lovers finite's worshippers are not4 ,who seek the finite lose th' ,infinite1 as we wot4 ,when finite with the finite falls in love1 perforce1 ,his loved one soon returns to her infinite source4 ,a beard that puts itself into another's grasp1 ,in lather's smothered2 emblem of a weak mind's gasp4 ,he's not his own lord2 cannot guide his own affairs2 ,he does but what he's told2 where'er he's bid1 repairs4 ,would'st sin with woman8 ,choose1 at least1 one that is free4 ,would'st rob and steal8 ,let pearls and jewels be thy fee4 #efe ,a slave obeys a master2 has himself no will2 ,the scent is all the rose's2 thorns show no such skill4 ,a slave may not attain to wish that he may form2 ,his toil is vain1 his trouble profitless2--poor worm6 ,shall hunter snare a shadow8 ,where were then his food8 ,a shadow's not a substance2--can do no one good4 ,a foolish hunter seized the shadow of a bird6 ,the fowl1 on tree securely perched1 not one foot stirred2 ,but1 wondering1 thought3 8,what is the stupid fool about8 ,demented1 sure2 his little wit he's let ooze out60 #egj ,but if thou thinkest finite's of th' ,infinite born2 ,and sayest3 8,for love of rose1 do honour to the thorn20 ,consider3 finite unto ,infinite's not joined4 ,or what need of the prophets8 ,they've not scripture coined4 ,the prophets have been sent to link the two in one4 ,if they're not two1 but one1 what have the prophets done8 ,but let that be4 ,th' inquiry has no useful end4 ,the day is waning2 let us to our tale attend4 ,the ,arab now his little pot of water showed4 ,as seed to earth1 he it on ,caliph's court bestowed2 #ege ,and said3 8,present my offering at the sovereign's feet1 ,if beggar save his king from want1 it's surely meet4 ,the water's fresh2 the little jar green-glazed and new2 ,filled from a pool replenished by the rain and dew40 ,on hearing this the guards were laughing in their sleeves2 ,but still1 as precious1 took the jar2--polite court-reeves6 ,the ,caliph's kindly nature1 active1 well-informed1 ,to kindness had each member of his court reformed4 ,for as the sovereign is1 so will his subjects be4 ,the azure vault of heaven makes green the earth2--you see4 #ehj ,a king's a reservoir2 his servants are his mains1 ,through whom his bounty flows1 to swell his subjects' veins4 ,the stream1 if flowing from a tank all sweet and pure1 ,each main distributes bounty1 courtesy2--be sure4 ,but should the reservoir prove foul and nauseous1 then1 ,the mains can flow with naught but venom1 like a fen4 ,the mains can only what they get convey around4 ,remember this4 ,we're treading now on solid ground4 ,a sovereign's goodness is an unembodied soul1 ,that permeates the clay of human frame1 its goal4 #ehe ,it is the mind1 the all-informing1 well-derived1 ,that brings the body into discipline1 where hived4 ,love is a wanton1 restless1 reckless of control1 ,that drives the man to madness2 passion does extol2 ,but goodness is a stream as sweet as ,fount of ,life2 ,its pebbles are all pearls1 all jewels1 beauteous1 rife4 ,whichever be the science makes a teacher famed1 ,his scholars' minds with that will surely be inflamed4 ,a jurist's pupils study principles of law1 ,if but their mental principles be free from flaw4 #eij ,a lawyer's prentice over subtle cases pores2 ,the principles1 with him1 are most unwelcome bores4 ,a syntax-teacher rears a host of grammar's sons1 ,with whom his syntax passes for the sun of suns4 ,a teacher who inculcates abnegation's creed1 ,surrounds himself with pupils free from lust and greed4 ,but at the hour of death1 of science's long roll1 ,the art of poverty's what most behoves man's soul4 ,a syntax-teacher1 once1 was mounted in a boat1 ,who to the skipper turned1 as soon as e'er afloat1 #eie ,and asked3 8,hast studied syntax80 8,no indeed10 quoth he4 ,the teacher then3 8,thy life's half-wasted6 ,dost thou see80 ,the skipper felt heart-broken at this pert remark2 ,but1 for the moment1 held his peace2--wise man's bulwark4 ,the wind arose2 the bark was sorely tempest-tossed2 ,the skipper then addressed the teacher1 sickness-crossed3 8,knowest thou the swimmer's art1 good friend8 ,with speed reply40 8,nay10 said the teacher1 8that's an art the schools decry40 ,the skipper now remarked3 8,thy whole life's gone to waste4 ,the ship must go to pieces4 ,water salt thou'lt taste4 #fjj ,with syncope1 not syntax1 now we'll have to deal4 ,with syncope1 from water comes nor hurt1 nor weal1 ,the sea bears on its surface bodies of the dead2 ,but living men it drowns2 them sinks1 as though of lead4 ,so soon as thou'lt be dead to every human art ,to thee eternity its secrets will impart4 ,thou hitherto hast deemed us mortals asses all2 ,now thou thyself1 as ass on ice1 must have a fall4 ,although thou be the very ,plato of the age1 ,thou'st still to learn that time1 the world1 is but a page40 #fje ,this tale about the syntax-teacher we've tacked on1 ,to show the grammar dissolution turns upon4 ,all syntax1 grammar1 jurisprudence1 law1 and art1 ,thou'lt find1 my friend1 of knowledge is but a small part4 ,our little learning is the ,arab's water-pot4 ,in ,caliph1 of ,god's wisdom we've an emblem got4 ,we bring our pot of water to great ,tigris' stream4 ,if we ourselves not asses call1 us asses deem4 ,the ,arab of our tale excusable was1--troth2 ,he knew not of a ,tigris4 ,where's the ,arab doth8 #faj ,had he1 as we1 known ,tigris' stream1 and all its store1 ,his water-pot had never travelled to its shore2 ,had he become aware of what a ,tigris meant1 ,arrived at ,bagdd1 he'd his pot to fragments sent4 ,the ,caliph1 when he saw that pot1 and heard that tale1 ,the vase had filled with golden sequins1 like a bale1 ,our ,arab thus to free from poverty's rude grasp2-- ,a robe of honour1 too2 and presents for his clasp1 ,he ordered4 ,then the whole unto the guards were sent1 ,with kindliest injunctions1 fruit of good intent3 #fae 8,that all unto that ,arab man be safely given1 ,whose journey home by ,tigris' arrowy stream be driven4 ,by land he came2 he'd travelled all the way on foot2 ,but ,tigris' stream may bear him back a shorter route40 ,our ,arab in a boat was placed at river's side2 ,the stream he saw1 admired1 bowed low1 lost all his pride2 ,exclaiming3 8,wondrous goodness of the sovereign will6 ,th' acceptance of my water-pot more wondrous still6 ,how could that sea of wealth my drop deign to accept1 ,and largely thus to recompense the trifle kept80 #fbj ,know now1 my friend1 this world's one mighty water-pot1 ,with wisdom and with beauty teeming2 as all wot4 ,one drop1 however1 'tis1 from ocean of ,his grace1 ,whose fulness cannot be confined in any place4 ,that treasure latent was4 ,through fulness it burst forth1 ,more glorious than the heavens became thenceforth the earth4 ,the latent treasure1 pouring out its riches great1 ,the earth made kinglike1 clothed with more than regal state4 ,one little branch canal from th' ocean of ,god's grace1 ,thus overwhelms this mighty water-pot of space4 #fbe ,they who see ,god are ever rapt in ecstasy2 ,and raptured1 hold that water-pot mere fallacy4 ,o thou6 envy of whom is to that pot a stone6 ,though fractured by the shock1 the pot yields sounder tone4 ,the pot is cracked2 but1 still1 its water is not spilt2 ,the crack's the very source through which it's sounder built4 ,the jar's each single particle's in dance and revery1 ,though unto man's poor wisdom this seems foolery4 ,the pot1 the world1 all it contains1 are lost to view4 ,consider well this fact6 ,god knows it's simply true4 #fcj ,if thou canst grasp this meaning1 thou'rt like falcon strong4 ,beat1 then1 the pinions of thy thoughts4 ,be hawk1 ere long4 ,thought's pinions are bemired in thee1 and heavy move2 ,because thou feedest on clay2 clay's bread to thee1 ,i'll prove4 ,as flesh1 bread is but clay4 ,trust not thereon for strength2 ,or thou'lt remain1 claylike1 within the earth at length4 ,dost hunger8 ,what art thou1 then1 but a dog8 ,fierce1 ill-affected1 raging2 lusts thy vitals clog6 ,and when with food thou'rt filled1 polluted straight becomest4 ,thou losest strength and sense2 mere stock1 thou sleep welcomest4 #fce ,so1 being doglike or a stock1 senseless1 impure1 ,how canst thou progress make in path of virtue1 sure8 ,whatever 'tis thou huntest1 dog thou art1 in sooth4 ,feed not1 then1 thus1 the dog of lust's voracious tooth4 ,when dogs are satisfied1 obedience they forswear2 ,to follow up the game they one and all forbear4 ,his want it was disposed the ,arab of our tale1 ,to travel till he'd reached the ,caliph's courtly vale4 ,we've shown the bounty of that sovereign merciful1 ,shed on the ,arab's wretchedness1 most plentiful4 #fdj ,whate'er a lover says1 the sentiment of love ,shines through his words1 if but thoughts towards his mistress rove4 ,discourses he on law1 love furnishes the theme2 ,throughout his labouring periods1 love's the enthymeme4 ,should blasphemy rise to his lips1 of faith it smacks4 ,doubt1 when by him expressed1 shows confidence's knacks4 ,the spume that rises from the sea of his pure heart ,partakes the nature of its source1 truth's counterpart4 ,we must esteem such spume as foam of mountain-rill2-- ,upbraiding from a lip beloved is worshipped still4 #fde ,attention we pay not to harsh words issuing thence2-- ,the features we adore divest them of offence4 ,however strange such utterances1 they all seem true2 ,the stranger they appear1 to sense they lend more cue4 ,if sugar we should cast in mould to look like bread1 ,then eat it1 we the sugar taste4 ,form's of no stead4 ,should true believer golden idol light upon1 ,will he for worship set it up1 anon1 anon8 ,nay6 ,to the fire he'll quickly it in wrath consign1 ,and strip it of the form that makes it sin's foul sign4 #fej ,the gold1 abstracted from the idol's form1 is pure4 ,that form it is corrupts1--can men to sin allure4 ,the gold's an essence fixed1 produced by nature's ,god2 ,the idol stamp is transitory2--soon downtrod4 ,thou for one flea to flames thy bed wouldst never give2 ,for one musquito's hum1 not wish to cease to live4 ,if form-entrapped thou be1 idolater thou art6 ,eschew mere form2 attend to essence1 as thy part4 ,art bound on pilgrimage8 ,seek other pilgrims out2-- ,be they from ,hind1 from ,tatary1 or ,hadramout4 #fee ,peer not into their features2 look not at their skins4 ,inquire their thoughts1 their hearts2--if these be free of sins4 ,a negro findest thou one with thee in faith and creed8 ,him deem a white2--thy brother is he in thy need4 ,our tale is told4 ,its ups and downs are manifold4 ,like lovers' thoughts1 it's wandering1 unconnected1 bold4 ,commencement it has none2--eternity's its sign2-- ,still less conclusion2--so1 eternity's design4 ,or1 rather1 it's like water2--every drop1 so rich1 ,commencement is1 and end2--yet shows not which is which4 #ffj ,but1 ,god forbid6 ,our story's not a fable4 ,see6 ,its narrative's a point concerns both me and thee6 ,a gnostic1 in possession of his wits and sense1 ,repeats not what is past2--he bides the present tense4 ,the ,arab1 his poor pitcher1 ,caliph1 all1 observe1 ,ourselves are4 8,he shall swerve whom ,god shall cause to swerve60#cbb ,our ,arab1 know1 's the mind2 his wife1 our lusts and greed4 ,these two are tenebrous2 the mind's the torch they need4 ,now hear whence has arisen the ground of their dispute3 ,th' infinite finites holds1 of various attribute2-- #ffe ,parts finite2--not parts infinite of th' infinite1 ,like scent of rose1--part infinite of definite4 ,the verdure's beauty infinite is1 as a part2 ,the cooing of the dove's as infinite1 in logic art4 ,but go we not too far afield for sorts and kinds2 ,or poor disciples ne'er will slake their thirsting minds4 ,dost doubt8 ,art racked with difficulties8 ,to excess8 ,have patience4 8,patience is the key of all success60#cbc ,be abstinent4 ,let not thy crowding thoughts run wild4 ,thoughts lions are1 and antelopes4 ,mind's forest2 child6 #fgj ,the prime of remedies is abstinence1 we know4 ,and scratching irritates the itch2--as leeches show4 ,of treatment medical the base is abstinence4 ,therefore be abstinent4 ,show strength of mind and sense4 ,accept my counsel4 ,lend an ear as ,i advise2 ,in golden earrings1 counsel's pearls shall be thy prize4 ,be thou as slave to this1 my cunning goldsmith-art2 ,i'll teach thee how to soar beyond the stars' bright chart4 ,know1 first of all1 creation's minds are manifold1 ,as are its forms2--from ,alpha to ,omega told4 #fge ,from this variety1 disorder seems to rise2 ,though1 in true sense1 to unity the series hies4 ,in one sense1 they're discordant2 other1 in accord2 ,they now as folly1 now as wisdom1 pass a word4 ,the day of judgment will to each assign its place2 ,all men of wisdom yearn to see that day of grace4 ,he who1 as blackamoor1 is steeped in sin's dark dye1 ,in that dread day shall gulp dishonour's foulest lye4 ,the wretch whose countenance beams not bright as the sun1 ,shall strive in vain behind the densest veil to run4 #fhj ,if1 like some thorns1 his stem display no single rose1 ,that springtide will prove fatal to his safe repose4 ,but he that blooms from head to foot with righteous deeds1 ,with joy shall welcome spring's awakening of those meads4 ,the useless thorn desires the nipping wintry blast1 ,to lay all low and simplify the flowery vast2 ,that so1 all beauty cloaked1 all squalor hid1 the same1 ,all glorious hues1 all hideous sights1 be rendered tame4 ,the leaf's fall to such thorn more grateful is than spring2 ,the ruby and the flint are one in tithesman's ring4 #fhe ,true1 that the gardener's eye in winter knows the thorn2 ,but what is one eye's scrutiny to general scorn6 ,the vulgar public is1 as 'twere1 one witless wight2 ,each star's a clipping of the moon1 in its fond sight4 ,not so great men of wisdom1 radiant with troth1 ,they shout with joy3 8,good tidings6 ,spring breaks into growth60 ,unless the flowers blossom on the fertile trees1 ,how can the fruit be gathered1 honey store the bees8 ,the flowers blow and fade2 the fruit begins to swell4 ,so1 when our bodies die1 our souls in glory dwell4 #fij ,the fruit's reality2 the flower is but a sign2 ,the flower's the harbinger2 the fruit1 the true design4 ,the flower blown and past1 the fruit then comes in sight2 ,the first must perish ere the other can see light4 ,unless a loaf be broke1 no nutriment it yields2 ,until the grapes are crushed1 no cup of wine man wields4 ,so drugs1 to prove a solace to the sufferer's ache1 ,together must be blended1 rolled in one smooth cake4 #fid ,x4 ,patience and ,perseverance under a ,teacher4 ,husmu-'d-,dn1 ,light of the ,truth1 take up1 my friend1 ,a sheet1 that thou a ,teacher's virtues mayst append4 ,true1 thou'rt not strong2 thy frame is delicate1 at best2 ,but thou'rt the sun that lights my thoughts to their safe nest4 ,thou art both lamp and lantern1 all in one4 ,dost see8 ,guide to my heart's behests1 clue to my wish1--thou'rt he4 ,their thread is in thy hand2 thy guidance can it shift2 ,the pearls upon it strung are gems1 thy soul's free gift4 ,write down the qualities by which a ,teacher's known4 ,select thy ,teacher first2 then1 follow all he's shown4 #e ,a ,teacher's summer's glow2 cold winter1 crowd terrene2 ,the rabble's darkness self2 the ,teacher1 moon serene4 ,young ,fortune have ,i named my ,teacher1 for the nonce2-- ,young ,fortune1 truth's real ,teacher2 vigorous at once4 ,an ancient ,teacher he2 commencement he ne'er had2 ,a solitary pearl2--all peerless1 never sad4 ,increase of age gives wine fresh strength1 as well is known2 ,especially truth's wine1 that flows from ,god's high throne4 ,select a ,teacher1 then4 ,without such1 travel's vain2 ,the way is dangerous1--beset with evil's train4 #aj ,by well-known road1 though travelled many times before1 ,without a guide to venture1 opens peril's door4 ,how then an unknown path thou ne'er hast followed yet8 ,go not alone1 without a guide2--act not in fret4 ,unless thy ,teacher be at hand to lead thee right1 ,the clamours of the demons surely thee'll affright4 ,those demons will mislead thee1 into danger cast2 ,more clever ones than thou have lost their wits at last4 ,learn from the ,prophet's words the error of their ways2 ,how ,satan led them far astray in bygone days4 #ae ,from off the track to all that's good he them misled2 ,them carried off2 them rendered blind1 by vain thoughts fed4 ,behold their bones1 their skeletons1 along the road6 ,take warning thence4 ,drive not thy beast with maddening goad6 ,dismount2 and to the rightful path safe lead him back1 ,where guides abound1--experienced travellers dot the track4 ,leave not thy beast2 his rein loose not thou from thy hand4 ,his inclination is to wander o'er the land4 ,one moment only leave him carelessly to roam2 ,towards the pastures he at once will rush1 all foam4 #bj ,thy beast is not a friend to travelling by the road4 ,how many muleteers through this have lost a load6 ,know'st not the way8 ,observe which path thy beast would take1 ,and follow the reverse4 ,secure this will thee make4 8,consult thou them20#cbd but then1 do not what they advise2 ,for he who them opposes not1 to ruin hies4 ,lend not thyself to lust and fancy's every wind2 ,for these are what lead men astray2 to ,god's truth blind4 ,there's nothing in the world that better curbs the lusts1 ,than holy company4 ,protected1 he who trusts4 #be ,the ,prophet said to #8,ali3 8,cousin1 list to me4 ,the #8,lion of the ,truth'#cbe art thou2 a hero4 ,see6 ,trust not too much1 however1 to thy courage1 sole2 ,confide1 much rather1 on ,god's arm to keep thee whole4 ,put faith in aid from ,his divine1 omniscient mind1 ,that never can be baffled by disputant blind4 ,his shadow on the earth is what keeps it in place2 ,his spirit1 sunbird-like1 soars in supernal space4 ,were ,i to speak ,his praises until judgment day1 ,no end1 no interruption1 would admit my say4 #cj ,himself ,he's veiled in man1 as sun behind a cloud4 ,this seek to comprehend4 ,god knows what mysteries shroud4 ,the sun ,he is2--the sun of spirit1 not of sky2 ,by light from ,him man lives2--and angels eke1 forby4 ,then1 #8,ali1 of all service man can offer here1 ,do thou choose trust in ,god1 dependence firm1 sincere4 ,each man betakes himself some special worship to2 ,and each some special friend selects1 without ado4 ,do thou take refuge in ,god's wisdom1 full1 divine2 ,he'll foil the secret foe that would thee undermine4 #ce ,of all the modes of worship1 this choose thou1 the best2 ,thou'lt distance all competitors1 the prize thou'lt wrest4 ,thy ,teacher having chosen thus1 obedience yield1 ,implicit2 even as ,moses journeying o'er that field4#cbf ,whate'er events betide1 beware1 and question not2 ,for fear thy guide should turn1 and drive thee from the spot4#cbg ,should ,he destroy a ship1#cbh--no murmur from thy mouth2 ,should ,he an infant choke1#cbi--let slip no word uncouth4 ,god hath declared his hand is like the hand of ,god1 ,by saying3 #8,god's right hand above all hands doth plod4'#ccj #dj ,god's hand it is that kills him2 makes him living1 too4 ,but what is living8 ,the everlasting spirit4 ,lo6 ,whoever journeys1 now and then1 this road alone1 ,the prayers of saints it is leads him to safety's zone4 ,a saint's protection is not less than angel's aid2 ,his help is ,god's right hand1 when all is truly said4 ,now1 if an absent saint have such portentous power1 ,a present ,teacher's honour sure must higher tower4 ,if for the absent tempting viands are prepared1 ,for present guests what may not largely be outshared8 #de ,the varlet who to serve his lord is present there1 ,must rank before the absentee1 for goodly fare4 ,thus1 having ,teacher chosen1 be not too thin-skinned1 ,nor wishy-washy1 to a muddy puddle kinned4 ,for every buffet1 see thou do not umbrage take3 ,how can a mirror polished be1 unless it bear a shake80 ,hear now this pregnant tale narrators have preserved2 ,a practice it relates in ,qazwn much observed3 ,upon the breast1 the arms1 the bladebones1 and the like1 ,with needle's point and indigo1 tattooed designs they strike4 #ej ,a certain ,qazwn bully to an artist hied1 ,to have a brave design imprinted on his hide4 ,the artist first inquired what pattern he'd select4 ,the man a lion rampant thought he must elect2 ,and said3 8,my luck resides in ,leo1--lion-sign2 ,depict thou then a lion1 deep-blue stained1 benign40 ,the artist then demanded where he'd wish it done2 ,our man replied3 8,between my bladebones it enthrone40 ,the artist then began to ply his needles' train2 ,the ,qazwn bully bellowed1 smarting with the pain4 #ee ,the artist he addressed3 8,most clever man of skill1 ,thou'lt drive me mad4 ,what picture works me so much ill80 ,said he3 8,a lion's form is what thou didst enjoin40 8,o yes60 replied the bully4 8,what part dost thou coin80 ,the artist3 8,at the tail have ,i commenced this time40 ,our man3 8,o never mind the tail1 designer prime6 ,your lion's tail has whacked me on my rump so hard1 ,that ,i've no power to breathe1 nor such pain disregard4 ,allow thy lion to remain without a tail2 ,thy needles have unnerved me with their sharp assail40 #fj ,the artist then began upon another part1 ,and worked his instruments4 ,they soon induced new smart4 ,the patient screamed again3 8,what member limnest thou now80 ,our artist answered3 8',tis the lion's ear1 ,i trow40 ,his man replied3 8,o leave him without ears this time2 ,an earless lion's not so bad4 ,cut short the rhyme40 ,anew the artist on a part assayed his hand4 ,afresh the bully interfered1 by pain unmanned4 8,what part art now at work on8 ,say1 my worthy friend60 8,o10 said the artist1 8now his body ,i append40 #fe 8,leave out his body60 gasped the suffering ,qazwn man2 8,the pain's unbearable4 ,make short work1 as thou can40 ,the artist now quite lost his wits1 as well he might2 ,he scratched his head2 sought how to mend his plight2 ,dashed all his needles1 indigo1 design1 to earth2 ,in anger saying3 8,what the plague's come now to birth8 ,a lion tailless1 headless1 bodiless1 who's seen8 ,god such a lion ne'er created1 sure1 ,i ween60 ,have patience1 thou too1 brother1 with thy needle's smart4 ,so shalt thou 'scape the sting of conscience in thy heart4 #gj ,they who have conquered1--freed themselves from body's thrall1 ,are worshipped in the spheres1 the sun1 the moon1 stars1 all4 ,whoever's killed pride's demon in his earthly frame1 ,the sun and clouds are slaves1 to do his bidding1 tame4 ,his heart can lessons give of flaming to the lamp2 ,the very sun not equals him in ardent vamp4 ,for ,god hath said1 in speaking of the scorching sun1 ,these words3 8,it swerved from them40#cca ,it had new course to run4 ,the sharpest thorns are welcome1 as the roseleaf soft1 ,to finite who to th' ,infinite can soar aloft4 #ge ,what signifies to glorify the ,lord of heaven2 ,to humble self to dust2 with meekness1 pride to leaven8 ,what use to learn to formulate ,god's unity2 ,what use to bow one's self before the ,deity8 ,wouldst shine as brilliantly in sight of all8 ,annihilate thy darksome self1--thy being's pall4 ,let thy existence in ,god's essence be enrolled1 ,as copper in alchemist's bath is turned to gold4 ,quit 8,i0 and 8,we10 which o'er thy heart exert control4 ',tis egotism1 estranged from ,god1 that clogs thy soul4 #hj ,,xi4 ,the ,lion's ,hunt1 in ,company4 ,a lion1 wolf1 and fox together went to hunt2 ,among the hills1 in quest of game1 they turned their brunt4 ,by mutual help and aid1 they hoped to make the field ,too hot for other animals not under union's shield4 ,co-operating with each other1 they surmised1 ,a heavy bag they each would make of what each prized4 ',tis true1 the noble lion felt of this ashamed4 ,still1 he politely showed towards them his spirit tamed4 ,a king feels inconvenienced by throngs of troops2 ,but out of kindness makes them share his warlike swoops4 #e ,the sun would feel ashamed1 did stars with him appear2 ',tis generous in the sun to grace the starry sphere4 ',twas ,god's command to ,ahmed still3 8,with them consult40#ccb ,true1 they gave no advice2 no counsel did result4 ,upon the balance barley's weighed1 as well as gold2 ,but barley1 thence1 has not acquired gold's value told4 ,the spirit with the flesh is fellow-traveller now2 ,a dog has sometimes charge of palace-yard below4 ,the company1 then1 set out for the woods amain1 ,as followers of the lion's majesty1 and train4 #aj ,a mountain-ox1 an ibex1 next a hare1 they took2 ,since fortune smiled on them in each succeeding nook4 ,a lion's followers on the plain of strife and war1 ,of food1 by day or night1 shall know no want1 no bar4 ,their prey they carried from the hills into the plain2 ,or dead1 or sorely wounded2--bleeding1 or clean slain4 ,the wolf and fox were moved to pitch of keen desire1 ,to see the prey shared out with justice by their sire4 #ae ,the shade of their cupidity caught ,leo's eye1 ,he understood their confidence1 their longing's dye4 ,whoe'er has insight to the hearts and minds of men1 ,knows at a glance what's passing under his sharp ken4 ,beware1 ,o heart1 thou ever-fond one1 in his sight1 ,thy secret to betray1--thy wish to bring to light6 ,he knows it all1 though ignorance he may pretend2-- ,his smile is but a veil thy aim to comprehend4 ,the lion1 having measured all their secret thought1 ,made no remark2 he knew how they could both be bought2 #bj ,within his breast revolved their fitting punishment3 8,i'll show you1 my fine fellows1 what's by lion meant4 ,my pleasure's1 for you both1 what you should seek to know2 ,not calculate beforehand what ,i may bestow4 ,your every thought should but reflect my sovereign will1 ,and thankfully await what ,i may give you still4 ,have pictures aught to say to guide the artist's hand8 ,his cunning 'tis decides what portrait shall expand4 ,so all your paltry surmise of my royal mind ,an insult is1--an arrogance1--that must be fined4 #be #8,they who conceive an evil thing of ,god'#ccc are cursed2 ,and if ,i spare you1 justice will be clean reversed4 ,to rid the world of scandal1 ,i must end your lives2 ,your story shall a moral point2 whoe'er contrives40 ,with this he smiled again most grimly on the pair4 ,trust not a lion's smile1 all ye to live who care4 ,the riches of the world are smiles of ,providence2 ,they make men proud1 and lead them to their fate prepense4 ,through poverty and suffering we may escape ,the trap that riches bait2 and so avoid the scrape4 #cj ,the lion now addressed the wolf3 8,share out the spoil4 ,do justice to us all4 ,thou'rt versed in cunning's foil4 ,be thou my factor4 ,carve the game as may be fit4 ,so shalt thou honour win from all who see thy wit40 ,the wolf then3 8,royal ,sir1 the mountain-ox is thine4 ,thou'rt great2 the ox is large and fat2 let none repine4 ,the ibex is my share4 ,as ,i1 so it's the mean4 ,and thou1 ,o fox1 shalt have the hare4 ',tis not too lean40 ,the lion interposed3 8,wolf6 ,what is this thou'st said8 ,i present2 and to talk of #8thou' and #8,i1' so staid6 #ce ,what rubbish is a wolf1 to deem himself a judge ,in presence of a lion1 who'll soon make him budge8 ,come hither1 ass6 ,thyself alone it is thou'st sold60 ,with this he tears the wolf to pieces1 all too bold4 ,he saw the wolf had not one grain of common sense2 ,so stripped him of his hide1 his life1 his brain so dense4 ,then said3 8,since sight of me chased not all thought of self ,from thee1 death by my paw was due1 thou wretched elf6 ,thyself thou shouldst have vanquished in my presence dread4 ,not having done so1 thou'rt now numbered with the dead40 #dj 8,all perisheth1 except ,his counsel0 's holy writ4#ccd ,if we're not of 8,his counsel10 life cannot us fit4 ,he that will lose his life for ,god's sake1 hath it still2 8,all perisheth0 hath then no power his soul to kill4 ,he's of th' excepted2 not of those to perish doomed4 ,for1 who's excepted1 saved is he4 ,his spring hath bloomed4 ,but he that1 in ,god's court1 of 8me0 and 8thee0 shall prate1 ,will be cut off2--far banished from the heavenly gate4 ,a man once came and gaily knocked at a friend's door4 ,the other asked3 8,who's there8 ,is this a threshing-floor80 #de 8',tis ,i10 said he4 8,o then thou straight mayest go away4 ',tis dinner-time4 ,mature1 not crude1 must be who'd stay4 ,thou'rt thou8 ,most crude thou art2 by rawness' self estranged4 ,by fire of trial those crude humours must be changed4 ',tis fire matures the crude4 ,let absence be the fire1 ,shall purge thee of thyself1 burn out all selfish mire40 ,away he went in anguish2 travelled a whole year2 ,saw not his friend2 so pined with yearning1 anxious fear2 ,matured his soul with suffering's searching throes and pains4 ,then sought the door from whence he'd been repulsed1 again4 #ej ,he knocked anew1--his heart with many fears oppressed1 ,lest from his lip some word unwelcome drop confessed4 ,within1 the question's heard3 8,who knocks at my street door80 ,he answered3 8,thy own second self2--though all too poor40 ,the invitation followed3 8,let myself walk in4 ,my cot's too small for two selves to find room therein4 ,the thread's not double in a needle's single eye4 ,as thou'rt now single1 enter4 ,room thou'lt find4 ,pray1 try60 ,the thread and needle have relation1 each to each2 ,for needle's eye a camel's far beyond all reach4 #ee ,how shall a camel ever be so fine and slim ,unless long fasting his redundant flesh should skim8 ,the hand of ,god is wanted1 then1 to make it pass2-- ,the ,god who by ,his word creates both man and grass4 ,impossibilities are possibles to ,him2 ,the stubbornest is docile when ,his will curbs whim4 ,the blind from birth1 the leper1 e'en the dead1 arise1 ,whole1 sound1 whene'er th' ,omnipotent 8,come forth0 but cries4 ,e'en non-existence1 death of death1 at ,his command1 ,starts into life1 compelled by ,his supreme demand4 #fj ,recite1 my friend3 8,each day ,he's busied with a work30#cce ,and know1 ,he's never idle1 unemployed to lurk4 ,his smallest daily toil1--a work like pleasure still1-- ,is to send forth three armies1 bound to work ,his will4 ,one1 from the loins of spheres the elements to stir2 ,so that all plants may vegetate1 from moss to fir4 ,one1 from the wombs of mothers to earth's surface prone1 ,that male and female may increase1 not lie like stone4 ,the third hence wends its way to sepulchre's dread bourn1 ,there to receive1 at length1 reward2 and joy1 or mourn4 #fe ,leave we this theme2--'tis endless1--never would have done4 ,let's see1 now1 how the friends enjoyed themselves alone4 ,our host invites his guest to enter1 free from scorn3 8,thou'rt welcome1 self of mine6 ,we're not like rose and thorn4 ,our thread is single1--free from knots and tangle2 done1 ,as #8,be1' though duplex as to form1 in sense is one40 ,that 8,be0 's a rope1 of power collective1 to the end ,that nullity may be united to a friend4 ,thus duplex means are wanted1 for appearances2 ,though1 in effect1 one means there be of all that is4 #gj ,the biped1 as the quadruped1 goes but one road4 ,the one-edged knife1 the two-edged shears1 make one inroad4 ,observe yon pair of bleachers at their daily toil4 ,apparently1 they differ1 combat1 as they moil4 ,the one's for ever wetting cloths in their stream's tide1 ,the other dries them just as fast in hot noontide4 ,the first1 again to soak the scarce-dried cloths makes haste2 ,as though in opposition to his partner's waste4 ,but1 in reality1 the two have but one aim3 ,co-operation's what they jointly1 both proclaim4 #ge ,each prophet1 every saint1 has his especial rite2 ,but1 as all tend to ,god1 they're one1 multipartite4 ,sleep overcomes alike the followers of all creeds2 ,as water makes all mills to turn and grind1 at needs4 ,the water flows from upwards1 down upon the mill2 ,its flowing through the trough is but man's wants to fill4 ,no sooner has man's need been fully satisfied1 ,he turns the water off2--straight in its bed it's tied4 ,to teach men wisdom1 stream of speech flows through the mouth2 ,but spirit hath another course1 far less uncouth4 #hj ,without a voice or repetition it rolls on1 ,as through elysium1 streams2--flowers springing aye1 anon4 ,o ,lord6 ,do ,thou vouchsafe to my weak1 erring soul ,to see the realm where1 voiceless1 spirit thoughts may stroll1 ,that so my mind1 in glee1 on foot or head1 may wing ,its flight to the far bourn that parts from nothing1 thing1 ,careering o'er the boundless fields of ecstasy1 ,where fancy joins reality in entity4 ,far-reaching more's nonentity than fancy's stretch2 ,and thus1 his fancy is a source of woe to wretch4 #he ,then1 being's narrower far than fancy's power of wing2 ,e'en as the full moon wanes1 till it becomes a string4 ,the world of matter and its forms is narrower still2 ,a prison all too strait for mind to have its will4 ,plurality and composition are the cause2 ,our senses these alone can comprehend1 and pause4 ,beyond our senses lies the world of unity4 ,desirest thou unity8 ,beyond thy senses fly6 ,divine command1 8,be60 was one act2 two-lettered word2 ,of grave import1 though short1 sprung from all being's ,lord4 #ij ,but leave we this1 and turn to see how fares it now1 ,with our acquaintances1 wolf1 fox1 and lion2--trow4 ,the lordly lion 'd torn poor wolf's head from his tail1 ,that so two heads there might not be for one avail4 8,on them ,we vengeance took0#ccf 's a well-known sacred text2 ,wherefore1 poor wolf1 not quash thyself1 when lion's next8 ,the lion turned1 then1 to the fox1 and bade him share ,the prey they'd seized2 that they might make a meal1 not spare4 ,the wily fox1 low bowing with a reverence meet1 ,said3 8,sire1 the ox your share is1 for your breakfast treat4 #ie ,the ibex1 then1 will suffice for your midday lunch1 ,to serve as stop-gap in the interval of munch4 ,the hare a light repast will furnish ere you sleep2 ,the royal paunch from indigestion's pains 'twill keep40 ,the lion answered3 8,well said1 fox4 ,thou'rt justice' self4 ,who taught thee with such judgment rare to portion pelf8 ,where didst thou learn to do full justice with great art80 ,said he3 8,my ,lord1 to teach me was that dead wolf's part40 ,the lion thus replied3 8,for us much love thou'st shown4 ,take thou all three unto thyself1 as very own4 #ajj ,good fox6 ,thou'st given up thyself entire1 for us4 ,why should ,i injure thee8 ,thou'rt ,i myself4 ,no fuss6 ,myself am thine2 the prey is thine2 all1--every bit4 ,exalt thy head above the spheres4 ,for that thou'rt fit4 ,thou'st taken warning from that wretched1 selfish wolf4 ,no longer fox art thou1 my lion1 my own self6 ,a wise head ever lessons learns from others' ills1-- ,who sees his neighbours victims fall1 knows what them kills40 ,the fox now thanked his stars a hundred1 thousandfold1 ,for that the lion first the wolf to share had told2 #aje ,and reasoned3 8,had he given me first his high command ,to share the prey1 my life ,i had not kept in hand4 ,then praise to ,him who 'th placed me low in this world's scale1 ,to follow after mightier ones when they regale40 ,so have we heard ,god's judgments wrought in ages past ,on people of the eld2--set forth as mountains fast1 ,that we may learn from them1--the wolves of early days4 ,then let us1 as the fox1 glean wisdom from those lays4 8,god's people sanctified0 's the title on us cast1 ,by ,god's own ,prophet1 truthful witness1 and the last4 #aaj ,the bones1 the skeletons of all those old-world wolves1 ,consider well1 ye readers2--think upon yourselves4 ,who's wise will from his heart cast out all fond conceits ,of greatness1 when he hears of #8d's#ccg and ,pharaoh's feats4 ,unless he warning take from what on others fell1 ,men shall a moral draw from his case1 sad to tell4 ,cried ,noah3 8,ye stiff-necked race6 ,i am not ,i1 indeed4 ,my self ,i've sacrificed2 of ,god's love have ,i need4 ,from every fleshly sense and wish ,i'm severed1 quite4 ,god is my light1 my mind1 my visual organ's site4 #aae ,i am not ,i4 ,the breath ,i breathe is ,god's own breath4 ,whoe'er gainsays this word1 blasphemes1 courts his own death4 ,within my form of fox there lurks the lion's power2 ,against this feeble fox 'tis useless now to lower4 ,unless you lay aside scorn for my fox's form1 ,you'll hear the lion growl more fierce than raging storm40 ,if ,noah had not possessed the mighty aid of ,god1 ,could he a world have upside down turned with a nod8 ,within his form whole herds of lions1 as one paw1 ,lay hid4 ,a fire was he2 the world a stack of straw4 #abj ,that misled straw refused to pay its tithe to him4 ,fire flashed4 ,forthwith the straw in smoke and flames sank grim4 ,whoe'er 'gainst the hidden lion in saint's form ,upraise the voice of pride1 like to our wolf1 base worm1 ,shall1 like that wolf1 be torn by lion piecemeal quite2 ,the text3 8,on them we vengeance took0 he shall recite4#cch ,a stroke shall lay him low1 as wolf by lion's paw4 ,a madman must he be who'd rush in lion's maw4 ,o that the stroke had fallen upon the body frail2 ,and that the heart and faith had 'scaped6 ',twere vast avail6 #abe ,upon this point ,i feel my strength must all give way4 ,how shall ,i tell the secrets of this mystic play8 ,just like the fox1 do you yourselves deny in all4 ,in lion's presence raise no cavil1 or you'll fall4 ,relinquish thoughts of 8,i0 and 8,we0 when 8,he0 's afield4 ,the kingdom is the ,lord's2 to ,god the kingdom yield4 ,the straight way enter all1 like paupers as you are4 ,the lion and the prey will both fall to your share4 ,god is a spirit pure4 ,all-,glorious is ,his name6 ,he hath no need of praise1 of honour1 glory1 fame6 #acj ,all these1 and all besides1 whatever may befall1 ,upon ,his servants ,he bestows4 ,he's ,lord of all6 ,god hath no envy1 wish1 desire for creatures' ruths2 ,and blessed is he who takes to heart this truth of truths4 ',twas ,he created both worlds2--all their pomp and pride4 ,shall ,he desire what ,he hath made in ,his own tide8 ,keep1 then1 your hearts pure in the sight of ,god the ,lord1 ,that you may never be ashamed of thought or word4 ,he knows the secrets1 aims1 desires of all your hearts2 ,they're patent to ,him1 as a hair in milk at marts4 #ace ,whoever hath a breast cleansed from all thoughts of guile1 ,his breast a mirror is1 where heavenly truths will smile4 ,its secrets are all known to ,god2--its every part2 8,believer's heart's the mirror of believer's heart40 ,he tries our metal on the touchstone of ,his law4 ,the fine1 the base1 ,he will distinguish1 without flaw4 ,our talents being tried by ,his omniscient skill1 ,what's good1 what's bad1 will sure appear1 plain1 by ,his will4 #aci ,,xii4 ,joseph and the ,mirror4 ,the kings of yore a custom had1 so ,i've been told1 ,of course thou'st heard it2--must remember it1 of old1 ,on their left hand their champions took their usual place2 ,because the heart is on the left of body's space4 ,their chancellor and scribes stood on their right hand all2 ,in that the writer's art to the right hand doth fall4 ,before their face the holy teachers stood erect1-- ,the mirrors of the soul2--than mirror more correct4 ,their breasts they've polished with the acts of thought and praise1 ,that1 mirror-like1 they catch each image facts may raise4 #e ,each object born in nature with a lovely mien ,should always have a mirror set to catch its sheen4 ,a beauteous face enamoured is with mirror's glance2 ,heart's piety's the polish best the soul can chance4 ,a friend of tried sincerity came from afar1 ,and guest became with trusty ,joseph2--free from bar4 ,they had been friends before1 in childhood's artless days2 ,had leant their elbows on one cushion1 in their ways4 ,his brethren's envy and wrong-dealing touched upon1 ,said ,joseph3 8',twas a chain4 ,it bound a lion4 #8,non6 #aj ,disgrace affects not lions1 if with chains they're bound4 ,with ,god's decree ,i quarrel not2--it's always sound4 ,a lion with a chain around his lordly neck1 ,is still the lord of them who forged the chain as check40 ,the friend asked3 8,how wert1 in the well1 the prison1 cast80 ,said ,joseph3 8,as the moon in wane and change at last40 ,at change1 the new moon's bent in two1 a poor weak thing1 ,but ripens to the full apace1 night's matchless king4#cci ,pearls in a mortar pounded are1 by chance1 sometimes2 ,still1 they're esteemed a joy to glad eyes in all climes4 #ae ,then1 grains of wheat are cast into the lowly earth2 ,but golden ears thence spring1 a source of glee and mirth4 ,these1 too1 are ground to dust in mill2--vile as to show2 ,increased in value1 thence1 bread it becomes1 we know4 ,again 'tis crushed between the teeth2 to chyme it turns1 ,and feeds the mind1 the thoughts1 the soul2--in wisdom burns4 ,the soul1 in turn1 is subject to the stress of love2 ,new miracles1 as seen1 8the sowers marvel0#cdj prove4 ,but truce to these reflections2 let us follow now ,the words of ,joseph's friend4 ',tis worth while these to know4 #bj ,that conversation closed1 said ,joseph to his guest3 8,what gift1 my friend1 hast brought in token of thy zest80 ,to go with empty hands and visit friends long missed1 ,is like a man who goes to mill without his grist4 ,e'en ,god will ask ,his creatures in the judgment day3 8,what offerings have you brought to meet your ,maker8 ,say6 #8,alone1 and empty-handed8 ,is it thus you come8 ,e'en as ,we first created you8 ,gifts left at home8'#cda ,what have you brought as timely offerings in your hands8 ,what are the gifts with which you'd grace your new life's lands8 #be ,or1 was it that you'd no belief in this return8 ,our promise of this day by you was laughed to scorn8 ,if you denied thus the hope to be ,my guest1 ,then dust and ashes wait you in ,my realm1 at best4 ,if you did not deny it1 whence your empty hands8 ,how come you to a friend's gate1 scorning just demands80 ,put by a little from thy daily meat and drink1 ,so shalt thou have a store for offerings' binding link4 8,sleep little0 when thou art of those 8who lay them down40#cdb 8,of mornings10 be of them who 8ask for pardon's crown40#cdc #cj ,give signs of life1 though slight2--as babes do in the womb2 ,so may ,god grant thee inward light to cheer thy tomb4 ,and when thou 'scapest from dark and narrow prison there1 ,then mayst thou soar from earth beyond the realms of air4 8,the spacious land of ,god0 'tis named in holy writ1#cdd ,the land to which the prophets all have gladly flit4 ,the heart is never lonesome in that vast abode2 ,its green trees never wither1 frosts no leaves corrode4 ,if now thou load thyself with sensual burden's weight1 ,fatigued and jaded1 faint thou'lt prove beneath their freight4 #ce ,in sleep thou bearest no burden2 borne thou art1 instead4 ,fatigue is thence recruited2--strength regains its head4 ,know then1 thy sleep's a foretaste of what is to come1 ,from the rapt state of saints arriving at their home4 ,the saints were well prefigured by the 8,sleepers ,seven40#cde 8,their sleep10 8their stretchings10 8their awaking10 lead to heaven4 ,without the least exertion on their parts by acts1 ,the 8right and left-hand registers0 draw them by facts4 ,the 8right-hand register0 's the record of good deeds2#cdf ,the 8left-hand register0 's the list of fleshly greeds4#cdg #dj ,but both of these abolished are in case of saints4 ,to them such things are but as echo dies and faints4 ,though good and evil may their echoes round thee peal1 ,the echoing mountain hears them not in the ordeal4 ,now ,joseph once again inquired3 8,what offering bringest80 ,his friend1 ashamed of urgent pressing1 sighed4 ,thou singest8 ,said he3 8,full many offerings have ,i sought and seen2 ,but none was worthy of thee2 or ,i much misween4 ,how could ,i bring a diamond to its native mine2 ,or add a drop of water to a sea of brine8 #de ,shall ,i to ,kshn cummin bring1 whence it is drawn1#cdh ,by offering up my life and soul to beauty's fawn8 ,i know no rarity that's not surpassed by thee2 ,thy loveliness the rarity men nowhere see4 ,the fittest present1 then1 ,i've found1 a mirror is4 ,and this ,i've brought2 unsullied1 bright1 refulgent 'tis4#cdi ,therein thou'lt contemplate thy beauteous1 matchless face1 ,as beaming as the sun that decorates sky's space4 ,a mirror have ,i brought1 thou charming1 witching one2 ,in it admire thyself2 and think of me1 when gone40 #ej ,the mirror now he drew from underneath his skirt4 ,a mirror is1 to beauty1 with attractions girt4 ,in non-existence' mirror if existence gleams1 ,present this mirror to it1 thou1 as best beseems4 ,in non-existence mirrored1 being we may see2 ,as wealthy men their wealth may show by beggars' glee4 ,the hungry man's the mirror best shows what is bread4 ,and tinder mirrors flint and steel's gleam1 quickly spread4 ,wherever want1 defect1 is seen1 beauty's most prized4 ,the mirror of perfection's then best realised4 #ee ,if clothes grew1 ready cut and sewn1 to meet our needs1 ,where'd be the use of tailor's art1 to fashion weeds8 ,the unhewn trunk is needed1 for the carver's skill1 ,and carpenter1 to cut out thence his frames1 his thill4 ,the surgeon hastens to the couch where suffering lies2 ,where limbs are broken1 there his bandages he ties4 ,were there no patient1 malady1 no fever1 ache1 ,could art sublime1 the medical1 its marvels make8 ,if humble brass and copper were not to be found1 ,th' alchemist's stone could not to gold transmute them round4 #fj ,defect is thus the mirror whence perfection's seen2 ,and vileness is the foil to show off grandeur's sheen4 ,by contrast does each opposite its fellow show1 ,sweet honey by sharp vinegar we best can know4 ,the man who sees and feels his imperfections sore1 ,exerts himself to cure them quickly all the more4 ,and he'll ne'er take his flight towards heaven's eternal ,king1 ,who holds at heart the thought that he's a perfect thing4 ,no worse disease exists1 to taint the human mind1 ,than self-conceit1 that paints its owner gold refined4 #fe ,how many bitter tears has not the vain to shed1 ,ere arrogance can be expelled1 and pride be dead6 ,the malady of ,satan1--self-conceit3--8,i'm best10#cej ,exists in germ in every panting human breast4 ,these fancy they have mortified themselves throughout4 ,take them to be pure streams2 their filth seek in the grout4 ,just stir them up a little1 for a trial's sake2 ,thou'lt see their mud discolour all the water's lake4 ,there's ooze at bottom of the pond1--be sure of that1-- ,however clear the surface of the dull dead flat4 #gj ,our greatest teacher is endowed with fair device4 ,he digs a conduit in the very soil of vice4 ,how can he make the water of that conduit pure8 ,all human wisdom's but one spark from ,god's vast store4 ,does sword inflict a wound in its own handle1--blade8 ,find me a surgeon who shall cure a gash so made4 ,where wound exists1 the flies will ever flock amain1 ,to hide its hideousness from sight1 and lull the pain1 ,those flies the symbols are of man's vain1 baseless thoughts2 ,the wound they cover over's ignorance high-wrought4 #ge ',tis only when the teacher salve applies with skill1 ,the throes are quieted that shoot across man's will4 ,he then imagines that his wound is healing fast4 ,effect this is of cunning used1 that salve to cast4 ,o man1 whose back is galled1 accept his salve with thanks4 ,thy solace thence arises2 not from thy own pranks4 #gh ,,xiii4 ,the ,prophet's ,first ,amanuensis4 ,there was a scribe1#cea before #8,uthmn#ceb had filled that post1 ,most diligent in noting revelation's host4 ,whatever text the ,prophet had to promulgate ,on parchment did this scribe trace all its terms of fate4 ,the splendour of those inspirations filled his soul4 ,his mind became enlightened1 as a glowing coal4 ,the substance of that wisdom from the ,prophet came4 ,the silly scribe imagined 'twas his genius' flame3 8,the texts the ,prophet promulgates with rare effect1 ,appear verbatim in my mind1 without defect40 #e ,the ,prophet was aware of this egregious sin4 ,the wrath of ,god descended from high heaven's welkin4 ,the scribe renounced his office1 and his faith at once4 ,religion's fiercest foe he stood now1 for the nonce4 ,the ,prophet questioned him3 8,benighted1 wretched man6 ,if light there be in thee1 whence this thy darkest plan8 ,hadst thou a fountain of ,god's truth been1 verily1 ,this turbid stream had never flowed thence1 heavily40 ,not caring to expose his scribe to all his friends1 ,the ,prophet held his peace1 to watch th' adventure's ends4 #aj ,the scribe's heart hardened more and more as time rolled on4 ,repentance he felt not2 his pride grew thereupon4 ,he sighed4 ,his sighs were not the signs of contrite heart2 ,but tokens sure that justice made him feel its smart4 ,god caused his pride to weigh more heavy than a chain4 ,how many thus are fettered2 none can heal their pain4 ,his blasphemy and pride held him in iron grip2 ,his very sighs he felt constrained to stifle on his lip4 ,he cried3 8#8,the iron collars they're compelled to wear2'#cec ,there's naught but iron collars2 these are all we bear6 #ae #8,behind them is a barrier2 but ,we've bound their eyes4'#ced ,so that they see not what's before1 behind those ties40 ,the barrier so upreared appears a level plain2 ,he knows not 'tis a bourn that checks him like a chain4 ,thy witness is a barrier1 bars sight of the ,lord2 ,thy teacher is a veil1 shuts out ,god's holy word4 ,how many infidels1 oh6 long faith to possess6 ,their pride1 their honour1 stands between them and success4 ,that barrier1 unseen1 's than iron firmer still4 ,an axe can hew through iron2 not through stubborn will4 #bj ,a bond of iron may be broken by due means2 ,a moral bond is what holds firmest1 where it leans4 ,a bee1 a wasp1 may sting one to the very quick2 ,yet may the same be warded by precaution's trick4 ,but what's to do when sting is in our very selves8 ,the pain is then most biting1 deeper far it delves4 ,unwillingly has leaped this subject from my mind4 ,i fear 'twill leave despair in many1 deep behind4 ,despair thou not2 take consolation to thy soul2 ,and cry to that ,deliverer who can make thee whole3 #be 8,thou ,lover of forgiveness6 ,pardon to me grant6 ,physician of the soul6 ,relieve my direful want60 ,such counsel wise drove mad that erring sinner1 quite4 ,think not of him4 ',twill tire thy mind beyond respite4 ,my friend6 ,this counsel tells with equal force on thee4 ,it flows through all the saints1 though transient thou it see4 ,within the house a gleam of light has been espied4 ,this light comes from a neighbour's lamp1 with oil supplied4 ,give thanks for it4 ,be not puffed up4 ,snort not1 good man6 ,to me lend ear4 ,presumption chase to utmost span4 #cj ,alas6 that this most transient ray of dubious light1 ,the nations has seduced from ,god's sole path of right4 ,i'll be the very slave of him1 who1 at each stage1 ,will not suppose the goal 'tis of his pilgrimage4 ,how many stages are there must be left behind1 ,before the traveller reach the home he bears in mind4 ,although the iron may glow red1 the colour's not ,its own2 'tis but reflection of the fire that's hot4 ,a window or a house with light may be suffused2 ,but still1 the source of light is in the sun1 diffused4 #ce ,each wall1 each gate1 may cry amain3 8,i shine6 ,i shine6 ,i have no need of other's light4 ',tis mine6 ',tis mine60 ,but then the sun demurs3 8,o thing of little sense6 ,so soon as ,i shall set1 thy darkness will be dense60 ,the plants may think their verdure's all their very own4 ,so fresh1 so green2 so pleasant every flower full-blown4 ,but then again the summer season makes comment3 8,when ,i am past1 your present charms will soon be spent40 ,a beauty's lovely body prides itself as fair4 ,her spirit1 having hid itself within its lair1 #dj ,remarks3 8,thou dunghill6 ,wherefore all this silly pride8 ,thou bloomest but a day or two1 while ,i preside4 ,thy affectation1 vanity1 's too vast for me4 ,but stay till ,i depart3 then straightway thou shalt see4 ,thy lovers then shall loathe thy charms1 adored before4 ,to worms1 and toads1 and snakes they'll fling thee1 as cheap store4 ,thy stench shall make him hold his nose in deep disgust1 ,who lately in thy presence would have licked the dust40 ,reflections from the spirit are the tongue1 the eye1 the ear4 ,accessions from the fire steam's bubbles 'tis upbear4 #de ,e'en as the soul's reflection on the body acts1 ,reflection from th' inspiring saints my soul impacts4 ,when my soul's life shall quit my soul1 alack-a-day6 ,my soul shall lifeless be1 like mortal soulless clay4 ',tis therefore that ,i cast myself down in the dust1 ,that earth may witness bear for me before th' ,all-,just4 ,in day of judgment1 8when the earth shall quake with fear10#cee ,earth shall itself bear witness to my prayerful tear4 ,command shall issue3 8,loud proclaim the acts thou'st seen40 ,the earth1 the rocks1 a tongue shall find1 to tell what's been4 #ej ,philosophers deny this1 in their pride of mind2 ,but tell them3 8,dash your heads against a wall1 ye blind60 ,the speech of earth1 of water1 and of plastic clay1 ,is audible unto the ears of saints that pray4 ,philosophers who will deny ,god's saving grace1 ,are strangers to the powers of saints' inspired race4 ,he holds that inclination1 working on man's brain1 ,gives rise to heated phantasy's legerdemain4 ,true1 his own blasphemy and lack of firm belief ,have raised in him denial's phantom1 reason's thief4 #ee ,philosophers deny the devil does exist2 ,while they themselves his sport are1 in his cursed fist4 ,hast never seen the devil8 ,look at thy own self6 ,who'd paint his forehead blue1 unless deceived by elf8#cef ,whoever hath a doubt or trouble in his mind1 ,in secret's a philosopher1 as you may find4 ,he wears the outward semblance of belief2 but then1 ,anon and ever his philosophy claims pen4 ,beware1 all ye believers6 ,in you lurks this germ2 ,within yourselves lies latent vile deception's sperm4 #fj ,the two and seventy sects are all within your hearts1#ceg ,and only wait a chance to play their fatal parts4 ,whoever hath the bud of faith grown in his breast1 ,as aspen-leaf must tremble1 lest it be supprest4 ,thou laughest at the devil in thy foolish pride2 ,thyself thou hast imagined sin's stern deicide4 ,but when thy soul shall manifested be to all1 ,sad sighs and moans shall rise from those who're seen to fall4 ,exhibitors of base coin in this world below ,smile now2 the touchstone yet is hidden in form's glow4 #fe ,o ,veiler of men's sins6 ,lift not ,thy veil from us6#ceh ,in day of trial be our ,helper1 gracious6 ,adulteration now contends with purest coin2 ,the gold awaits the day of trial to rejoin4 ,it slily thinks in its mute way1 without ado3 8,await a little1 false ones6 ,trial comes6 ,soho6 ,for was not ,satan's self1 in ages long gone by1 ,of light an angel1 ,prince of ,powers1 a galaxy1 ,until he envied ,adam in his froward heart8 ,and then he fell1 an outcast from heaven's high rampart4 #gj ,the son of ,beor1 ,balaam1 in the world's esteem1 ,was equal unto ,moses4 ,so all men did deem4 ,to him alone was homage paid by high and low2 ,his prayers were reckoned medicine for every woe4 ,to ,moses he opposed himself1 in foolish pride4 ,the ,scripture tells us how most miserably he died4#cei ,of ,balaams1 and of ,satans1 in this world of ours1 ,some manifest1 some secret1 troops come at all hours4 ,god granteth them celebrity within their spheres1 ,that they may witness bear against their own compeers4 #ge ,then1 both are elevated on a gallows high1 ,as warning unto others who for honours sigh4 ,they both were covetous of homage and applause2 ,and both received due punishment through ,god's just laws4 ,thou1 man1 perchance1 the idol of some crowd mayst be4 ,for ,god's sake1 then1 beware thou transgress not as he4 ,and setting up thyself against a better man1 ,thou come to grief1 and bring to wreck thy every plan4 ,the tales of #8d#cfj and ,thamd#cfa have the moral clear1 ,that saints of ,god1 and righteous men1 are held more dear4 #hj ,those signs1 and swift destruction overwhelming them1 ,proclaim aloud the power that saints around does hem4 ,as brutes are slain that man may live a life of ease1 ,so men are slaughtered when they sin 'gainst ,god's decrees4 ,for1 what is wisdom8 ',tis th' omniscience divine4 ,man's wisdom is but folly1 set against that mine4 ,the brutes are timid1 shun man's presence everywhere2 ,though man1 in numbers1 yields to them within this sphere4 ,their blood may lawfully be shed for needs of man2 ,because they lack th' ennobling spark of reason's scan4 #he ,the brute is held of low degree on this our earth2 ,as being weighed against great man's superior worth4 ,what value will attach to thee1 thou arrant fool1 ,if1 like an ass1 thou spite the lords of reason's school8 ,the ass1 that renders service meet unto his lord1 ,men slay not4 ',tis the wild ass does them chase afford4 ,the ass reaps naught of recompense for merit due2 ,yet1 when he errs1 fell punishment awaits him1 true4 ,if man1 then1 go astray1 much more he's worthy blame2 ,most justly shall chastisement visit him with shame4 #ij ,the blood of misbelievers righteously is shed1 ,with sword and arrow1 like wild ass on mountain fed4 ,their wives and children fall a prey to victor's hand2 ,in that they lack true wisdom1 cursed of ,god they stand4 ,the reasonable creature fleeing reason's ,lord1 ,renounces reason1 brute becomes1 calls for the sword4 ,hrt1 ,mrt1#cfb two angels famed throughout the earth1 ,through pride and insolence lost paradise for dearth4 ,they trusted in the wondrous power they held of old2 ,as though a buffalo 'gainst lion should wax bold4 #ie ,his horns are mighty weapons1 fearful to the foe2 ,the lion tears him piecemeal2 horns but work him woe4 ,had he as many horns as hedgehog quills1 all o'er1 ,they'd help him not2 the lion still would him o'erpow'r4 ,the hurricane roots up the forest trees amain2 ,while pliant reeds from it no injury sustain4 ,the fury of the blast hurts not their supple ease4 ,of strength1 then1 boast thee not1 man4 ,seek wrath to appease4 ,the axe is nothing daunted1 seeing boughs of trees2 ,but1 one by one1 hews through them all2 their end foresees4 #ajj ,the axe sets not its trenchant edge to lop off leaves2 ',tis not the silky down of thistles that it cleaves4 ,a flame is not abashed1 though many thorns collect2 ,whole herds of sheep can never butcher's knife deflect4 ,to inward idea's power the outward sign must yield4 ,that power1 'tis1 makes revolve the heavens' vast starry field4 ,the sphere1 the circling firmament1 consider now4 ,what makes it turn8 ,a force that rest will not allow4 ,the movements of our bodies have no other source2-- ,the soul it is originates all vital force4 #aje ,the circulation of the air's from an idea2 ,the millstone turns by water from the fields' area4 ,the ebb and flow of tides1 breath drawn1 again expired1 ,whence all8 ',tis life compels1 diffused through all1 respired4 ,the spirit 'tis decides what words our pen shall write2 ,or peace1 or war1 or anything our minds indite4 ,to right1 to left we go1 e'en as the spirit wills2 ,a rose1 a thorn1--the spirit says which place it fills4 ,our ,god it was who sent this vital air in blasts1 ,like breath of dragons1 to destroy old #8d's#cfc outcasts4 #aaj ,while to the faithful it gave peace1 and health1 and strength2 ,in gentle zephyrs softly breathing whole days' length4 ,the ,prophet hath assured us ,god's the soul of all4 ,the ,lord's the ocean whence the rills of spirit fall4 ,the strata of the heavens and earth1 with all therein1 ,are merely straws afloat on waves where powers begin4 ,they dance about1 are carried here and there by turns2 ,their movement's from the waves that power divine still churns4 ,decrees this they shall be at rest8 ,at once they're flung ,aside upon the shore1 there to decay like dung4 #aae ,wills it that they be tossed about on waves high-flown8 ,they're but the leaves of autumn by the wild winds blown4 ,now turn we from this subject1 most engaging still1 ,to learn about those angels1 victims of self-will4 ,the sins of all mankind were known to them as sure2 ,no wickedness escapes the glance of spirits pure4 ,in anger at such baseness they were moved to scorn2 ,their own defect was hidden from their sight1 heaven-born4 ,an ugly man once saw his face in looking-glass4 ,he turned away enraged with that reflecting mass4 #abj ,so1 when one self-conceited sees another's fault1 ,a flame from hell is lighted in his bad heart's vault4 ',tis pride inflames him2--holy zeal he dubs it straight2 ,not conscious of the vanity that makes his freight4 ,a zeal for holiness by other tokens shines2 ,and lights a fire by which to ashes earth declines4 ,god said to them3 8,if you both shine with virtue's ray1 ,no notice take of man's backslidings from its way4 ,give thanks and praises1 rather1 you're not made like them4 ,lusts of the flesh1 concupiscence1 soil not your stem4 #abe ,had ,i imposed upon you that great burden1 sore2 ,the heavens would not have been your home for evermore4 ,the chastity that decks your spirit-nature now1 ,reflection is of purity that lights ,my brow4 ,know1 this is but a quality you hold from ,me4 ,so shall th' accursed one not make you slaves to be60 ,e'en as the ,prophet's scribe1 with self-importance puffed1 ,imagined holy wisdom's light shone as he'd stuffed4 ,himself he fancied equal of prophetic quire2 ,his raven croak as their sweet song he dared admire4 #acj ,he who sets up to write the notes of every bird1 ,knows not th' inspiring springs within their bosom stirred4 ,could man acquire the note of nightingale so sweet1 ,would he have learnt as well its love the rose to meet8 ,should he achieve a notion of that love's intent2 ',twould be mere surmise1 like deaf man's from lips' consent4 ,such deaf man once was made aware by some kind friend1 ,that next door dwelt an invalid near to his end4 ,the poor man thought within himself3 8,i'm deaf as stone1 ,how can ,i hope to comprehend this neighbour's tone8 #ace ,more 'specially as sick men speak so very low4 ,still1 go ,i must2 mere decency demands my bow4 ,when ,i advance1 he'll me address1--his lips will move4 ,from thence ,i'll glean a notion1 may not quite false prove4 ,i'll ask him how he feels to-day1 'mid so much pain4 ,he'll answer surely3 #8,thank you2 better in the main4' ,reply ,i will3 #8,most happy6 ,how's the appetite8' ,he'll answer3 #8,pretty good1 if chicken-broth invite4' ,i'll say3 #8,good6 ,good6 ,and what are you allowed to drink8 ,who is your doctor8' ,he'll respond1 as one may think4 #adj ,then ,i'll remark3 #8,with so much talent at command1 ,you can't do better4 ,soon ,i hope to see you stand4 ,i've had experience of his skill2 ,i know his worth2 ,with him as guide1 you'll not go wrong4' ,so forth40 ,thus having got his fancied answers all by heart1 ,he goes to see the sick man2 deftly plays his part4 ,on asking3 8,how are you80 the patient says3 8,near dead40 ,the deaf man straight rejoins3 8,of that ,i'm very glad40 ,the sufferer felt insulted by this joy expressed4 ,the deaf one had surmised1--had failed in what he'd guessed4 #ade ,he now inquired the diet3 8,oh6 ,it's poison all60 ,complained the sick man4 8,glad to hear it10 he let fall4 ,still more the patient wondered4 8,who attends you1 pray80 ,asked ,deafy2 8whose advice is't leads you on your way80 8,death tracks my hours60 said he2 8pray leave me now to rest40 ,the other answered3 8,better can't be found2 he's best40 ,the visitor retired1 quite pleased with his rich art2 ,and offered thanks for having played so kind a part4 ,the sick man1 on the contrary1 was all on fire3 8,whence comes this malice8 ,who has roused his soul to ire80 #aej ,so1 turning in his mind the matter o'er and o'er1 ,a message he determines that shall pay the score4 ,just so1 a man who's eaten ill-digesting food1 ,can have no rest till it's ejected1 well and good4 ,long-suffering is thy better part1 reject it not2 ,with patience1 thou shalt find soft words best heal a plot4 ,but our sick man found no such solace for his mind2 ,he called the deaf one 8,ass10 and 8,fool10 and 8,sot10 and 8,blind40 ,said he3 8,i'll serve him out2 ,i'll pay him what's his due6 ,till then1 my spirit will his hateful visit rue6 #aee ,a visit to the sick's for consolation's sake2 ,his visit ,i abhor1 his insults ,i'll not take4 ,he's wished to gloat on foe laid prostrate at his feet2 ,some joy to gather thence his secret hate to greet40 ,how many pious men there are1 to outward view1 ,reward of joy in heaven1 as object1 who pursue4 ,at heart they're sinners still1 despite the show they make4 ,alas6 ,hypocrisy for righteousness they take6 ,just as our deaf man thought he'd done a friendly act2 ,and yet1 withal1 had vexed his neighbour1 as a fact4 #afj ,he soothed his soul by thinking3 8,kindly part ,i've played6 ,i've acted as a neighbour6 ,sorrow ,i've allayed60 ,whereas1 in truth1 a fire he'd lighted for himself2 ,and his sick neighbour's heart inspired with vengeful elf4 ,beware the fires you kindle by such acts as this6 ,beware offence to give1 while proffering a kiss6 ,the ,prophet said one was a hypocrite1 he knew3 8,go1 worship1 friend2 thy act's no worship1 as ,i trew60 ,for fear lest we should trespass1 even as we pray1 ,our worship has the prayer3 8,lord1 guide us in ,thy way60#cfd #afe 8,permit not ,thou1 ,o ,god1 that my devotion's act ,be counted erring hypocrite's unwelcome pact60 ,the surmise of our deaf man wide was of the mark4 ,a ten years' friendship 'twould have wrecked6 ,beware such spark6 ,man's judgment1 friend1 that's based on sense's treacherous sand1 ,can never be compared with revelation's wand4 ,hast ear to hear8 ,hast mind to recognise the truth8 ,know1 then1 thy moral ear is deaf to godly sooth6 ,the first who followed sense1 and reason--as he thought-- ,instead of ,god's true light1 the devil was1 we're taught4 #agj ,he judged3 8,the fire more noble is than sordid earth2 ,from fire was ,i created2 clay gave ,adam birth4 ,the stock from whence it springs decides each kind of fruit2 ,from darkness ,adam's sprung2 light at my birth did suit40 ,the ,lord replied3 8',tis not a question of descent4 ,pre-eminence is here the prize of righteous bent4 ',tis not a heritage of worldly wealth to share4 ,why talk of ancestry8 ,heart's qualities declare4 ,the heritage we've now to give is prophecy2 ,the heirs thereto are they whose spirits hate a lie4 #age ,the son of ,ab-,jahl believed1 and saved his soul2#cfe ,a son of ,noah rebelled2 became perdition's goal4#cff ,the son of earth was made resplendent as the moon2 ,thou1 son of fire1 begone1 disgraced1 cursed1 none too soon60 ,investigations1 reasonings1 on days of cloud1 ,by night1 in darkness1 guide the doubting crowd2 ,but1 when the sun shines1--when ,god's temple's clearly seen1 ,no doubt remains which way to turn one's face1 ,i ween4 ,the temple hidden1 its direction quite unknown1-- ,then use thy judgment4 ,god this method's kindly shown4#cfg #ahj ,whene'er you hear a note of ,god's truth-warbling bird1#cfh ,you straightway seize its literal sense1 just as 'tis heard4 ,you then use suppositions of your darksome mind1 ,and form1 through wrong conclusions1 guesses worse than blind4 ,the saints use terms of technical significance1 ,unknown to worldly reasoners' crass ignorance4 ,the language of the bird you learn1 as to its notes2 ,but clean destroy its sense2 as sure as fancy dotes4 ,e'en as the sick man of our tale1 saints' hearts are grieved2 ,though1 like the deaf man1 you suppose you've good achieved4 #ahe ,the scribe of writ inspired had all its text by heart2 ,then thought himself inspired2--would play a prophet's part4 ,the ,prophet1 warbler-like1 smote him with powerful wing2 ,he forthwith sank to blind despair1 through conscience' sting4 ,so 'tis with you4 ,perversely1 or with vain surmise1 ,you would interpret words descended from the skies4 ,like ,hrt1 and like ,mrt1 well you've learnt the tune ,they sang of old in pride3 8,we're ,god's elect10 jejune4 ,you pray for grace on all the sins of wicked men2 ,you curse your own foul egotism1 greed's hungry ken4 #aij ,beware lest ,god's just jealousy break forth amain1 ,and smite you to the earth1 ne'er more to rise again4 ,those angels owned1 in words3 8,to rule is ,thine1 ,o ,god4 ,without ,thy strong protection1 safety's soon downtrod40 ,such were their lip-words4 ,but their hearts' rebellious pride1 ,with foolish boasting1 thought3 8,no harm can us betide40 ,they never ceased to brood on vanities thus framed1 ,till fire of arrogance burst forth from breasts inflamed2 ,then proclamation made3 8,o elemental men6 ,how little have ye known the range of angel's ken4 #aie ,we'll weave dense curtains o'er the sky's revolving face2 ,descending then to earth1 we'll there our temple place4 ,we'll justice distribute1 and worship we'll commend1 ,returning every night to heaven1 whence we descend4 ,so shall we be admired by all who dwell on earth1 ,and fill the world with gladness1 safety1 peace1 and mirth40 ,alas6 ,such fancy's false6 ,earth cannot heaven be2 ,their difference is radical1 as all may see6 #aii ,,xiv4 ,the ,chinese and ,roman ,artists4 ,give ear to this advice from one who's well informed3 8,lay down your head where'er by wine you've been transformed40 ,whene'er a drunken man reels forth from tavern door1 ,a laughingstock he's made by urchin and by boor4 ,now here1 now there1 he lurches1 stumbling on his road2 ,falls in the mire2 is mocked and jeered1 scorned as a toad4 ,the children of the neighbourhood his steps surround1 ,unconscious what is wine's hilarity profound4 ,so are all people children1 round the saints of ,god2 #e ,none adults are1 save they who've cast off passion's clod4 ',twas said3 8,the world's a toy1 a plaything2 and men all ,are infants40#cfi ,these are ,god's words4 ,true in sense they fall4 ,no child but loves his toys1 his playthings1 games1 and sports2 ,by cultivation of the mind man sense imports4 ,man's love for worldly things is like child's love for toys2 ,the child and man1 in these1 repeat each other's joys4 ,the child1 in play1 performs the very selfsame part1 ,he'll act when grown a hero1 learnt debating art4 ,men's quarrels are the same as those fought out by boys2 ,they're senseless1 reasonless2 they squabble for mere toys4 #aj ,their weapons are but wooden swords1 as used in play2 ,their objects are not worth a thought1 by night or day4 ,they mount their hobby-horses1 ride about on sticks2 ,declaring 'tis ,bucephalus1 ,eclipse1 that kicks4 ',tis they who bear a burden1 pack-horse-like1 or ass2 ,their vanity converts them into horsemen's mass4 ,so let it be till that day when ,god's riders shall1 ,on steeds of fire1 transcend the seventh heaven's rolling ball4 8,the spirit and the angels mount unto their ,god40#cgj ,the spheres shall shake1 when under saintly footsteps trod4 #ae ,whereas the raff of mankind mount their own coat-tails2 ,imagining they're horsemen1 prancing as ship sails4 ,the ,lord hath said3 8,imagining's of no avail40#cga ,imagination's steed to scale heaven's heights must fail4 ,imagination's best is but a choice of doubts2 ,man ne'er disputes about the sun1 whate'er the whim he flouts4 ,the time will come1 he'll see what wretched screw he rides2 ,that which he deemed a courser's but his own shanks' sides4 ,his senses1 thoughts1 and reasonings1 he then will find1 ,are but the infant's hobby1--pa's cane1 more refined4 #bj ,the wisdom of the saints is what bears them aloft4 ,the science of the worldly is their load2--how oft6 ,the wisdom of the heart sustains and elevates2 ,but knowledge sensuously acquired as burden rates4 ',tis ,god hath said3 8,an ass with volumes for his load40#cgb ,so knowledge is a burden1 when not of ,god's code4 ,all science not received from word of ,god direct1 ,hath no endurance2 paint it is2 our eyes detect4 ,still1 if man bear his burden well1 he's recompensed2 ,his burden is removed2 ease to him is dispensed4 #be ,see1 then1 you bear not science' load from fleshly lust2 ,lest you should suffer inwardly fatigue1--disgust2 ,but mount the agile steed of sacred lore divine2 ,so shall the burden on your back at once decline4 ,unless you drink ,his cup1 how 'scape from fleshly lust8 ,o you1 who1 in ,his name1 content are with the ,just6 ,when from ,his name and attributes some inkling's born1 ,this inkling points the road to union one fair morn4 ,thou'st never known a guide1 but some one must be led2 ,and when no road is travelled1 gnome can't dog man's tread4 #cj ,thou'st never heard a name1 but indicates a thing2 ,a flower thou'st never plucked from verbal rosa's ding4 ,hast thou pronounced a name8 ,straightway the thing ensue4 ,the moon seek in the sky2--not in lake-waters1 blue4 ,but wouldst thou cast aside all names and words1 as vain1 ,thyself1 then1 purge of self4 ,abstraction thou shalt gain4 ,wouldst be a sword8 ,cast off soft iron's yield refined2 ,by discipline the mirror burnish of thy mind4 ,discharge thyself of every particle of self2 ,so shalt thou see thyself pure1 free from soil of pelf4 #ce ,within thy heart thou'lt see the wisdom of the saints1 ,without a book1 a teacher1 or professor's plaints4 ,the ,prophet said3 8,that man is one of my true flock1 ,whose heart and mind are hewn from my own calling's rock4 ,his soul perceives me through the selfsame holy light ,that unto me reveals his soul serenely bright4 ,reports1 traditions1 chains of evidence1 are lost2 ,when soul communes with soul1 minds freely can accost40 ,this riddle solve3 8,a ,kurd ,i last night was1 by birth2 ,and then1 this morning1 ,arab am1 by afterbirth40#cgc #dj ,if one1 sincere1 a ,kurdish boor was overnight1 ,sincerity an ,arab made him by daylight4 ,example seekest of science springing in the heart8 ,this contest heed of ,chinaman and ,roman's art4#cgd ,the ,chinese urged they had the greater painter's skill4 ,the ,romans pleaded they of art the throne did fill4 ,the sovereign heard them both2 decreed a contest fair2 ,results the palm should give the worthiest of the pair4 ,the parties twain a wordy war waged in debate2 ,the ,romans' show of science did predominate4 #de ,the ,chinamen then asked to have a house assigned ,for their especial use2 and one for ,rome designed1 ,th' allotted houses stood on either side one street2 ,in one the ,chinese1 one the ,roman1 artists meet4 ,the ,chinese asked a hundred paints for their art's use2 ,the sovereign his resources would not them refuse4 ,each morning from the treasury rich colours' store ,was served out to the ,chinese till they asked no more4 ,the ,romans argued3 8,colour or design is vain2 ,we simply have to banish soil and filth amain40 #ej ,they closed their gate4 ,to burnish then they set themselves2 ,as heaven's vault1 simplicity filled all their shelves4 ,vast difference there is 'twixt colours and not one4 ,the colours are as clouds2 simplicity's the moon4 ,whatever tinge you see embellishing the clouds1 ,you know comes from the sun1 the moon1 or stars in crowds4 ,at length the ,chinamen their task had quite fulfilled4 ,with joy intense their hearts did beat1 their bosoms thrilled4 ,the sovereign came1 inspected all their rich designs1 ,and lost his heart with wonder at their talents' signs4 #ee ,he then passed to the ,romans1 that his eyes might see4 ,the curtains were withdrawn1 to show whate'er might be4 ,the ,chinese paintings all1 their whole designs in full1 ,reflected truly were on that high-burnished wall4 ,whatever was depicted by the ,chinese art ,was reproduced by mirrors1 perfect every part4 ,those ,romans are our mystics2--know1 my worthy friend2 ,no art1 no learning2 study1 none2--but gain their end4 ,they polish well their bosoms1 burnish bright their hearts1 ,remove all stain of lust1 of self1 pride1 hate's deep smarts4 #fj ,that mirror's purity prefigures their hearts' trust2 ,with endless images reflections it incrust4 ,the formless ,form the thousand thousand hidden forms ,flashed in his breast on ,moses' heart1 like mirrored storms4 ,that ,form1 'tis true1 the heaven of heavens cannot contain2 ,nor all the space between the zenith and the main4 ,these numbered are1 and limited within their bounds2 ,the mirror of the heart is boundless in its rounds4 ,here1 reason stands aghast1 ,o erring child of sense2 ,the heart's with ,god1--the heart is ,god1--boundless1 immense6 #fe ,from all eternity1 the figures of all things1 ,unnumbered1 multitudinous1 gleam in heart's wings4 ,to all eternity each new-created form ,in heart of saint reflected is1 most multiform4 ,his polished heart is cleansed from being's soiling stain2 ,and at each moment contemplates fresh beauty's train4 ,the outward gilt1 the shell1 of science they despise2 ,the banner of real certitude floats where they rise4 ,they've thought abandoned2 light and life they've truly found2 ,their breasts and hearts are filled with love's inspiring sound4 #gj ,death1 that dread thing of which all mankind stand in fear1 ,is laughed and mocked at by the saints1 when it draws near4 ,no man has power to dominate their tranquil minds4 ,the shell may injured be2 the pearl harm never finds4 ,the rhetor's art1 the jurist's skill1 they set at naught2 ,but poverty1 abasement1 to themselves they've taught4 ,the scenes of all eight paradises#cge are consumed ,in that full blaze with which their holy heart's illumed4 ,they're more exalted than the heavens and what's beyond2 ,their place is in the court of love divine1 all-fond4 #ge ,,xv4 ,zeyd's ,inspiration4 ,the ,prophet asked one morn of ,zeyd1 in tender tone1#cgf 8,how art thou1 dear disciple1 faithful to the bone80 8,i'm pious2--a believer10 ,zeyd replied2 and he ,inquired again3 8,what proof of faith resides in thee80 ,he said3 8,whole days ,i've burnt with parching fever's thirst2 ,by night ,i've watched2 with love's sweet pangs my heart's nigh burst4 ,thus have ,i traversed days' and nights' enduring space1 ,as point of spear through shield makes way in war's embrace4 ,for1 in love's view1 the church of faith one body is2 ,ten million years1 one instant1 are alike1 when ,his4 #e ,the past eternity and future join in one2 ,though reason cannot compass how the marvel's done40 ,the ,prophet then3 8,bring forth some souvenir from thence1 ,shall satisfy all men of judgment and of sense40 ,said ,zeyd3 8,as men behold the sky above their heads1 ,so ,i survey the heavens1 and all their flowery meads4 ,eight paradises1#cgg seven deep hells1#cgh are in my view1 ,as patent as the idol to its silly crew4 ,apart1 and one by one1 ,i can discern all men1 ,as wheat and barley well are known to miller's ken4 #aj ,i see who's heavenward bound1 who takes the other road2 ,as men distinguish fish from snake in walks abroad40 ',tis thus that saints1 within the bounds of present life1 ,see who'll be blessed1 who cursed1 when tried in judgment's strife2 ,before each soul contracts the sins will cause its shame2 ,while yet in mother's womb1--while yet without a name4 ,the wretch is he conceived for wretchedness' sad thirst4 ,each soul is marked for future bliss or woe1 at first4#cgi ,the body1 as a mother1 bears within a soul4 ,death's but the throes that launch the spirit to its goal4 #ae ,departed souls are all agog at each fresh birth1 ,to see what class the new-born enters in its mirth4 ,the blacks presume 'twill prove to be of their dark gang2 ,the pale-faced ,romans hope they'll profit by the pang4 ,but when the little stranger shows itself at last1 ,no room remains for doubt2 the question's judged and cast4 ,the new-born black is borne in triumph by its kind2 ,the rosy-cheeked fair bantling's claimed by ,roman mind4 ,until its birth the child's a riddle to all men4 ,who knows an unborn infant's rare sage in this glen4 #bj ,unless1 mayhap1 he see with light divine's blest aid2 ,for this can penetrate through densest shell e'er made4 ,the life-conveying fluid's colourless and clear2 ,but living men their various shades of colour bear4 ,the soul sustains complexions in our mortal frames1 ,until our halves material find rest from their games4 ,but turn we now away to other subjects1 high2 ,for fear events should leave us to regret and sigh4 8,when settling-day #8brings forth the colour of each face1'#chj ,mankind are separated sharply1 race from race4 #be ,within the womb nor ,turk1 nor ,hind1 yet is seen2#cha ,so soon as born1 all1 high and low1 know what to ween4 ,as in the day of judgment all men all will know1 ,so now to me each man and woman forms a show4 ,say3 ,shall ,i all declare2 or shall ,i hold my peace80 ,to this the ,prophet in reply made motion3 8,cease40 8,ha6 ,prophet of the ,lord6 ,i'll tell that secret1 all6 ,to men ,i will declare the deeds of that dread hall6 ,permit me to tear off the veil that hides it now2 ,my heart shall light the world as sun in midday glow4 #cj ,i will eclipse that lamp1 by giving out more light4 ,i will set plainly forth the thorn and fig-tree right4 ,th' events of judgment day ,i'll lay before all men4 ,i'll separate the gold from spurious coin1 as then4 ,they of the left hand shall be maimed to public view1#chb ,and all shall then the fruits of misbelief eschew4 ,i will expose the seven pits of wrath divine1#chc ,by aid of light from truth's great luminary's shine4 ,i'll rend away the rags that veil the wicked's shame4 ,i'll sound the trump1 that all may hear the ,prophet's name4 #ce ,hell1 heaven1 the gulf between1 ,i'll set before men's eyes1 ,that misbelievers may be warned of error's dyes4 ,the fountain of #8,kawthar' shall throw its highest jet2#chd ,its rush shall greet their ears1 its spray their faces wet4 ,they who will flock around it1 burning with fierce thirst1 ,i'll make apparent unto all1 from last to first4 ,their shoulders jostle 'gainst my shoulders in the crowd2 ,their shrieks are sounding in my ears1 as thunder loud4 ,while heaven's citizens1 rejoicing with delight1 ,hug one another lovingly1 to glad my sight4 #dj ,they visit one another's thrones1 high rapture's seats2 ,they kiss each other fondly2 each all others greets4 ,my ears grow deaf through listening to those cries of grief1 ,and sorrow's anguish from the lips where sin sat chief4 ,these are slight indications2 much more could ,i say2 ,i pause2 the ,prophet's wearied2 cease from speech ,i may40 ,thus spake the ,prophet's servant1 in delirious guise4 ,the ,prophet shook his collar1--sign of deep surprise4 ,then spake3 8,rein in thy steed6 ,he risks to run away6 ,reflected ,truth declares3 #8,god blushes not4'#che ,heyday6 #de ,the mirror's fallen out from its protecting case6 ,a mirror and a balance never truth debase6 ,a mirror and a balance never facts conceal1 ,although some one be hurt by what they do reveal6 ,the mirror and the balance tests are of my rule2 ,though for a thousand years thou serve it's strict formule4 ,hide not the truth from thought of deep respect for me4 ,show forth the whole1 in full4 ,deficiency mayn't be4 ,what is't that tells thee3 #8,play not1 joke not with the truth8'#chf ,the mirror1 balance1 ,god1--who smites falsehood with truth6 #ej ,sure1 ,god hath raised me up for that one sole intent1 ,that through me truth be preached unto its full extent4 ,were this not so1 what value's in me1 valued friend8 ,did ,i become instructor1 only good to mend8 ,but shut thy mirror tight within its felten sack1 ,if ,sion's miracle's repeated in thy track40 ,said ,zeyd3 8,can man e'er grasp beneath his feeble arm ,the sun of truth1 eternal luminary1 warm8 ',twould burst his grasp asunder2 all his wiles were vain1 ,though madness he should add to reason in his brain60 #ee ,replied the ,prophet3 8,on thy eye thy finger place2 ,the world is straight deprived of all the sun's bright face6 ,a finger-tip suffices to blot out the moon2 ,a symbol1 this1 of ,god's great sin-effacing boon4 ,a point can cover up a whole world with its shade2 ,the sun can be eclipsed by what's a mere monade4 ,shut close thy lips4 ,consider now the mighty sea4 ,by ,god's command the ocean man's meek slave must be4#chg ,ev'n as the fountains ,selsabl and ,zenjabl#chh ,are given for use of angels1 ,michael1 ,isrfl4#chi #fj ,the rivers four of paradise are at our beck2 ,not by our merit1 but by ,god's constraining check4 ,where'er we will1 they flow1 obedient to our call2 ,like magical effect1 magician's docile thrall4 ,so also are our eyes1 those founts of sentient beams1 ,subservient to our will1 whichever way it streams4 ,as we direct1 they look2 see what's like adder's sting2 ,or notice facts that to our minds their warnings bring4 ,if so we will1 they scrutinise objectiveness2 ,as we desire1 they lend themselves to study dress4 #fe ,by our direction1 universals are their bound2 ,if so we wish1 they prisoners are in partials' ground4 ,each of the senses five acts thus but as a spout1 ,to bring unto the mind that which it cares about4 ,whichever way the heart directs them forth to stroll1 ,they turn1 and glean a harvest for its pleasure sole4 ,the hands and feet are servants to the heart's request1 ,as ,moses' rod obedient was to his behest4 ,at heart's desire1 the feet begin the nimble dance1 ,or seek advantage1 or avoid some sore mischance4 #gj ,the heart commands1 the hands to calculations fall2 ,should it prefer1 they write a book or treatise small4 ,a hand there is1 'twould seem1 within these hands of ours2 ,a hidden hand1 that moves the body's wondrous powers4 ,if that incites1 this wages battle with the foe2 ,should that induce1 this aids a friend to stand tiptoe4 ,it pushes2 straightway spoon's plunged into soup2 ,it wills2 a ponderous club forthwith attacks some group4 ,what is it that the heart says to them all by turns8 ,most wonderful accord6 ,most marvellous alterns6 #ge ,the ancient seal of ,solomon the heart has found6 ,with that alone it guides the senses o'er their ground4 ,externally1 five senses serve its high command2 ,internally1 five faculties obey its hand4 ,ten senses1 thus1 seven organs1 wait upon its wants2 ,besides a host of minor servants1 confidants4 ,as ,solomon thou sittest1 ,o heart6 ,thou reignest supreme6 ,on fairy and on demon1 set thy seal1 thy scheme4 ,in this thy realm be upright2 practise thou no fraud2 ,no demon1 then1 shall rob thee of thy seal1 thy gaud4#cij #hj ,the world shall learn thy name1 shall practise all thy rites2 ,time and eternity remain thy perquisites4 ,but should a demon carry off thy seal1 perchance1 ,thy reign is o'er2 thy fortune loses all advance4 ,thenceforward vain regret shall canker in thy breast1 ,until the day thou'rt called to thy account at last4 ,unless thy heart renounce all selfish use of wit1 ,by mirror and by balance canst thou be held quit80 ,luqmn the sage1 in presence of his noble lord1#cia ,among the slaves and servants was a mere byword4 #he ,the lord one day commanded2 straight some slaves were sent ,to gather fruit from orchard for his throat's content4 ,with them did ,luqmn go1 as parasite to feast1 ,brimful of wisdom1 black as night1 a negro beast4 ,their labour o'er1 the slaves lay down to rest awhile2 ,the fruit they tasted1 tasted still1 consumed the pile4 ,returning home1 on ,luqmn the whole blame they laid2 ,his lord was angered mightily at what they said4 ,luqmn inquired the cause of this estrangement keen4 ,the lord gave vent in loud abuse to his roused spleen4 #ij ,said ,luqmn3 8,lord1 ,i swear by ,god's most holy name1 ,dishonest servant ne'er can hope for aught but blame4 ,make proof of us4 ',tis easy4 ,lord thou art of all4 ,command4 ,we'll drink our fill of water hot as gall4 ,then make us run about within the meadow's bound4 ,on horseback thou1 on foot we1 'll all trudge quickly round4 ,thou soon shalt witness sights to show #8the milk who spilt4' ,hearts' secrets' ,great ,revealer will disclose the guilt40 ,their lord so ordered4 ,scalding water soon was sought4 ,each had to drink his fill1 as hot as could be brought4 #ie ,then all were made to run as fast as they could tear1 ,all up and down the meadow1 as their legs could bear4 ,now lo6 ,what happens8 ,sickness on them1 each1 soon falls2 ,to vomit they're constrained1 with starting of eyeballs4 ,the stolen fruit contained within their stomach's sack1 ,the water's stimulus compelled them to give back4 ,when ,luqmn's turn was come to cast up his accounts1 ,clear water was the only issue from his founts4 ,luqmn's philosophy this trial could evolve2 ,god's wisdom far abstruser riddles will resolve4 #ajj 8,the day when our hearts' secrets shall be all revealed10 ,man's secret foe in ambush shall not lie concealed4 ,hell's victims1 then1 shall taste of scalding water's pang2 ,and all veils be torn off from sins they overhang4 ,hell-fire's decreed to be the lot of misbelief2 ,since fire the ordeal is by which stones come to grief4 ,how often have we spoken to those hearts of stone1 ,in softest accents of advice6 ,they would hear none6 ,to foulest ulcer1 sharpest remedy's applied4 ,the teeth of dogs alone are fit for ass's hide4 #aje 8,filth to the filthy0 is philosophy right sound4 8,birds of a feather flock together0 goes its round4 ,what mates soever for thyself thou choose at last1 ,their habits and their qualities acquire thou fast4 ,wouldst glory have8 ,to glory must thou raise pretence4 ,wouldst it reject8 ,think well2 and take thy road from thence4 ,wouldst find a way out of this dismal dungeon vile8 ,submit to ,god2 bow down in worship with a smile4 ,again we'll turn4 ,again we'll hear what ,zeyd may say2 ,what road he'll follow1 on his steed1 in reason's way4 #aaj ,when reason sets itself t' expose the faults of men1 ,it pulls aside the veils that hide them from our ken4 ,god sometimes wills that actions should concealed remain1 ,drives reason's drum away1 forbids its noisy strain4 ,loose not thy tongue alone2 it bridle2 hidden's best4 ,let each be happy in his own opinion's zest4 ,god wills that they who might despair to win ,his grace1 ,shall persevere1 not slacken1 in their worship's pace ,that they may seek a hopeful one1 and him ensue2-- ,in his society may follow worship's clue4 #aae ,god wishes that ,his peace should light upon us all2 ,that ,his salvation should embrace good1 bad1 great1 small4 ,that princes and that captives all should turn their face1 ,in hope and fear1 up heavenward1 looking for ,his grace4 ,that hope and fear are nourished by a curtain's shade4 ',tis through uncertainty that hope and fear invade4 ,but tear away that veil2 where then are hope and fear8 ',tis veiledness lends interest to landscapes drear4 ,upon a river's bank a youth1 who chanced to spy ,a fisherman at work1 guessed3 8,solomon1 surely6#cib #abj ,if he it be1 why here1 in secret and alone8 ,if not1 whence come those features1 fit to grace a throne80 ,so he remained in doubt1 'twixt two opinions tossed1 ,till ,solomon recovered all the power he'd lost4 ,the foul usurping demon fled the royal state2 ,the king's avenging sword pursued and sealed his fate4 ,the signet-ring of power once more on royal hand1 ,the demons and the fairies flocked to his command4 ,mankind came crowding to his court1 by levee swelled2 ,among them came the youth who'd that opinion held4 #abe ,he saw the signet-ring4 ,this sufficed4 ,doubt was past4 ,no room was left for surmise4 ,all was clear at last4 ,opinion may be formed of what's behind a veil4 ,conjecture lends its aid where knowledge 'gins to fail4 ,conjecture's potent when the subject's hid from view4 ,let it be visible2 no surmise can we brew4 ,although the sky of light is not without its rain1 ,the earth of darkness1 too1 produces plants and grain4 ,i love that text3 8,they who believe what is not seen40#cic ,thence have ,i closed my eyes1 the body's windows keen4 #acj ,but should ,i cleave the firmament with my swift glance1 ,could ,i exclaim3 8,perceivest thou a flaw1 perchance80#cid ,to scrutinise what's hid behind the darkness' screen1 ,each man his method chooses2 guesses what's between4 ,a certain space of time confusion reigns supreme4 ,the robbers hang the magistrates by their own scheme1 ,until at length a chief1 blessed with a genius rare1 ,springs up to serve his servants2 all their troubles share4#cie ,to render secret service is a thing beloved4 ,to hide a service rendered adds to what's approved4 #ace ,what's he1 commends his king with lies before his face1 ,and in his absence needs lament his lack of grace8 ,the warden of a castle on the marches laid1 ,far from his sovereign1 distant from much-needed aid1 ,defends his post with valour from beleaguering foe1 ,disdains to be bought over1 scorns the tempter's moe4 ,his station's on a frontier1 no eye sees him act2 ,to duty true1 he honestly fulfils his pact4 ,then in his monarch's presence honours due he gains1 ,above the brave men fighting in the royal trains4 #adj ,more merit's in a little secret service given1 ,than in much more performed when by an eye it's driven4 ,man's faith and piety on earth are prized of ,god4 ,but after death professed1 less value have than clod4 ,the absent and the hidden being thus the best1 ,the silent mouth and sealed lip surpass the rest4 ,then boast not1 brother2 whatsoever thou hast done1 ,god knows thy merits2 will requite them every one4 ,the sun requires no other witness but his face4 ,man has a greater4 ,god's his witness4 ,vast the grace6 #ade ,if ,i proclaim it not1 how many are prepared ,to witness to each fact6 ,god1 angels1 men1 full wared4 8,god will bear witness1 angels1 and all they who've known10#cif ,that3 8,lord there is no other1 save th' ,eternal ,one40#cig ,when ,god himself our witness is1 who'll angels need1 ,that they should share1 participate1 in ,his sole deed8 ,unless it be that1 as the fervent1 blazing sun1 ,pours forth such beams no mortal eye can look upon4 ,just like the bat1 man cannot bear full light of day2 ,so1 in despair1 he seeks the darkness1 shuns noon's ray4 #aej ,thus1 like us1 know1 the angels are a loving crew1 ,who bask in beams of heaven's ,sun1 beyond our view4 ,they say3 8,our light we have received from a sun2 ,as substitutes we shine upon the weak1 outrun40 ,as new-born moon1 or five days old1 or at the full1 ,each angel has his rank1 degree1 place1 wonderful4 ,his glorious wings in pairs1 two1 three1 and even1 four2#cih ,so that his beams are doubled1 trebled1 fourfold1 more4 ,just like the grades that mark the various human minds1 ,do differences vast exist in angels' kinds4 #aee ,thus every man's companion-angel's like himself1 ,or good1 or bad1 or high1 or low1 as china1 delf4 ,when weak-eyed mortals cannot look upon the sun1 ,they have to seek for taper's aid1 ere they may run4 ,the ,prophet hath declared3 8,stars1 my disciples are2 ,they're lights to them who seek2 though devils they may scare40 ,if every man had strength1 and faculty of sight1 ,to look straight at the sun1 trust him alone for light1 ,what need were for the stars1 or lamps1 of feeble ray1 ,to help them on their path1 in quest of source of day8 #afj ,the moon declares to man1 as do the clouds1 the shade1 8,i1 too1 'd been human1 but for revelation made4#cii ,like you1 ,i had been darksome1 as within1 without4 ,but revelation gave me sunlight1 shade to rout4 ,compared with the sun1 ,i'm darksome as a cloud2 ,compared with men's dark bosoms1 ,i may well be proud4 ,i shed a feeble light1 that men may bear my beams1 ,he cannot look upon the sun's too ardent streams4 ,i've mixed with honey vinegar2 made oxymel2 ,a remedy to bring to man's diseases fell40 #afe ,art rid of thy disease1 my friend8 ,then set aside ,the vinegar4 ,rejoice thy soul with honey's tide4 ,when freed from lusts1 the heart of man in full health shines4 ,god said3 8,the ,merciful on heaven's high throne reclines40#djj ,god rules the heart direct1 free from all means to aid1 ,so soon as it is purged from dross that low it laid4 ,we'll now go back to ,zeyd1 and proffer him advice2 ,we'll warn him not to risk dishonour1 paltering's price4 ,thou shalt not ,zeyd now find2 he's surely run away1 ,he's clean absconded by the door2 had naught to say4 #agj ,had'st thou been ,zeyd1 like him thou'dst lost been in a maze2 ,as stars die out when sunlight sets the skies ablaze4 ,e'en as no track points out where was galaxy's place2 ,thou'lt find no signs of ,zeyd1 no footstep1 sign1 or trace4 ,our senses falter1 all our reasoning is lost1 ,in splendour of the wisdom of th' ,all-,ruling ,ghost4 ,men's senses1 and their reasons1 must be shut within1 8,in waves when all before us to appear begin40#dja ,when night returns1 the sky again a court appears1 ,the hidden stars shine forth1 and mark the rolling years4 #age ,the senseless dead unto1 will ,god their wits restore2 ,in circles1 like attendants1 ,him they'll stand before4 ,they'll foot the dance1 they'll spread their hands1 they'll shout ,his praise2 ,they'll sing their song3 8,thou1 ,lord1 us from the dead didst raise40 ,their mortal skins and bones they'll shake off in the earth2 ,on angel-wings they'll ride1 and whirlwind-dust call forth4 ,their course they'll take from nullity to entity1 ,in judgment day1 ungrateful1 grateful laity4 ,why turn away thy head1 pretend not to have seen8 ,hast thou not1 first1 in nullity1 a truant been8 #ahj ,in nullity1 so firm thou settedst down thy foot1 ,and ask'dst3 8,who shall remove me when ,i've taken root80 ,dost thou not see the wondrous works of ,god's high will8 ,how ,he it is who 8leads thee by thy forelock0 still8#djb ,he draws thee into states1 conditions1 turns of weal1 ,that never entered in thy mind to seek with zeal4 ,nonentity obedient is to ,his command4 ,of demon1 and of ,solomon1 ,he rules the hand4 ,a demon can contrive 8the trays of fishpond size40#djc ,he dares not make refusal these to organise4 #ahe ,contemplate now thyself in agony of fear2 ,and know1 nonentity1 too1 quakes ,his wrath to hear4 ,thou stretchest forth thy hand to seize preferment's place2 ,from fear of thee1 some soul itself must quick efface4 ,all else but love of ,god1 the ,truest and the ,best1 ,though sweet to thought1 is but a snare to break thy rest4 ,what's all thy effort worth8 ,thou hast to die at last2 ,put out thy hand and grasp the cup of life right fast4 ,men fix their eyes on what is dust and ashes1 death2 ,refuse belief in what is life and healthful breath4 #aij ,exert thyself4 ,reduce thy doubts from ten to nine4 ,employ the night4 ,thou sleepest4 ,night's not so supine4 ,employ the night to seek the everlasting day1 ,increase in knowledge4 ,wisdom 'tis shall light thy way4 ,though night be dark1 and darkness be of woe the doom1 ,much good is in it4 ,fount of ,life's in land of gloom4#djd ,how can a mortal hope to raise his head from sleep1 ,when seeds of slothfulness are all he cares to reap8 ,the dead man's sleep's the body-snatcher's open door4 ,householders slumber1 robbers rifle every floor4 #aie ,thou knowest not who are thy foes around thee placed4 ,the imps of hell are enemies to man high graced4 ,the fire's the foe of water and of water's brood2 ,as water's foe to fire1 and drowns it in a flood4 ,to water1 and its cousins all1 the fire swears death2 ,to fire shall water never quarter give1 or breath4 ',tis water puts the fire out2 and the reason's plain2 ,the fire has mission to destroy the water's strain4 ,and then1 the fire's the heat of passion's baneful lusts4 ,and lust1 the root of frailty1 sin1 misdeeds1 mistrusts4 #bjj ,material1 outer fire1 's by water soon put out2 ,the fire of lust may carry man to hell1 no doubt4 ,no water can avail to quench the flames of lust2 ,for lust is hell-born4 ,torments end not2 last they must4 ,religion's light1 alone1 can quench lust's fiercest flame1-- ,the light that can put out the ,syntheist's wicked game4#dje ,what can extinguish fire of sin1 save light of ,god8 ,my master1 see that ,abr'am's light be ne'er downtrod2 ,that from the fire of lust1 by inner ,nimrod fanned1#djf ,thy body may escape2 not be1 as firewood1 banned4 #bje ,the lust of man's desires cannot be driven forth2 ,but may resisted be1 reduced to what it's worth4 ,so long as thou shalt fuel pile upon that flame1 ,canst thou expect the fire will die away and tame8 ,so soon as fuel is withheld1 a fire goes out2 ,through piety is lust brought down1 and put to rout4 ,shall that sweet face e'er blacken through sin's dismal smoke1 ,that's brightened by such sheen as virtue must invoke8 ,a conflagration raged in days of great #8,umer1 ,stones were devoured therein1 as firewood in the air4#djg #baj ,the buildings it consumed1 and left whole households waste2 ,the nests and nestlings were destroyed2--last trump's foretaste4 ,one half ,medna fell a prey to ruthless flame1 ,whereat th' aqueous element might well feel shame4 ,whole cisterns were exhausted in the combat wild2 ,and vinegar was added4 ,hope was thus beguiled4 ,the fire grew fiercer under stimulus of strife2 ,extension gave it wings1 success infused new life4 ,the people now came flocking to the ,caliph's gate1 ,in marvel1 that1 through water1 fire would not abate4 #bae ,he told them that the fire burnt by divine command2 ,that all those flames arose from their too frugal hand3 8,what use are water1 vinegar8 ,distribute bread2 ,eschew cold avarice1 if by me you'll be led40 ,they answered3 8,wide our doors stand open every day1 ,we've ever lavish been2 almsgiving is our play40 #8,umer replied3 8,in form and custom1 bread you've given4 ,but not from love of ,god4 ,you're hands to dole were driven4 ',twas pride and ostentation led to your display2 ,not charity1 not pity1 sense of duty1 say4 #bbj ,your riches are your seed4 ,cast not such seed to waste4 ,place not a sword in robber's hand with senseless haste4 ,distinction make 'twixt friend and foe to truth divine2 ,seek out ,god's saints1 and leave them not to starve1 to pine4 ,you've spent your stuff upon your cherished kindred sole1 ,and fancied stupidly you'd followed ,god's law whole40 #bbc ,,xvi4 ,ali's ,forbearance4 ,from #8,al may we learn sincerity of meeds4 8,god's ,lion0 we may hold free from all gross misdeeds4 ,in fight he'd conquered one who'd earned a hero's crown4 ,his sword he'd swiftly raised1 his victim to hew down4 ,that champion spat in #8,al's face1 to mark disdain2 ,the face of one1 the ,prophet's pride1 all saints' chieftain4 ,he spat upon a face to which the moon bowed low1 ,and offered adoration in the temple's show4 ,that instant #8,al dropped his sword1 high poised in air1 ,and left the spitter harmless2--action debonnair4 #e ,this raised the foe's astonishment2 called forth his awe4 ,that pardon1 that forgiveness1 grew not from war's law4 ,he said to #8,al3 8,thou thy sword hadst raised to slay4 ,why hast thou dropt it now1--prolonged my forfeit day8 ,what hast thou seen1 surpassing prowess of my arm1 ,that thus thou hast repented1--left me free from harm8 ,what may it be has calmed the fury of thy breast1 ,which as the lightning gleamed1 and straightway sank to rest8 ,what didst thou see1 that1 by reflection on me cast1 ,a spark has leapt to life in my despairing breast8 #aj ,what was thy vision1 far above the world of fact1 ,than life far sweeter1 whence my life receives new pact8 ,for bravery1 #8,god's ,lion' art thou justly named4 ,for kindness1 ,i now know1 thou art too little famed4 ,for generosity1 thou'rt ,moses' cloud divine1 ,from which poured forth the quails and manna1 as from mine60 ,the clouds rain wheat4 ,man1 then1 by labour and by skill1 ,reduces this to food1 when finely ground in mill4 ,but ,moses' cloud1 more generous far1 with open hand1 ,sent down in plenty food prepared1 by ,god's command4 #ae ,for them who ate at ,providence's table1 free1 ,god's mercy was displayed2--a banner all could see4 ,for forty years that daily bread--abounding grace-- ,failed not4 ,fond expectation's utmost stretch took place4 ,but satisfaction followed not4 ,the thankless crew ,demanded 8leeks and onions20 as of old they knew4#djh ,ye who are ,ahmed's people1 graced beyond compare1 ,are promised spiritual blessings till last judgment's blare4 ,whoever says1 at heart3 8,my trust is in the ,lord10#dji ,god's promise3 8,him ,i'll feed10 will find a faithful word4#daj #bj ,without a twist accept this promise1 as is meet2 ,you'll find it in your mouth as milk and honey sweet4 ,to twist a term1 and so deny gift's incidence1 ,is to invent a cloak to change the word's true sense4 ,to think th' expression's wrong sad weakness shows of mind2 ,wisdom divine's a kernel2 human reason1 rind4 ,twist then thyself2 change not the sense of words divine2 ,conceive thy nose at fault2 chide not the sweet woodbine4 ,o #8,al6 ,thou who mind and eye entirely art6 ,relate a little of the knowledge in thy heart4 #be ,thy calmness is a sword that cleaves our minds in twain2 ,the fountain of thy wisdom makes us whole again4 ,speak out6 ,i know these mysteries are ,jehovah's own2 ,to kill without a sword's a power of ,god well known4 ,he is ,creator1 without limbs and without tools2 ,the ,giver of all blessings1 copious as sea's pools4 ,how many kinds of wine are savoured by our souls1 ,while eye and ear perceive not whence the wave that rolls6 ,pray tell us1 #8,al1--falcon1 soaring in heaven's heights1-- ,what didst thou see that instant1 to forego thy rights8 #cj ,thy eyes have learnt to catch seraphic visions' gleam2 ,around thee1 all unconscious are1 as in a dream4 ,thou seest the moon1 all brightly shining in the sky2 ,we see but darkness1 clouds above us seem to fly4 ,thou seest three moons together1 shining bright1 outspread2 ,while three of us are scarcely sure one's overhead4 ,all three have eyes and ears fixed on thee1 in suspense1 ,in keenest expectation4 ,i'm stone of offence4 8,is this a spell to witch the eyes8 ,is it the truth8 ,to me thou art a wolf2 ,i'm ,joseph to thee1 sooth4 #ce ,though worlds there may be1 eighteen thousand globes1 and more2 ,not every eye has power to witness all their store4 ,disclose thy secret1 #8,al1--,god's own #8,chosen ,one6'#daa ,how many #8judges' errors' work ,god's will alone6 ,pray tell me what1 just now1 has been revealed to thee2 ,or ,i'll disclose the vision ,i've been made to see4 ,if thou the secret keep1 ,i will declare its sense1 ,moon-like1 on me thy knowledge shines1 with light intense4 ,but if the moon's bright disk break forth from 'neath the cloud1 ,poor midnight travellers safely1 then1 pursue their road4 #dj ,they then are safe from error1 risk no wandering vain2 ,protection of the moonlight shields from terror's chain4 ,the mutely-teaching promptings of the silvery moon1 ,if couched in words1 would homewards guide us doubly soon40 ,thou art 8the ,gate20 the ,prophet1 8,science' ,city0 is1#dab ,thou art the ray that beams from lustrous sun of his4 ,then open1 ,gate6 ,unfold thyself to those who seek6 ,let rind of science overgrow their minds1 all meek4 ,stand open1 ,gate6 ,thou portal of ,god's mercy sure6 ,thy court's the court of ,him 8who hath no peer10 secure6#dac #de ,true1 every breath and atom's watching to get in4 ,but if kept closed1 who'd say there is a gate to win8 ,unless the ,keeper open wide the portal's wing1 ,no soul would dream an entry were an easy thing4 ,e'en when the gate is opened1 lo6 surprise is felt4 ,hope and desire are scared2 each suitor's heart must melt4 ,as one who finds a treasure in a ruined maze1 ,seeks evermore for ruins2--treasures are his craze4 ,unless a man receive a pearl from beggar's hand1 ,he'll never venture pearls from beggars to demand4 #ej ,for years1 should mere opinion wander up and down1 ,it never will outpass the rents of its torn gown4 ,until a fragrance strike thy nostrils from above1 ,thou'lt follow thy own nose1 but never meet thy love4 ,thus spake that new-converted warrior in surprise2 ,expressing wonder1 such as words may symbolise4 ,then added3 8,o6 ,command1 of ,faithful ,church thou ,prince4#dad ,that as a babe a spirit new ,i may evince40 ,the planets seven o'er every unborn babe keep watch1 ,each for a stated period1 ere its birth's despatch4 #ee ,when life's infused into the nascent atom's form1 ,the sun takes charge1 as watcher o'er the feeble worm4 ,the babe its life derives from ,sol's all-quickening rays4 ,that radiant orb's the fount of life's all-wondrous ways4 ,the other planets help to modify its limbs2 ,each1 when the sun has life infused1 then onward climbs4 ,what is the channel of connection with the sun1 ,discovered in the womb by ftus ere't can run8 ,deep-hidden from our senses1 many an occult road ,leads to the sun in heaven1 and needs nor whip1 nor goad4 #fj ,one road1 by which gold draws its nutriment from thence2 ,another1 whence the ruby's colour grows intense4 ,a road1 by which the garnet gathers igneous glow2 ,a path1 pursued by lightning to the horseshoe low4 ,a channel1 through which fruits their ripeness draw1 select2 ,a track1 for wit to flow1 and senseless form inject4 8,declare1 thou falcon1 with thy glistening plumage1 bright1-- ,our chief's companion1 on his gauntlet sitting1 light2-- ,make known1 thou phnix-hunting bird of prey1-- ,thou conqueror of foes1--sole1--clear of troops' array4 #fe ,a nation in its millions1 one sole man art thou4 ,speak6 ,speak6 ,i cast myself upon thy mercy now6 ,instead of anger1 what has moved thee to relent1-- ,to proffer to a foe forgiveness transcendent80 ,to him made #8,al answer3 8,for the truth ,i fight4 ,god's servant am ,i4 ,slave ,i'm not to fleshly might4 #8,god's lion' ,i've been named2 not #8,ravening ,wolf of ,lust2' ,my actions are the proof my faith is in the ,just4 ,god is the ,archer4 ,i'm ,his bow2--and arrow1 too4 ,he is the ,smiter4 ,i'm the weapon2--sword1 bamboo4 #gj #8,thou castedst not1 when stones thou castedst in the fight4'#dae ,god is the ,warrior mighty4 ,i'm dust in ,his sight4 ,thought of myself ,i've banished1 wholly1 from my path4 ,save ,god1 all else as naught ,i hold2--a mower's swath4 ,i'm but a shadow2--shadow cast by ,sun of ,truth4 ,door-keeper am ,i2--veil1 ,i'm not1 to hide ,his sooth4 ,i'm a sword4 ,my trenchancy's union with ,god4 ,in battle1 life ,i give4 ,i slay not whom's downtrod4 ,blood does not soil the blade ,i wield in righteous cause2 ,nor gusts of passion raise a craving for applause4 #ge ,a straw ,i'm not4 ,a mountain am ,i2--firm1 staid1 fast4 ,no whirlwind can remove me with its tearing blast4 ',tis sticks and straws1 alone1 are driven by the storm4 ,their nature is to move2--to every breath conform4 ,the gust of anger1 breath of lust1 and blast of greed1-- ,each agitates the man not anchored in ,truth's creed4 ,firm mountain am ,i4 ,god it is that firmness gives4 ,were ,i a straw1 ,his whirlwind is the force that drives4 ,a breath from ,god alone has power to move my soul4 ,my love for ,god's the motive o'er me has control4 #hj ,their anger rules e'en kings4 ,my anger is my slave4 ,my wrath ,i've bridled2--bitted2--leave1 it aye must crave4 ,my anger's stifled by reflection's strong embrace4 ,god's wrath to me's a message of ,his pardoning grace4 ,my roof's a ruin1 true2 but light pours through the rent4 ,i'm dust4 ,but from my soil flowers blow1 and yield sweet scent4 8,just cause if ,i perceive1 with foes when waging war1 ,i make no scruple1 but my sword from blood debar4 ,for ,god's sake do ,i love4 ,such is my fame with men4 ,my hate's in ,truth's sole cause4 ,i'm raging lion then4 #he ,my generosity springs all from love of ,god4 ,for ,god's sake1 too1 ,i'm parsimonious as clod4 ,i'm avarice1 munificence1 to one sole end4 ,i'm ,god's in all things4 ,to myself ,i ne'er attend4 ,that which ,i do1 for ,god's sake flows2 not from schedule4 ',tis not a guess1 an inference2--'tis sight's safe rule4 ,i've no occasion to investigate1 to seek4 ,god's prompting's what ,i follow1 docile1 meek4 8,is soaring my vocation8 ,heaven's my pinions' goal4 ,do ,i revolve8 ,my centre's fixed in highest shoal4 #ij ,if load ,i carry1 ,i well know where this is due4 ,i'm but a moon2 a ,sun before me gives the cue4 ,i've no desire for converse with material things4 ,an ocean flows not from a meadow brook's scant springs4 ,i frame discourse to suit the feeble minds of men4 ,this system has no fault2 it met our ,prophet's ken4 8,i'm free from prejudice2 accept a free man's oath4 ,against one free man1 crowds of slaves possess no truth4 ,by law1 in canon of ,islm1 the word of slaves ,no value has1 as evidence2--the chain depraves4 #ie ,ten thousand slaves may witness bear in court of law2 ,their testimony weighs not in the scales one straw4 ,the slave to passion bondsman is1 in sight of ,god4 ,he's lower than the captive 'neath taskmaster's rod4 ,a slave may be enfranchised by his owner's word2 ,lust's victim1 though freeborn1 dies bound with strongest cord4 ,the slave to passion cannot loose his heavy chain4 ,god's mercy1 special grace1 can set him free again4 ,he's fallen into a pit1 unfathomed1 bottomless4 ,his own sin this4 ,compulsion 'tis not1 fate1 nor cess4 #ajj ,into a pit he's cast himself1 for which my mind ,cannot imagine sounding-line1 its depth to find4 8,it's useless to continue further in this strain4 ,not hearts alone1 but rocks1 may weep at folly's train4 ,if men's hearts break not1 'tis that they are harder still1 ,through carelessness1 preoccupation1 sloth1 ill-will4 ,they'll break and bleed one day1 when tears will not avail4 ,be contrite1 then1 before repentance' sighs must fail4 ,since slavish testimony's not accepted there1 ,his word alone is valid who from lust is clear4 #aje ,the ,lord's ,commissioned ,one's a valid witness4 ,see6 ,because1 from all eternity1 from slavery's stain he's free4 ,i1 too1 am free4 ,wrath cannot bind my soul with chains4 ,god's attributes1 alone1 have power to rule my brains4 8,come in1 thou4 ,grace of ,god hath set thy spirit free4 ,a flint thou wert4 ,rich pearl henceforward shalt thou be4 ,thou'rt plucked from blasphemy's vast thorny desert sands4 ,a flowering shrub henceforth in faith's rich garden lands4 ,thou art become myself2 ,i1 thee2 beloved friend6 ,thou'rt ,al4 ,can ,i #8,al slay8 ,may heaven forfend6 #aaj ,thy past transgression rank's as highest virtue's deed4 ,in twinkling of an eye heaven's bounds thou mayest outspeed4 8,how blest is the transgression pardoned of the ,lord6 ,the rose1 from thorny stem1 ,he calls forth at a word6 ,remember #8,umer's guilt1--his murderous design#daf ,against the ,prophet6 ,this brought him to faith benign4 ,was't not to practise magic ,pharaoh called his priests8 ,the grace of ,god converted them to saints from beasts4 ,had they not been magicians1 he not obstinate1 ,they'd ne'er been made assemble1 truth excogitate4 #aae ,how would they e'er have seen the staff1 the miracles8 ,your sin proved your conversion1 reprehensibles6 8,the ,lord can far remove our state of deep despair1 ,our sin can change to righteousness2 foulness to fair4 ,god can our worst offences purge away1 make clean2 ,imputing virtue to us1 spite of vice's mien4 ,for this is ,satan chased away with igneous bolts2#dag ,his proud inflation bursts in twain1 from envy's jolts4 ,he strives to multiply the direful load of sin1 ,that1 under its dead weight1 he man in hell may pin4 #abj ,and when he finds unrighteousness as service told1 ,his torment is redoubled1 heartache twenty-fold4 8,come in6 ,a door ,i've opened for thy entrance1 wide4 ,thou spattest on me4 ,i reply with favour's tide4 ,on him who injured me ,i benefits bestow2#dah ,my head ,i lay before the feet of friends1 below2 ,thou mayest conceive what gifts ,i hold in store for them1 ,my faithful servants2--treasures1 thrones1 and diadem4 ,i'm such a man that whoso strives to shed my blood ,forgiven is1 and overwhelmed with favour's flood4 #abe ,the ,prophet quiet notice whispered to my slave1 ,the day would come when he to take my life would crave4 ,me1 also1 he informed1 through revelation's voice1 ,that ,i should die1 smote by a hand of my own choice4 ,that servant begged and prayed for instant death's release1 ,so he'd be spared from sin so heinous1--love's decease4 ,but ,i replied3 #8,since 'tis decreed that by thy hand ,my life be ta'en1 why should ,i seek a countermand8' ,before me prone he fell1 this prayer he warmly made3 #8,hew me in twain6 ,for love of ,god1 let me persuade6 #acj ,pray save me from so vile1 so villainous1 a fate4 ,remorse for ever as its prey will hold my hate4' 8,again ,i firmly answered him1--decidedly3 #8,no counsel will avail4 ,pen's mark must needs apply4 ,i bear no grudge against thee in my inmost soul2 ,i hold thee not responsible for deed so foul4 ,thou'rt but the instrument1 'tis ,god that strikes the blow6 ,how can ,i chide ,his instrument1--,his arrow's bow8' 8,he asked3 #8,why1 then1 this sentence sternly passed on me8' ,my answer was3 #8,god knows the germ of ,his decree6 #ace ,should ,he find fault with what results from ,his resolve1 ,from reprehension's self ,he can a heaven evolve4 ,he hath a right to take exception to ,his deed4 ,he's ,lord of grace4 ,but ,lord of wrath1 also6 ,take heed6 ,he's ,prince of all within this sphere of new events4 ,he's ,arbiter of all2--of kingdoms1 as of tents4 ,if ,he see fit to break the weapon of ,his will1 ,the broken tool still hastens ,his word to fulfil4 8,the mystery of ,his word3 #8,we abrogate1 annul1'#dai ,remember1 straight is followed by3 #8,we better cull4'#dbj #adj ,whatever law the ,lord hath abrogated yet1 ,is but a weed plucked up2--a rose blooms where 'twas set4 ,the night ,he promulgates2 day's work refrains from act4 ,consider6 ,mind becomes like inorganic fact4 ,again1 night disappears2 the light of day is spread2 ,and nature shows its marvels2 reason wakes from dead4 ,with darkness comes the sleep that locks our reason fast1 ,but spirits know not darkness2 life's stream still goes past4 ,is't not that mind's refreshed in darkest hours of night8 ,its silence 'tis gives birth to every voice of light40 #ade ,by contraries are contraries brought forth to view1 ,from out of darkness was the light created new4 ,the ,prophet's wars have brought about the peace that reigns2 ,these tranquil latter days the fruits are of his pains4 ,how many heads lay low beneath that hero's blows1 ,that peace might be enjoyed by faith's true yoke-fellows6 ',tis thus the gardener prunes away the surplus twigs1 ,that fruitful boughs may prosper1 yield their loads of figs4 ,sagacity roots out all weeds from cultured space4 ,the orchard1 thence1 new vigour finds1 and blooms apace4 #aej ,a wise physician will extract a tooth decayed1 ,to give relief from pain to his beloved maid4 ,how much increase grows out of decrease here below4 ,the martyr gains eternal life by death in show4 ,man1 fed by bread1 cuts down the harvest corn when ripe2 8,partakes the blessing joyfully10#dba with drum and pipe4 ,when brutes are slaughtered with due sense of wisdom's law1 ,man's life is nurtured2--learning1 science1 vigour draw4 ,if man be slaughtered1 see what woes from thence arise4 ,compare the two2--their difference you'll recognise4 #aee ,the vegetable world lives by ,god's sun and rain1 ,god's care takes charge of it4 ,his care is not in vain4 ,the slaughtered beasts have food and drink as well as those4 ,they die1 because they've throats4 ,those have no life to lose4 ,withhold thy hand in season1 man of little sense6 ,that so thy food suffice4 ,thy life's thy recompense4 ,thou art as fruitless as the barren willow-branch1 ,because thy honour's sacrificed mere bread to scranch4 ,if thy brute nature will not practise abstinence1 ,administer the remedy4 ,bring it to sense4 #afj ,if thou wouldst cleanse thy garments--free them from all soil1-- ,despise not thou the bleacher1 nor his useful toil4 ,if greed of food have fractured abstinence in thee2 ,lay hold on ,him who fractures heals4 ,from self get free4 ,no sooner shall the fracture be by ,him fast bound1 ,new union will take place1--the broken part grow sound4 ,if thou hadst made the fracture1 it would thee invite ,to make it whole again1--the sundered bones unite4 ,thou canst not8 ,thence we see1 the right is ,his to break ,who can unite the fractured limb--make strong whatever's weak4 #afe ,who knows to mend hath privilege a cloth to tear4 ,who knows to sell1 to buy hath also learnt1 'tis clear4 ,he may disturb a house1 and turn it upside down1 ,who can arrange it better than the whole wide town4 ,if ,god destroy one creature in ,his boundless might1 ,by thousands ,he creates1 and brings again to light4 ,had ,he not set a punishment for each offence1 ,or had not said3 8,lex talionis is life's fence10#dbb ,who'd had audacity1 of his own will1 ,to put to death a man who should another kill8 #agj ,he knows each creature by ,his power endued with sight4 ,and ,he's aware a slayer does but work ,his might4 ,if ,his command be set on mortal's head to slay1-- ,albeit his own child1--he must the word obey4 ,go6 ,stand in fear6 ,blame not1 too much1 the bad6 ,know1 thou art equally a slave with him who's mad6 ,the eye of ,adam fell upon a demon foul1 ,him viewed with proud disdain1 with haughty scowl4 ,his self-esteem1 his egotistic pride him drove1 ,with smile sarcastical1 the cursed imp to reprove4 #age ,god's wrath was roused4 ,he him addressed3 8,ho6 ,adam6 ,ho6 ,hast thou no insight into mysteries of woe8 ,if ,i tear fiercely off a hide from heels to head1 ,a mountain ,i can also wrench from its firm stead4 ,a hundred ,adams of their fig-leaves ,i can strip2 ,a thousand demons into true believers whip40 ,in terms contrite and meek was ,adam's answer couched3 8,forgive1 ,lord ,god6 ,i stand reproved6 ,my fault's avouched6 ,henceforth1 ,i vow1 ,i never will repeat such fault4 ,repentance ,i profess4 ,do ,thou forego assault40 #ahj ,o ,answerer of prayer6 ,in mercy guide us right6 ,our knowledge1 as our riches1 null is in ,thy sight6 ,lead not astray a heart enlightened by ,thy grace6#dbc ,turn from us every evil threatening to take place6#dbd ,reprieve our souls from judgment merited1 severe6 ,repel us not from out the fold of saints1 sincere6 ,more bitter is there naught than severance from ,thee4 ,without ,thy shelter1 naught but anguish can we see4 ,our minds' accomplishments impede our hearts' advance4 ,our flesh the deadly enemy that wrecks our souls' best chance4 #ahe ,our hands1 like robbers1 seize on all our feet may earn4 ,unless ,thou prove our refuge1 life's not worth concern4 ,if we perchance escape with life from danger's snares4 ,our fears and anguish make it prey to carking cares4 ,should not our souls in union be with ,thee1 ,o ,lord1 ,eternal tears our eyes will blind1 and mad discord4 ,a way shouldst ,thou not open1 lost must be our souls4 ,without ,thy presence1 life is death2--all smiles are scowls4 ,shouldst ,thou find fault with service rendered unto ,thee1 ,thy chiding's merited1 no doubt2 as all may see4 #aij ,if ,thou be discontented with the sun and moon1 ,or if ,thou call the cypress 8hunchback10 8macaroon10 ,or if ,thou say the skies and spheres are all too low1 ,or find the mines1 the seas1 a paltry puppet-show1 ,all this1 compared with ,thy perfections1 is the truth4 ,thine is the kingdom2 ,thine the power to mend all ruth4 ,thou art removed from danger1 as from nullity4 ,to non-existences ,thou givest being4 ,why8 ,he who makes all things grow1 can make them wither1 too4 ,for ,he can all repair1 as ,he can ruin woo4 #aie ,each autumn1 vegetation dwindles by ,his will2 ,again 'tis ,he calls forth the flowers in dale1 on hill4 ,his voice is heard3 8,come forth1 ye withered ones1 anew2 ,once more put on your beauty1--charm each mortal's view40 ,narcissus' eye was blinded2 lo6 its twinkle's seen4 ,the reed1 that down was mowed1 becomes sweet music's queen4 ,we are but creatures4 ,to create we have no power4 ,our weakness we confess4 ,contentment's our best dower4 ,we're things of flesh4 ,the flesh to vanity unites4 ,unless ,thou call us1 we become rebellious sprites4 #bjj ,from ,satan we escape1 because ,thou'st paid a price2 ,and bought our souls1 to set us free from vice4 ,thou art the ,guide of all who live upon the earth4 ,without his staff and guide1 what is a blind man worth8 ,besides ,thee1 all that's goodly1 all that shocks our sense1 ,is fatal unto man1--consuming fire intense4 ,if any seek the fire1 to make thereof a shield1 ,a ,magian he becomes1 of ,zoroaster's yield4 ,all else besides the ,lord is vain1 and of no worth4 ,the mercies of our ,god1 a bounteous rain1 poured forth4 #bje ,now turn again to #8,al and his destined foe4 ,his great forbearance contemplate2 this wretch's woe4 ,he made remark3 8,my murderer's before my eyes1 ,all day and night4 ,no anger towards him in me lies4 ,death is to me as sweet as life2--as my own self2 ,my death and resurrection1 two sides of one shelf4 ,a deathless death's a welcome change to loving heart2 ,a lifeless life has been its present counterpart40 ,death to appearance1 life is1--in the main2 ,externally a loss2--intrinsically1 gain4 #baj ,within its mother's womb a child's lot is to roam4 ,it has to blossom in the world1 as ocean's foam4 ,i have a wish1 a longing1 towards the world of doom2 ,but ,god forbids3 8,cast not your lives away10 in gloom4#dbe ,all prohibition's but a bar from what is loved2 ,no prohibition's needed from a thing reproved4 ,a grain with bitter kernel1 still more bitter rind1 ,full prohibition carries in itself1 we find4 ,the fruit of death is savoury1 in my esteem4 ,nay more4 8,the slain do live0 a blessed text must seem4#dbf #bae ,then slay me1 ,o my trusty friends1 without reproach4 ,my death is life eternal4 ,let it1 then1 approach4 ,in death ,i'll find my love4 ,my dearest friends1 adieu6 ,how long shall ,i be barred from darling interview8 ,unless our separation be from one we mourn1 ,why should we say3 8,forsooth1 to ,him we shall return80#dbg ',tis only he returns1 who comes back to his home4 ,our true return's from severance to union's dome4 ,that servant once again appealed and begged3 8#8,al6 ,put me to death1 that sin so heinous ,i may flee6 #bbj ,my life's at thy behest2 forthwith pour out my blood6 ,so shall my soul escape the burden of crime's brood40 ,then #8,al answered3 8,should each sun-mote take a knife1 ,or sword draw1 with design to sacrifice thy life1 ,one single hair's-breadth could they not1 yet1 take effect1 ,since ,providence decrees 'tis thou must work that act4 ,but sorrow not6 ,thy intercessor ,i will be6 ,lord of my soul am ,i2--not slave to fleshly fee4 ,my body frail no value has now in my sight2 ,from flesh when liberated shall my soul feel light4 #bbe ,the dagger and the sword may take root in my limbs4 ,death's but a banquet2 wounds1 a flower that graceful climbs40#dbh ,now1 who can thus despise his body in his heart1 ,and yet feel greed for empire1 or for pontiffs part8 ,he strove1 'tis evident1 upon the judgment seat1 ,to set a good example to all future great2 ,to breathe a righteous spirit into monarchs' breasts2 ,make sure that goodly fruit come from their deeds and gests4 ,the ,prophet's high endeavour1 ,mekka to subdue1 ,had no foundation in a lust for revenue4 #bcj ,he had refused the treasures of the lofty spheres2 ,on day of trial shut his heart to hopes and fears4 ,to catch a glimpse of him the blest angelic train ,had crowded heaven's bounds full as they could contain2 ,in dainty guise1 to honour him themselves arrayed2 ,he took no note4 ,on ,god alone his thoughts were stayed4 ,his heart was filled with sense of his great ,maker's grace4 ,the angels1 or the prophets1 there could find no place4 ,he said3 8,i'm he whose eyes swerved not20 no crow1 ,i6 ,see6#dbi 8,the ,limner is my love2 from juice of vine ,i'm free40#dcj #bce ,the treasures of 8the spheres10 their 8animating souls10 ,as rubbish were accounted1 driven by breeze that rolls4 ,what1 then1 would ,mekka weigh1--the ,persian1 ,syrian lands1-- ,that he should covet them1 spoil make them for his bands8 ,suspicion such as this springs from a jaundiced mind4 ,it judges by itself2--all1 tinged as self must find4 ,green spectacles who sets upon his foolish nose1 ,to view the sun1 will find him green1 we must suppose4 ,take off the spectacles1 the source of colour's tinge1 ,he straightway sees aright4 ,now1 nature's hues impinge4 #bdj ,a horseman had stirred up the dust in clouds1 not faint4 ,a distant looker-on supposed the dust a saint4 ,thus ,satan saw a dust2 and cried3 8,this son of earth ,excites in me much envy1 hatred1 malice1 wrath40 ,if thou1 too1 so observe ,god's saints with envy's eyes1 ,be sure thy vision's tainted4 ,satan's hatching lies4 ,thou obstinate6 ,art not one of that hell-hound's sons8 ,then1 whence this heritage of hate's foul orisons8 8,i am no hound1 ,god's ,lion am ,i4 ,god ,i love4 ,i'm #8,lion of the ,truth4' ,mere form ,i aye reprove40 #bde ,a lion of the world may hunt for prey and spoil4 ,a lion of eternity1 death's freedom from turmoil4 ,in death he sees a hundred thousand modes of life4 ,so1 mothlike1 death he courts2 his candle1 murderer's knife4 ,to court grim death's a collar round the true man's neck4 ,this was the text proposed1 that wrought recusant's wreck4 ,god's word revealed hath said3 8,o men of human race6 ,death to the faithful is a blessing1 and a grace40#dca ,a love of gain is innate in the human breast4 ,to court death's doubtless profit1 is to wish the best4 #bej ,then1 ,o ye stiff-necked people1 do1 for honour's sake1 ,the wish for speedy death upon your tongues' ends take4 ,no recusant was found who dared to lisp that prayer1 ,when thus ,muhammed put it as the truth's assayer4 ,he knew that should they venture that ordeal to prove1 ,in all the world no recusant would thenceforth move4 ,they all preferred to pay their tribute for their lives1 ,and begged3 8,o lamp of truth1 destroy us not1 our wives60#dcb ,how many more examples could be pointed out6 ,but1 if thou seest the truth1 give me thy hand4 ,quit doubt4 #bee ,forsake thy dunghill4 ,enter our abode of bliss4 ,from darkness thee to guide1 a light shines o'er th' abyss4 ,shake off all hesitation4 ,enter heaven's gate4 ,avoid the pit that's bottomless6 ,be not too late6 ,the ,prince of all ,believers thus addressed that chief1 ,in tones serenest3 8,know1 that in our contest brief1 ,when thou didst spit upon me1 giving scorn its vent1 ,my choler was aroused2--to wreck my patience went4 ,half warmed with zeal for ,god1 half stirred with anger's fire1 ,unholy partnership was formed 'twixt truth and ire4 #bfj ,thou wast designed and fashioned by a hand divine4 ,to ,god dost thou belong2--no creature art of mine4 ,defacement of ,god's work should be by ,god's decree2 ,to break ,god's pitcher1 man a stone of ,god should see40 ,the ,magian heard4 ,the light flashed on his heart and soul4 ,the clouds of misbelief1 as fog1 away did roll4 ,he spake3 8,the seed of wrongfulness is what ,i've sown4 ,thou'rt altogether different from what ,i've known4 ,thou art a balance1 with an equitable soul2 ,or rather1 index art thou1 of just balance-bowl4 #bfe ,thou art become my kith and kin1--my brother true2 ,thou art a ray to light the path ,i shall pursue4 ,the slave ,i have become of that fair ,source of light1 ,from whence thou hast derived the beam that charms my sight4 ,the slave of every billow of that glorious ,sea1 ,that casts such pearls ashore1 as ,i admire in thee4 ,teach me to formulate the motto of thy creed2 ,for1 henceforth thou'rt my guide1 of whom ,i stand in need40 ,full fifty of his household1--of his stock and race1 ,with zealous love the noble law of ,islm did embrace4 #bgj ,thus 'twas1 the hero1 by decisive wisdom's stroke1 ,averted death from many1 slavery's fetters broke4 ,the sword of wisdom's sharper than the finest steel2 ,its words more efficacious than an army's wheel4 ,,xvii4 ,conclusion4 ,alas6 ,by one poor morsel1 tasted through a sin1 ,the fount of thought's congealed2 heart's blood diluted thin4 ,one grain of wheat has cast eclipse o'er sun of mind1 ,as 8dragon's tail0 doth dull the full moon1 when inclined4#dcc ,behold6 ,how delicate is thought6 ,one mite of clay1 ,from full-moon glory1 it reduced to disarray4 ,the bread of life1 received1 digested1 gives man power4 ,material bread excites distrusts1 contentions1 sour4 ,the thorn1 while green1 cropped by the camel1 far from fords1 ,not only pleasure gives1 but nutriment affords4 #e ,that selfsame thorn1 grown dry and void of juicy sap1 ,if ventured on by starving beast in desert gap1 ,his palate and his lips will puncture1 blood make flow2 ,as if conserve of roses should with daggers glow4 ,the word of life's the green1 the tender1 juicy thorn4 ,material become1 it's dry1 as hard as horn4 ,and thou1 poor flesh1 expectant of the living word1 ,bitest at the word material1 dreaming not of sword2-- ,snappest at the hard1 unyielding dictum1 with fond zest2 ,and findest it horny1 flinty1 irksome to digest4 #aj ,it has become a stone4 ,it wounds2 it draws forth blood4 ,then shun it1 human camel4 ,seek it not for food4 ,words are most foully mixed with troubling thoughts of earth4 ,the water's muddy4 ,close the spring whence it comes forth4 ,until the ,lord1 again1 shall make it clear and sweet2-- ,shall purify the inky stream1 as ,he deems meet1-- ,shall patience add to wish1--not haste and oversight1-- ,wait thou contentedly4 ,god best knows what is right4 #ad ,,the ,,end4 ,,printed ,,by ,,ballantyne1 ,,hanson ,,and ,,co4 ,,edinburgh ,,and ,,london4 ,,footnotes3 #a ,for the incidents and dates mentioned in this preface1 see the various chapters of the ,anecdotes4 #b ,he must have been born in about ,a4,d4 #abjd or #abje1 to have been five years old when the family left ,balkh4 ,in #abbf he would1 therefore1 be twenty-one or twenty-two years of age4 ,but see ,anecdotes1 ,chap1 i41 ,no4 #b1 c4 #c ,the 8#8,ulem of ,islm0 are the ,learned ,doctors of ,law and ,divinity2 their chief is the ,lord ,chancellor4 ,they are ignorantly spoken of as 8priests0 and 8clergy0 by ,europeans4 ,there are no 8priests0 in ,islm4 ,the #8,ulem may be likened to the ,jewish ,rabbis4 ,they often have followed1 and do follow1 all kinds of trades4 #d ,there is an allusion in the word #8,arifn 7,adepts7 to the name of ,eflk's patron1 the ,chelebi ,emr #8,arif 7well-knowing74 #e ,eastern ,persia4 #f ,the ancient ,bactra1 sometimes called ,zariaspa1 the capital of ,bactria4 #g ,incorrectly written ,mecca by ,europeans4 #h ,of ,termz 7,tirmez71 on the north bank of the ,oxus1 near to ,balkh4 #i ,the two letters ,y and ,sn heading the thirty-sixth chapter of the ,qur'n are said to stand for the words1 ,y insn1 ,o man6 as ,muhammed is there addressed4 #aj ,the truly eminent author of the ,mesnev4 #aa ,from the city of ,sarakhs in ,khursn4 #ab ,had ,dr4 ,tanner1 the forty days' faster at ,new ,york1 heard of these performances8 #ac ,as related of certain ,sabbath-breaking ,jews1 in ,qur'n ii4 #fa4 #ad ,qur'n xviii4 #h1 c4 #ae ,the mount where the victims are slaughtered by the pilgrims4 #af ,the great ,persian poet ,khqn1 born at ,shirwn1 died and was buried at ,tebrz ,a4,h4 #ehb 7,a4,d4 #aahf74 #ag ,san'1 of ,gazna in ,afgnistn1 surnamed 8the ,wise10 or 8the ,philosopher10 died and was buried at the place of his birth1 ,a4,h4 #egf 7,a4,d4 #aahj74 #ah 8,satan1 the ,lapidated ,one10 is the chief title of the accursed one4 ,muslims believe that the 8shooting stars0 are missiles cast by angels at demons who attempt to approach heaven for eavesdropping purposes4 #ai ,i have not met with an explanation of this word in any ,persian dictionary4 ,literally it signifies sugar-hanging4 ,in the ,bahri-#8,ajem alone is it mentioned1 with a distich from ,hfiz2 but it is left unexplained4 #bj ,apparently a 8merman0 is intended4 #ba ,this is a much more poetical account of the origin of the reed-flute than the pagan ,greek myths of ,orpheus and his lyre1 ,pan and his pipe1 for which no reasons are assigned4 #bb ,mansr1 son of #8,ammr1 thus mentioned by ,d',herbelot3 8,scheikh des plus considrs parmi les ,musulmans4 ,on le cite au sujet d'un passage du chapitre ,enfathar de l',alcoran 7lxxxii471 o ,dieu est introduit faisant ce reproche aux hommes3 ,qu'est-ce qui vous rend si orgueilleux contre votre matre qui vous fait tant de biens8 7v4 #f74 ,ce ,scheikh disait3 ,quand ,dieu me fera ce reproche1 je lui repondrai3 ,le sont ces biens et ces graces mmes que vous me faites1 qui me rendent si superbe40 ,as ,sheykh #8,attr lived about ,a4,h4 #fjj1 ,mansr must have died about ,a4,h4 #djj 7,a4,d4 #ajbj74 ,he is mentioned in ,no4 #ea1 p4 #fh1 of the ,nafahtu-'l-,uns4 #bc ,khayru 'n nsi1 men yenfa'u 'n nsa4--,arabic ,proverb4 #bd ,khayru 'l kelmi1 qasruhu 'l mufdu4--,arabic ,proverb4 #be ,thevr is the name of a tribe of ,arabians1 and of two hills1 one at ,mekka1 the other at ,medna2 but the explanation of the term 8a ,thevr or ,sevr veil0 ,i have not met with4 #bf ,saladin of ,european writings4 ,the words mean3 the ,fitness of the ,religion 7of ,islm74 #bg ,the ,muslim world knows but one ,qaysar 7,csar71 the ,emperor of ,rome 7,old or ,new71 which title is now borne by the ,emperor of ,austria4 #bh ,i have not met with any notice of ,akh-,turk4 #bi ,the ,honoured ,elder2 by which ,ab-,bekr is probably intended2 but see a note to the ,preface of the ,mesnev4 #cj ,juneyd and ,byezd of ,bestm were two great doctors of mysticism2 the latter died in ,a4,h4 #bcd or #bfa 7,a4,d4 #hdh or #hgd71 and the former in ,a4,h4 #big-h 7,a4,d4 #iji-aj74 #ca ,these are two of the four orthodox schools of ,islm2 they differ in certain details4 ,there are reputed to be seventy-two schismatic or heretical sects4 #cb ,this anecdote directly contradicts the foolish idea1 so common in ,europe1 that1 in the religious system of ,islm1 women are held to have no souls1 and no hope of paradise4 #cc ,the ,beauty of the ,truth and of the ,religion 7of ,islm74 #cd ,europeanised ,armenians have made this into ,zohrab1 as their own family name4 #ce ,a genealogy is given in the ,turkish preface to my copy of the ,mesnev1 which traces the descent of ,jellu-'d-,dn ,muhammed from ,ab-,bekr in ten degrees1 as follows3--8,jellu-'d-,dn1 son of ,bah'u-'d-,dn1 son of ,huseyn1 son of ,ahmed1 son of ,mevdd1 son of ,sbit 7,thbit71 son of ,museyyeb1 son of ,mutahhar1 son of ,hammd1 son of #8,abdu-'r-,rahmn1 son of #8,ab-,bekr40 ,now1 ,abdu-'r-,rahmn1 the eldest of all the sons of ,ab-,bekr1 died and was buried at ,mekka in ,a4,h4 #ec 7,a4,d4 #fgb71 and ,jellu-'d-,dn was born at ,balkh in ,a4,h4 #fjd 7,a4,d4 #abjg74 ,between these two there are nine degrees of descent given1 for a period of #ece years1 or #ff years for each life after the birth of the next link4 ,this alone suffices to show that the genealogy is not to be depended on4 ,supposing the names given to be true1 many other links must be missing2 as many1 probably1 as those given4 #cf ,habb the ,persian1 a wealthy man1 converted to ,islm by one word from ,hasan of ,basra1 whose devoted disciple he became4 ,he died ,a4,h4 #ajf 7,a4,d4 #gbd74 #cg ,qur'n xxiv4 #ce4 #ch ,qur'n lxxvi4 #ah4 #ci ,qur'n xix4 #gd4 #dj ,qur'n xxv4 #bf4 #da ,qur'n ii4 #bd4 #db ,qur'n lxxx4 #ae4 #dc ,qur'n lvi4 #gh4 #dd ,qur'n lvi4 #gi4 #de ,qur'n xli4 #db4 #df ,qur'n xii4 #fd4 #dg ,qur'n vii4 #aej4 #dh ,balkh1 to the south of the west part of the ,upper ,oxus1 is in latitude #cf1 #dh ,n41 longitude #fg1 #d ,e4 from ,greenwich4 ,it represents the ancient ,bactra1 otherwise called ,zariaspa4 #di ,husmu-'l-,haqqi-wa-'d-,dn1 his full title of honour4 7,see ,anecdotes1 chap4 vi47 #ej ,byezd or ,ab-,yazd1 of ,bestm1 in ,khursn1 ,persia1 latitude #cf1 #be ,n41 longitude #ee1 #j ,e41 a celebrated teacher and saint among the mystics of ,islm1 died ,a4,h4 #bfa1 ,a4,d4 #hgd 7though ,a4,h4 #bcd1 ,a4,d4 #hdh1 has also been mentioned by some74 ,his name was ,tayfr1 son of #8,is1 son of dam1 son of ,surshn1 a ,zoroastrian who embraced ,islm4 #ea ,juneyd1 surname of ,ab-'l-,qsim ,sa'd son of #8,ubayd1 entitled ,sultan of the ,sf ,community1 a saint who died at ,bagdad in ,a4,h4 #bhg 7,a4,d4 #ijj74 #eb ,urmiyya1 on the lake of that name1 south-west from ,tebrz1 the capital city of ,azerbyjn1 the north-west province of ,persia4 #ec ,the expression of3 8,the venerated ,sheykh10 might1 perhaps1 at first1 be thought to indicate the ,caliph ,ab-,bekr1 the ,sheykh par excellence1 as he and his successor #8,umer 7,omar7 were designated 8the two ,sheykhs10 from each being a father-in-law to ,muhammed1 whereas the third and fourth caliphs1 #8,uthmn 7,osmn7 and #8,al1 were his sons-in-law4 ,if this supposition were correct1 ,jell and ,husm would have been descended from the same remote ancestor4 ,the commentators1 however1 ,i am informed1 name a certain 8,seyyid ,ab-'l-,wef1 the ,kurd10 as being intended4 ,particulars as to his individuality and history have not1 unfortunately1 reached me4 #ed ,i have not met with an explanation of this expression1 which is again introduced in ,tale xiv41 distich #dj4 #ee ,the reed-flute is the sacred musical instrument of the ,mevlev dervishes1 commonly known as the ,dancing ,dervishes1 from their peculiar religious waltz to the sound of the reed-flute1 c41 with outstretched arms and inclined head1 in their special public services of commemoration4 ,they love the reed-flute as the symbol of a sighing absent lover4 #ef ,there is a poetical ,eastern notion that pearls are formed in the oysters by dewdrops or raindrops falling into them at a certain season4 #eg ,qur'n vii4 #aci1 where the words are3 8,and ,moses fell down1 swooning40 #eh ,in ,islm a free person cannot legally be bought and sold4 #ei ,by way of hyperbole1 a clever physician is always compared to ,jesus1 in his miraculous healing powers1 by ,muslims4 #fj ,qur'n xviii4 #bc1 teaches3 8,say not1 #8,i will do so and so1' unless 7thou add73 #8,god willing4'0 #fa ,divine service in ,islm is entirely worship and praise4 ,it is erroneous to talk of ,muslims saying their prayers4 ,praise1 laud1 and glory is what they are bound to offer4 ,prayer is voluntary2 and is prohibited1 unless in some duly authorised form as a collect4 #fb ,qur'n ii4 #eh4 #fc ,qur'n ii4 #aad4 #fd ,the word 8sf10 used in the original1 is probably the ,greek 1 but is explained as meaning1 literally1 8clad in woollen10 from 8sf10 wool4 ,metaphorically1 in common use1 it means3 a pious man4 #fe ,the holy ,sheykh ,shemsu-'d-,dn1 of ,tebrz1 is meant2 who was a friend of the author for many years1 visiting ,qonya at intervals1 where he was put to death 7in ,a4,d4 #abfb874 ,see the 8,anecdotes10 ,chap4 iv42 especially ,no4 #ag4 #ff ,it was generally believed in bygone days that gems and metals grew and ripened in their mines4 #fg ,the story is in ,qur'n xviii4 #gc4 ,the angel was disguised as a servant to ,moses4 ,the passage says3 8,and they two proceeded until they met a boy2 and he slew him40 #fh ,with ,muslims1 ,ishmal was to have been sacrificed2 not ,isaac4 ,the ,qur'n xxxvii4 #ih-aaa1 relates the story1 but gives no name to the 8boy40 ,commentators supply it1 by tradition4 #fi ,a continuation of the story from ,qur'n xviii4 #gj4 ,some commentators make ,elias the servant of ,moses on the occasion4 ,there is a tale in one of the essayists of last century1--the 8,spectator10 if ,i rightly remember1--that gives these two adventures and others2 the angel at last explaining to his companion the secret causes of all his actions4 #gj ,in its true sense1 the word 8miscreant0 signifies one who holds an erroneous belief4 ,we corruptly say now3 an infidel4 #ga 8,hypocrites10 in ,islm1 form a faction4 ,they profess the faith openly1 but inwardly they hate or despise it4 #gb ,the ,muslims 8worship0 ,god in their appointed devotions4 ,if they 8pray0 also1 subsequently1 this is a voluntary act4 #gc 8,worship1 fasting1 alms1 and pilgrimage0 are the four acts by which a ,muslim outwardly attests his faith4 8,worship10 five times daily2 8fasting10 one month yearly2 8pilgrimage10 at ,mekka1 once1 as a duty1 in a lifetime2 8alms10 whenever property of a certain amount is possessed4 #gd 8,mervites and ,rzites10 citizens of ,merv and ,rey 7,rhages71 two great ,persian cities in former days1 now in ruins4 ,merv is at present a ,turkman camping-ground1 aimed at by ,russia as a halting place on the road to ,hert and ,india4 ,rey1 the ,rhages of the book of ,tobit1 not far from ,tihrn1 the ,shh's present capital of ,persia4 ,the two parties were like ,ireland's ,orangemen and ,ribbonmen of our time4 #ge ,heaven and ,hell2 the 8sheep0 and the 8goats40 #gf ,the original has 8the ,darling20 the highest title given to ,muhammed by ,muslims is ,god's ,darling2 which is not found in the ,qur'n4 #gg ,the original has 8its dear one20 ,god is the dear one of mystics4 #gh ,a woollen lion is a toy made and sold or exhibited by mendicants4 #gi ,musaylama was a prince of ,naja1 who gave himself out as a prophet1 and wrote to ,muhammed1 proposing that they should divide ,arabia between them4 ,his epistle began3 8,musaylama1 the ,apostle of ,god1 to ,muhammed1 the ,apostle of ,god40 ,muhammed's answer commenced with3 8,muhammed1 the ,apostle of ,god1 to ,musaylama the liar40 ,he was eventually defeated and slain in battle1 in the eleventh year of the ,hijra after ,muhammed's decease2 when all ,arabia submitted to ,islm4 ,he was killed by ,wahshi1 the ,ethiopian slave who1 in the battle of #8,uhud1 had formerly driven the selfsame javelin through the body of ,hamza1 ,muhammed's uncle4 ,wahshi lived long after these events1 in ,syria4 ,he used to say that1 as a pagan1 he had slain one of the best of men1 and1 as a ,muslim1 one of the worst4 ,when ,mekka was taken1 he was proscribed2 but he got away safely4 ,not long afterwards1 he made his submission1 and ,muhammed forgave him1 as he did others in analogous circumstances4 #hj ,who are intended by this ,jewish squint-eyed king1 and his self-sacrificing1 treacherous ,vazr8 #ha ,it is a common belief in the ,east that squint-eyed people see double4 #hb ,needles1 or pins1 are hidden in bread that is given to a dog or other beast in order to destroy it4 #hc ,the rope worn by monks1 like the ,brahmin's sacred thread1 is supposed by ,muslims to be worn by all ,christians4 #hd ,muhammed4 #he ,in time of immediate danger during war the 8,service of ,fear0 is enjoined instead of the usual form of worship4 #hf ,in visions4 #hg ,the original word1 conversant1 like our 8,adept0 and 8,illuminato10 is applied by the mystics to themselves4 ,it is a trace of the old ,gnosticism4 #hh ,being given in ,persian1 ,i cannot quote chapter and verse for the original ,arabic4 #hi ,like lunatics1 they are supposed to be heedless of all things around them4 #ij ,sleep is ,death's brother is an ancient ,arabian proverb4 #ia ,the ,seven ,sleepers2 mentioned in ,qur'n xviii4 #h-be4 #ib ,muhammed's 8,cave-,mate0 was ,ab-,bekr1 who was his sole companion on quitting ,mekka at the ,emigration or 8,flight40 ,they concealed themselves in a cave2 and ,muhammed remarked3 8,god is the third in our little party40 ,hence the title of 8,cave-,mate10 applied to ,ab-,bekr4 #ic ,a species of nightmare in the form of a lascivious dream4 #id ,qur'n xxv4 #dg4 #ie ,qur'n vi4 #gf4 #if ,see 8,anecdotes10 ,chap4 iv4 #ig ,see his name as an honorific title in a note to the author's preface2 and in the 8,anecdotes10 ,chap4 vi4 #ih ,qur'n ii4 #aai4 #ii 8,the ,lion of ,god10 so called from his courage and strength4 ,shr-,ali1 ,hayder-,ali1 are among the forms of the title4 #ajj ,one of the sayings attributed to him and become proverbial4 #aja ,in ,persian1 empty promises and boastings are also called 8wind40 ,hence1 the poet suggests ablution to cleanse from such2--mental ablution4 #ajb 8,syntheism0 is the correct rendering of the 8shirk0 of ,islm4 8,polytheism0 is very incorrect4 ,dualists 7,magians7 and ,trinitarians 7,christians7 are ,syntheists1 but they are not polytheists in a correct sense4 #ajc ,an allusion to the idea that a pearl is a raindrop caught and nourished by an oyster4 #ajd 8,the ,illiterate ,prophet10 or1 rather1 8the ,gentile ,prophet10 reputed barbarous and illiterate by the ,jews and ,christians1 is one of ,muhammed's highest titles4 #aje ,the original here uses the simile of a certain 8cunning bird10 known also as the 8,truth-calling bird10 that hangs by a claw and calls all night3 haqq6 haqq6 7,truth6 ,truth674 #ajf ,such is an eastern myth4 ,poets call the planet ,venus the 8,harpist of the ,spheres40 #ajg ,in ,qur'n ii4 #cb1 ,god commands the angels to fall down in adoration to ,adam1 when first created4 ,ibls1 ,satan1 alone refused1 through pride and envy4 #ajh ,in ,qur'n iv4 #abd1 ,abraham is called the ,chosen ,friend of ,god2 and in xxi4 #fi1 the story is mentioned of his being saved from the fire into which he was cast by ,nimrod4 #aji ,the ,fountain of ,life1 or ,water of ,life1 is imagined to take its rise in a land of darkness beyond the limits of the inhabited earth4 #aaj ,in the original ,i have not found it possible to feel sure where the break should be made from the remonstrance to the poet's reflections4 ,much of what precedes seems addressed to ,god2 but ,eastern hyperbole is wide4 #aaa ,qur'n viii4 #ag4 ,muhammed cast sand at the foe in two battles1 ,badr and ,hunayn4 #aab ,this account of the ,vazr's various forged books is an allusion to the various ,gospels and ,epistles1 canonical and spurious1 that sprang up in the early ,christian ,church4 #aac ,the ,roman conquest of ,greece1 ,asia ,minor1 and ,syria completely effaced from the ,eastern mind all recollection of previous actors on those scenes4 ,even 8,alexander the ,great0 is to them 8,alexander the ,roman10 like our ,jellu-'d-,dn1 8,er-,rm48 #aad ,an allusion to the contests of the bishops of ,rome1 ,constantinople1 ,alexandria1 ,antioch1 ,jerusalem1 c41 c4 #aae ,the mystics of ,islm call ,god and the spirit the sense1 of which material existences are the outward expression2 as we say3 0,the letter and the spirit48 ,the constant play of the original on these words is lost in the version4 #aaf ,an allusion to ,qur'n xviii4 #ab2 not a verbal quotation4 #aag ,a grammatical variant of ,qur'n xxi4 #ajg4 ,muhammed is meant4 #aah ,an allusion to ,qur'n xlix4 #c2 not a quotation4 #aai ,in ,qur'n lxi4 #f1 is the assertion that ,jesus1 in the ,gospel1 foretold the advent of ,muhammed by the name of ,ahmed4 ,this is generally explained as a translation of 1 misread for in ,john xiv4 #bf4 ,the two words have very much the same meaning3 much-praised1 most laudable1 laudatissimus4 ,muhammed is mentioned by many names1 forty1 fifty1 sixty2 some say a thousand4 #abj ,muhammed gained the name of ,trusty1 ,el-,emn 7,al-,amn71 long before he declared himself commissioned to call his countrymen to acknowledge the unity of ,god1 the resurrection1 judgment1 and future life4 #aba ,qur'n1 chap4 lxxxv41 the name of which literally means 0the ,towers10 but is also applied to the ,signs of the ,zodiac4 ,these ,christians were the people of ,nejrn in south-western ,arabia2 their persecutor ,dh-,nuws1 a ,jew1 king of ,yaman1 some time before ,muhammed4 #abb 8,gardens beneath which rivers flow0 is a frequently recurring expression in the ,qur'n4 ,some have special names4 #abc ,see ,qur'n xxxv4 #bi3 8,then we caused0 thee 8to inherit the ,scripture48 #abd ,in ,qur'n ii4 #acb1 ,islm is termed 0,god's ,baptism48,in ii4 #aef1 and again in vii4 #db1 and xi4 #ba1 8,god's curse0 is invoked on sinners4 #abe ,this is the story alluded to in ,qur'n lxxxv41 quoted above4 ,in traditions1 ,dh-,nuws was the name of the ,jewish king of ,yaman1 who burnt the ,christians of ,nejrn in a fiery trench on their refusing to forsake their faith4 ,the idol is imaginary2 from ,nebuchadnezzar4 #abf ,qur'n xvi4 #da2 xxxvii4 #gb2 xl4 #gf2 speaks of the 8,gates of ,hell20 and a commentary to the last says they are held to be seven4 #abg ,ab-,jahl was a surname given by ,muhammed to one of his most inveterate enemies of the ,quraysh1 killed at ,badr4 ,the word means3 8,father of ,ignorance10 and here indicates fleshly pride4 ,he had formerly borne the surname of ,ab-'l-,hakem1 which means3 ,father of the ,arbitrator4 #abh ,in ,qur'n xxi4 #fi1 is related the miracle by which ,abraham was saved from the fire into which he was cast by ,nimrod for his refusal to worship an image4 #abi ,the word 8,muslim10 whence the corruption ,moslem1 means1 in ,arabic1 8one who acquiesces in the truth and will of ,god40 ,as such1 ,muslims have existed under every dispensation4 #acj ,the creaking1 leaky water-wheel1 the ,persian wheel1 is well known in the ,east4 #aca 8,eye-binding0 is a name for sorcery4 ,the spectator is supposed to have his sight spell-bound1 so as not to see what is really done4 #acb #8d1 a pre-,semitic1 perhaps ,turanian1 people in south-eastern ,arabia1 often mentioned in the ,qur'n4 ,they refused to believe the prophet ,hd 7supposed to be ,heber71 and were destroyed1 lxix4 #f-g1 by an eight days' tempest4 #acc ,qur'n xxiii4 #gf1 c4 #acd ,qur'n iii4 #dc4 #ace ,qur'n vii4 #aci4 #acf ,kalla and ,dimna is the ,arabic version of ,plpy's fables4 #acg ,this proverb is given in ,freytag's 8,proverbia ,arabica10 ii4 p4 #dhh1 n4 #bgh1 as an answer from ,muhammed to a foe twice made prisoner4 #ach ,equivalent to tethering a horse4 ,cromwell's3 8,keep your powder dry48 #aci ,the original says3 0,the earner is ,god's friend48 #adj ,the original has3 0,flees the snake1 and meets a dragon48 #ada ,the words as given in the original1 in ,arabic1 are not in the ,qur'n4 #adb ,a cock that crows out of season1 in the night4 #adc ,qur'n xiv4 #dg4 #add #8,azr'l1 the angel of death1 who takes men's souls4 #ade ,solomon is related in the ,qur'n xxi4 #ha1 and xxxiv4 #aa1 to have possessed power over the wind4 #adf ,in ,qur'n iii4 #dg1 and viii4 #cj1 ,god is styled 0the best of stratagem-makers48 #adg ,i do not find this proverb in ,freytag's 0,proverbia48 #adh ,qur'n ii4 #ae4 #adi ,see ,qur'n xlviii4 #bi2 lix4 #h2 and lxxiii4 #bj4 #aej ,in ,qur'n ii4 #bi1 the account of this is given4 ,compare ,gen4 ii4 #ai4 #aea ,was ,satan this very old hermit8 ,his successful temptation was the muzzle4 ,the original says 0calf18 where ,i have said 0babe28--meaning ,adam1 when first created4 ,instructed by ,god1 he named all things1 which the angels were unable to do1 and so were silenced4 #aeb ,the story of the dog of the ,sleepers is told in ,qur'n xviii4 #ag-ba4 #aec ,the ,persian name for the hare is 0ass-ear28hence the pun4 #aed ,the 8hidden tablet0 of ,god's decrees2 mentioned in ,qur'n lxxxv4 #bb4 #aee ,at the 8extreme lote-tree0 in the highest heaven1 on the night of the ascension4 ,gabriel could go no further4 ,muhammed went on1 to ,god's presence4 #aef ,the word that signifies 8compulsion0 also means 8reduction0 in a surgical sense1 and 8algebra0 mathematically4 #aeg 8,burq0 is the name of the angelic steed on which ,muhammed mounted to heaven in his night journey4 ,not found in the ,qur'n4 #aeh 8,the moon clave0 in twain as a sign of the near approach of the day of judgment4 ,qur'n liv4 #a4 #aei ,muhammed's name is put on most ,muslim coins4 #afj ,muhammed is held to be the supplement of all the prophets4 #afa ,qur'n ii4 #aea4 #afb ,not in ,freytag's 8,proverbia48 #afc ,see note in the ,author's ,preface1 and ,chapter vi4 in the ,anecdotes4 #afd ,the commentators on ,qur'n xxi4 #fi1 mention ,nimrod's gnat4 #afe ,qur'n xxviii4 #e1 mentions ,haman with ,pharaoh4 #aff ,he is said to have believed ,satan rather than ,abraham4 #afg ,the translator has ventured to coin the expressions 0synglottism18 0synglottist18 and 0syncardism8 as specimens of a whole class used in ,persian4 #afh ,a title designating ,adam1--who named all things4 #afi ,qur'n ii4 #bi4 #agj ,omar4 #aga ,a very doubtful clause2 it may be rendered3 0,thou art with me48 #agb ,adam1 in most languages1 has come to signify man4 #agc ,qur'n ii4 #cc1 mentions merely a 0caulescent plant288wheat0 is one of several glosses by commentators1 like our 8apple40 #agd ,qur'n vii4 #bb1 makes ,adam confess sin with contrition1 together with ,eve1 thereby meriting ,god's eventual pardon4 #age ,qur'n cx4 #a4 #agf ,evidently the name of a rival4 #agg ,these are sainted spiritualists1 true and pious dervishes4 #agh ,qur'n ii4 #bb1 and lxvi4 #f1 say 8mankind and rocks48 #agi ,another word coined to meet the requirements of the original4 0,ubiquity8 is the converse of 0nubiquity40 ,nulliquity might be used4 #ahj ,qur'n ii4 #aaa1 and seven other places4 #aha 8,csar0 is the ,roman ,emperor1 the ,qaysari-,rm4 ,other ,qaysar there is not4 #ahb ,to write this name ,omar is incorrect4 #ahc ,medina is the usual incorrect spelling of this name4 #ahd ,the ,arabian title is ,khalfa2 of which ,caliph is a corruption4 #ahe 8,commander of the ,believers0 is his usual title4 8,rome0 is the ,lower ,empire4 #ahf ,muhammed's heart is believed to have been cleansed by an angel4 #ahg 8,god's countenance0 means also1 in ,arabic1 ,god's cause4 #ahh ,god is this 8sun20 the 8motes0 are all created objects4 #ahi ,the 8,friend0 is ,god1 the ,gnostic's 8darling40 #aij 8,rome0 in ,asia means the ,lower ,empire and ,asia ,minor2 or1 for the last few centuries1 the ,ottoman ,empire4 #aia 8,shadow of ,god on earth0 is an ,eastern title of royalty4 #aib ,these two propositions give the pith of the doctrine held and inculcated by the mystics and spiritualists of ,islm3 8,he's bridegroom2 ,god is bride48 #aic ,this ,first ,book of the ,mesnev was written before the ,bstn of ,sa'd4 ,the myth of the dewdrop and pearl is much more ancient4 #aid ,the date of the poem will be recollected2 who disbelieved alchemy then8 #aie ,here is a beautiful and true application of the idea of 0transubstantiation48 #aif ,the original mentions ,ferhd1 a kind of ,persian ,ddalus1 by his title of 0,mountain-,excavator487,see ,tale vii4 dist4 #cfe47 #aig ,qur'n liv4 #a4 #aih ,qur'n vii4 #ae1 and xv4 #ci4 ,at the fall1 ,satan accused ,god of tempting him2 whereas ,adam confessed his sin1 and did not accuse ,satan4 #aii ,qur'n vii4 #bb4 #bjj ,qur'n xxiv4 #bf4 #bja ',b is often used as a contraction for ,ab4 ,ab-,jahl 7,father of ,ignorance7 was a nickname 7see ,tale iv4 dist4 #dh1 note7 given by ,muhammed to #8,amr1 son of ,hishm1 a chief of the ,quraysh1 his bitter enemy1 formerly entitled ,ab-'l-,hakem 7,father of the ,arbitrator74 ,he was killed1 a pagan1 in the battle of ,badr1 in the second year of the ,hijra1 ,a4,d4 #fbd4 #bjb ,the word rendered by 8explanation0 here1 means also information1 and use1 advantage1 profit1 benefit1 c4 #bjc ,literally1 8your morning cup10 drunk at dawn ere leaving a house4 #bjd ,asiatics drink 8to the love0 of a friend2 not 8to his health40 #bje ,the parrot is known by the title 8,sugar-eating40 #bjf ,a shade of an explanation to this very hazardous saying of the ,sf ,gnostics is found in ,qur'n xvi4 #ajh3 8,whoever denieth ,god after he hath believed1 except him who shall be compelled against his will1 and whose heart continueth steadfast in the faith1 shall be severely chastised40 #bjg ,the dervish orders call their peculiar cap a 8mitre0 or 8crown0 7tj74 #bjh ,the 8four rivers0 of ,paradise1 of water1 milk1 wine1 and honey4 ,qur'n xlvii4 #af4 #bji ,qur'n iii4 #ca2 and numerous other places4 #baj ,this section purports to have been suggested by the following couplet from #8,attr3-- 8,o heedless child of lust1 weep thou tears of blood4 ,if a saint eat poison1 honey-like 'tis food40 ,the original expression for 8saint10 here1 is3 8a man of heart40 #baa ,canonical 8responsibility0 falls on all of sane mind and adult age4 #bab ,see note to dist4 ,no4 #cc of the present poem4 #bac ,qur'n vii4 #aab1 c4 #bad ,by a 8perfect man0 a saint is intended2 as by 8imperfect10 here and before1 an ordinary mortal is depicted4 #bae ,qur'n vii4 #bjc2 xlvi4 #bh4 ,by 8ear0 and 8tongue0 a learner and a teacher are symbolised4 #baf ,a hazardous assertion4 ,see ,anecdotes1 ,chap1 iii41 ,nos4 #b1 #e1 #g1 c4 #bag ,a proverbial expression1 like3 8,all's well that ends well48 #bah ,qur'n ii4 #ajj4 #bai ,qur'n xxiii4 #aab4 #bbj ,also ,qur'n xxiii4 #aab4 #bba ,the 0pupil8 of the eye2 in ,persian called 0the manikin28 in ,arabic1 0the man48,these both allude to the small image of ourselves seen reflected in the pupil4 #bbb ,this rhapsody is mystical1 like the ,song of ,solomon4 ,a 8tongue0 is a teacher1 informant2 a prophet2 and1 apparently1 even ,god himself4 #bbc ,qur'n xc4 #a-d4 #bbd 8,other10 as opposed to self2 also opposed to 8we two0 in the case of lovers2 it is a term much used in ,eastern poetry and philosophy4 #bbe ,the poet's 8beloved0 appears1 here1 to be ,god4 #bbf ,allusion appears to be made to ,qur'n xxi4 #ajg4 #bbg ,this section is stated to be a gloss upon the following apostolic tradition3 8,verily1 ,sa'd is really jealous2 but ,i am more jealous than he1 and ,god than ,i4 ,out of ,his jealousy hath ,he made all excesses sinful2 whether of outer or of the inner man40 ,this ,sa'd1 son of #8,ubda1 was a disciple of ,muhammed1 and the most munificent man in ,madna4 ,he embraced the faith before the ,hijra4 ,see ,an-,naww1 p4 #bgd1 l4 #e4 #bbh ,the 8two worlds10 spiritual and material1 future and present4 #bbi ,the poet's 8love10 is still ,god4 ,this section purports to be an excursus on the following distich of the poet ,san'1 who died ,a4,h4 #egf 7,a4,d4 #aahj73-- 8,why leavest thou thy guild1 its rules or faith or sin8 ,why quittest thou thy mistress1 be she plump or thin80 #bcj ,reflections on ,god's unity1 and the plurality of created being4 #bca ,qur'n xix4 #da1 c4 #bcb ,anecdotes1 ,chap4 vi4 #bcc 8,life0 and 8coral10 in ,persian 8jn0 and 8merjn40 #bcd ,men from moral1 dawn from material light4 #bce ,qur'n lv4 #bi4 #bcf ,this section purports to be a dissertation on the dictum3 8,what ,god wills1 is40 #bcg ,man's 8record0 is the register of his thoughts1 words1 and deeds1 kept by angels1 to be produced in the last judgment4 #bch ,the same word in ,persian1 b1 signifies 8odour0 and 8hope40 ,the thing hoped for becomes a distant1 odoriferous flower4 #bci ,qur'n ii4 #bc1 and forty places in all4 #bdj ,jacob is said to have wept himself blind on losing ,joseph2 the smell of his son's coat1 when refound1 later1 restored him4 #bda ,ferhd was ,shrn's lover4 7,see ,tale #f1 distich #ajg1 note47 #bdb ,majnn1 in story1 went mad for love of ,layl4 #bdc ,the 8,sage of ,gazna0 is the poet ,san'1 already mentioned in the notes to the present tale1 distich #bcj4 #bdd ,joseph is held to have been most superlatively beautiful4 #bde ,isrfl is the angel who will blow the last trump1 twice4 ,at the first1 all living will die2 at the second1 all the dead will rise to be judged4 ,his voice is the most musical among all those of the angels4 #bdf ,our word 8fairy0 is connected with the ,persian 8per10 used here by the poet instead of the ,arabic 8jinn10 whence our 8genie40 #bdg ,qur'n lv4 #cc4 #bdh ,that is1 it would appear3 ,individuals created out of nothing4 #bdi ,that is3 ,the ,lord is with him who strives on the ,lord's side4 #bej ,a dried gourd1 a calabash1 is commonly used as a wine-decanter4 #bea ,an apostolic tradition4 #beb ,also an apostolic tradition4 #bec ,another apostolic tradition4 #bed ,the traditionary saying of ,muhammed1 of which this section is an amplification1 is the following3--8,verily your ,lord hath1 in your time1 sundry breathings2 lo1 then1 turn ye towards them40 #bee ,qur'n xxxiii4 #gb4 ,when all things had declined responsibility1 ,adam voluntarily accepted it2 was tempted2 and fell4 ,had they not shrunk1 man would not have been the sinner or the saint that he is4 #bef ,luqmn's story may be read in ,d',herbelot1 voce 8,locman40 #beg ,arabian poets sing of women2 often imaginary4 ,in ,persia1 this is considered very immodest4 ,in ,persian poetry1 a boy1 imaginary also1 is always assumed to be the beloved object4 ,muhammed so addressed his youthful wife1 #8'isha4 ,humayr means ,rosina1--little rosy-cheeks4 ,see also ,no4 #i1 distich #ahd4 #beh ,a horseshoe1 as a charm1 with an absent one's name on it1 placed in the fire1 is supposed to exercise a magical influence over him1 and make him come there in all speed1 even though his feet bleed from his haste4 #bei ,that 8,soul0 is ,god1 the 8animus mundi40 #bfj ,through humility4 #bfa ,the 8call0 of ,god is the call to divine service1 the #8,adhn 7ezn74 #bfb ,bill1 a negro1 was the first caller to divine service4 ,he was an early convert1 a slave1 then #8,ab-,bekr's freedman2 then ,mu'edhdhin4 #bfc ,mustaf1 ,chosen1 ,elect1 is one of ,muhammed's titles4 #bfd ,the night of his marriage with ,safiyya1 after the capture of ,khaybar1 in the seventh year of the ,hijra1 as he was returning to ,medna4 ,that night has a special name1 based on this circumstance3 the night of the early morning halt 7laylatu 't-ta'rs74 #bfe ,an explanation of this wild expression were much to be desired4 ,doubtless there is one4 #bff ,there are seven different ,persian games of backgammon4 ,the second of the seven1 the one mentioned by the poet1 is called 8,plus0 7,ziyd74 ,at each throw of the dice1 one is added1 arbitrarily1 to each number shown on the two1 ace becoming deuce1 c4 ,the poet likens the body to this supposititious number1 the soul alone being real4 #bfg ,in performing her devotions1 a ,muslimess has to veil herself1 even at home1 as though she were abroad in public4 #bfh ,these four lines are quoted from ,san'1 for comment4 #bfi ,this section and the next two form a comment on ,san'4 #bgj ,qur'n l4 #ad4 ,the 8new creation0 is the resurrection4 #bga ,the tradition1 in prose1 is as follows1 quoted by the poet3 8,take ye advantage of the coolness of spring2 it invigorates your bodies1 as it acts on plants4 ,avoid ye also the cold of autumn2 it acts on your frames as it acts on vegetation40 #bgb ,prisoners and fugitive slaves have iron rings or a kind of wooden pillory fastened round their necks to prevent flight or insubordination4 #bgc ,venus1 the musician1 who inhabits the planet4 ,see ,tale iii41 dist4 #bbc4 #bgd ,muhammed4 #bge ,the original name of ,medna1--,jatrippa4 #bgf ,qur'n xlvii4 #ag4 #bgg ,qur'n vii4 #aga4 #bgh ,tradition relates that at first1 ,muhammed used to pronounce his sermon seated on the floor in the midst of his congregation1 with his back against a certain wooden pillar4 ,the congregation increasing1 he was obliged to adopt the use of a raised platform1 a kind of pulpit1 so as to be seen and heard of all4 ,the deserted pillar is the one spoken of4 #bgi ,this is a traditionary legend4 #bhj ,the circumambulation of the 8,house of ,god0 at ,mekka1 is one of the ceremonies of a pilgrimage1 c4 #bha ,qur'n i4 #e4 #bhb ,htim ,ty is the proverbial prince of ,arabian generosity4 ,many anecdotes are current respecting him4 ,his full name was ,htim1 son of #8,abdu-'llh1 son of ,sa'd1 of the tribe of ,tayyi'4 ,for instances of his generosity1 as handed down by tradition from a time shortly prior to the promulgation of ,islm1 see ,mr4 ,clouston's 8,arabian ,poetry for ,english ,readers10 p4 #djf2 ,london1 #ahha2 ,trbner ,co41 ,ludgate ,hill4 ,but ,htim lived and died before the ,caliphs ruled4 ,he1 too1 was a poet4 #bhc ,qur'n xx4 #ig1 makes the wandering ,jew1 ,smir1 who produced the golden calf1 to shun every one1 saying1 8,touch me not60 #bhd ,vicar of ,god is one of the ,caliph's titles4 ,this 8pretender0 must have been some particular adversary of the poet's4 ,the satire is bitter4 #bhe ,byezd of ,bestm1 in ,persia1 an early ,gnostic saint2 died ,a4,d4 #hgd 7,a4,h4 #bfa74 #bhf ,yezd1 second ,caliph of ,damascus1 persecutor of ,husayn1 son of the fourth ,caliph #8,ali4 #bhg ,the original naturally mentions the 8qibla0 of ,islm2 not the 8east10 as used in ,christian churches4 #bhh 8,my poverty's my pride0 is a saying traditionally attributed to ,muhammed4 #bhi ,qur'n iii4 #ab1 mentions several things 8made goodly to man48 #bij ,qur'n vii4 #ahi1 relates the creation of a helpmate for ,adam4 #bia ,muhammed4 #bib ,for ,humayr1 see a note in ,no4 #h1 dist4 #fi4 #bic ,yet ,europe still pretends to believe that ,islm has denied the possession of a soul by woman6 #bid ,qur'n lxxix4 #bd4 ,so ,pharaoh is there said to have styled himself4 #bie ,qur'n ii4 #c1 c4 #bif ,not ,easterns only have a superstition about treasures hid in ruins4 #big ,qur'n xxii4 #aa4 #bih ,man has a triple nature1 vegetative1 bestial1 and human4 #bii ,qur'n xxxix4 #ed4 #cjj ,qur'n vii4 #adb1 c4 #cja ,qur'n xxxiv4 #db4 #cjb ,qur'n vii4 #ge2 xi4 #fe-gj2 xxvi4 #adb-aeh4 ,slih was sent to the tribe of ,thamd1 troglodytes who dwelt in the valleys about half-way between ,medna and the ,gulf of ,akaba4 #cjc ,qur'n xci4 #ac4 #cjd ,qur'n vii4 #gf1 #hi2 xi4 #gj1 #ig2 xxix4 #cf4 #cje ,qur'n vii4 #ia4 #cjf ,qur'n lv4 #bj4 #cjg ,qur'n vi4 #b1 #fj4 #cjh ,qur'n xxxviii4 #cd4 #cji ,not textually from the ,qur'n4 #caj ,not textually from the ,qur'n4 #caa ,qur'n xxiv4 #cj4 #cab ,qur'n ii4 #bc1 c4 #cac ,rich ,muslims everywhere break their fast in ,ramazn with water from the well of ,zemzem1 in ,mekka1 if possible4 #cad ,a pearl is believed to be a special dewdrop1 caught by a special oyster1 and thence brought to perfection by a special providence4 7,see ,sa'd's ode at the end of translator's preface47 #cae ,qur'n xciii4 #a4 #caf ,qur'n xciii4 #aj4 #cag ,qur'n cxii4 #c4 #cah ,the world4 #cai ,the belief is that ,jesus was not crucified1 but was caught up to the fourth heaven1 that of the sun1 where he will live until he comes again in glory4 #cbj ,the belief is that ,adam plucked an ear of corn1 the forbidden fruit1 in paradise4 #cba ,abbs1 ,muhammed's uncle1 ancestor of the ,abbs ,caliphs4 #cbb ,qur'n li4 #i4 #cbc ,von ,hammer1 in his ,history of the ,ottoman ,empire1 so entirely misunderstood this beautiful ,arabian proverb1 8,es sabru mifthu 'l faraj10 as to read 8farj0 7pudendum71 for 8faraj0 7success72 and cloaked his blunder by the remark3 8,too pungent for literal translation40 #cbd ,qur'n iii4 #aec4 #cbe #8,ali's title is 8,the victorious ,lion of ,god40 #cbf ,this journey is recounted in ,qur'n xviii4 #fd-ha4 #cbg ,qur'n xviii4 #fi4 #cbh ,qur'n xviii4 #gj4 #cbi ,qur'n xviii4 #gc4 #ccj ,qur'n xlviii4 #aj4 #cca ,qur'n xviii4 #af4 #ccb ,qur'n iii4 #aec4 #ccc ,qur'n xlviii4 #f4 #ccd ,qur'n xxviii4 #hh4 #cce ,qur'n lv4 #bi4 #ccf ,qur'n vii4 #acb4 #ccg ,see ,tale iv41 dist4 #aba4 #cch ,qur'n vii4 #acb4 ,see note1 p4 #bbd4 #cci ,in ,semitic and ,muslim lore the moon is 8he10 the sun 8she48 #cdj ,qur'n xlviii4 #bi4 #cda ,qur'n vi4 #id4 #cdb ,qur'n li4 #ag4 #cdc ,qur'n li4 #ah4 #cdd ,qur'n iv4 #ii4 #cde ,qur'n xviii4 #h-ba4 #cdf ,qur'n lxix4 #ai4 #cdg ,qur'n lxix4 #be4 #cdh ,the ,persian equivalent of our 0carrying coals to ,newcastle40 #cdi ,a metallic mirror1 formerly much used4 #cej ,qur'n vii4 #aa4 #cea ,i have failed to discover the name and history of the individual here used to point a moral by our great poet4 ,ibnu-,hishm and ,nawaw do not mention him4--,translator4 #ceb ,osmn4 #cec ,qur'n xxxvi4 #g4 #ced ,qur'n xxxvi4 #h4 #cee ,qur'n xcix4 #a4 #cef ,in allusion to the ,brahminical marks used in ,india4 #ceg ,the heterodox sects of ,islm are commonly said to be seventy-two4 #ceh 8,the ,veiler10 i4e41 of sin1 is one of 8the most comely names0 of ,god1 but is not found in the ,qur'n4 8,y ,sattr60 #cei ,some of the commentators hold that ,qur'n vii4 #agd1 alludes to the opposition of ,balaam to ,moses and the ,israelites4 #cfj ,see ,tale iv4 dist4 #aba2 and xi4 #aab4 #cfa ,see ,tale ix4 #bff4 #cfb ,qur'n ii4 #if4 #cfc ,see ,tale iv4 dist4 #aba4 #cfd ,qur'n i4 #e4 #cfe ',ikrima1 son of ,ab-,jahl1 embraced ,islm at sea1 as he fled from ,mekka at its capture by ,muhammed4 ,he returned and was pardoned4 #cff ,qur'n xi4 #dd1 #de4 #cfg ,this is a canon of ,islm4 ,if a worshipper has no means of knowing the direction of 8,god's ,house0 at ,mekka1 he may face in any direction he judges most probable1 and so perform his worship4 #cfh ,the ,prophet4 #cfi ,qur'n vi4 #cb2 xxix4 #fd2 xxx4 #f2 xlvii4 #ch2 lvii4 #ai4 #cgj ,qur'n lxx4 #d4 #cga ,qur'n x4 #cg4 #cgb ,qur'n lxii4 #e4 #cgc ,see1 in the author's own preface1 his eulogistic mention of ,sheykh ,husmu-'d-,dn1 p4 iii41 where this saying is also given4 #cgd ,by 8,roman10 in the ,east1 is meant what ,europeans incorrectly name 8,greek40 ,since ,alexander of ,macedon's time1 no 8,greeks0 have existed4 ,their very memory is lost in ,asia1 and ,alexander himself is styled there 8the ,roman40 #cge ,commonly1 in ,islm1 eight paradises1 or1 properly1 eight mansions of ,paradise1 are reported1 mentioned1 and believed4 ,baydhv1 in ,qur'n ii4 #bc1 gives only seven1 and one of those is wrong4 ,guided by him1 however1 ,i have corrected this1 and verified the others1 besides finding the eighth4 ,their names1 then1 are as follows3--#a4 ,jennatu-'l-,khuld1 the ,paradise 7garden7 of ,eternal ,duration2 #b4 ,jennatu #8,aden1 the ,garden of ,eden2 #c4 ,jennatu-'l-,firdaws1 the ,garden of ,paradise2 #d4 ,jennatu-'l-,me'v1 the ,garden of the ,abode2 #e4 ,jennatu-'n-,na'm1 the ,paradise of the ,pleasantness2 #f4 ,dru-'s-,selm1 the ,home of ,security2 #g4 ,dru-'l-,maqma1 the ,house of ,sojourn2 #h4 ',illiyn1 the ,sublime ,heights4 ,baydhv has ,dru-'l-,khuld for ,jennatu-'l-,khuld2 but that is one of the names of ,hell1 as occurring in ,qur'n xli4 #bh4 ,there is also a ,dru-l-,qarr1 ,home of ,permanence1 mentioned in ,qur'n xl4 #db2 but it applies to ,hell and ,heaven1 as does the ,dru-'l-,baq1 ,home of ,duration1 commonly used1 but not found in the ,qur'n4 #cgf ,zeyd1 son of ,hritha and father of ,usma1 the freedman and adopted son of ,muhammed1 one of his most devoted disciples4 #cgg ,for the eight paradises1 see ,tale xiv4 dist4 #gd1 p4 #bec4 #cgh ,the seven hells are3--#a4 ,jahannam2 #b4 ,latz2 #c4 ,hutama2 #d4 ,sa'r2 #e4 ,jahm2 #f4 ,hwiya2 #g4 ,saqar4 ,all these names for ,hell occur in the ,qur'n4 #cgi ,this is predestination indeed4 ,but does not our 8vessels of wrath0 come to about the same thing1 at least in some opinions8 #chj ,qur'n iii4 #ajb4 #cha 8,turk and ,hind0 is synonymous with 8fair and dark40 #chb 8,they of the left hand10 ,qur'n lix4 #h2 xc4 #ah4 #chc 8,the seven pits of hell0 are named respectively3 ,jahannam1 ,latz1 ,hutama1 ,sa'r1 ,jahm1 ,hwiya1 and ,saqar1 as above mentioned1 p4 #bed1 note #c4 #chd 8,al-,kawthar10 ,qur'n cviii4 #a1 is variously explained1 but probably means3 the great multitude1 scil41 of mankind2 not 8a fountain40 #che ,qur'n ii4 #bd4 #chf ,qur'n ii4 #bca2 and1 indirectly1 in many texts4 #chg ,qur'n xvi4 #d2 xl4 #bc4 #chh ,qur'n lxxvi4 #ag1 #ah4 #chi ,michael is mentioned in ,qur'n ii4 #ib2 ,gabriel is also there mentioned1 and in two other places2 but no other angels by name4 #cij ,solomon was robbed of his seal by a genie1 and temporarily deprived of his kingdom4 #cia ,qur'n xxxi4 #ab4 ,lokman1 the commonly received orthography1 is doubly erroneous2 the first vowel of the name is u1 the ,italian u1 the ,french ou1 the oo of our words foot1 good1 wood2 not of coot1 moot1 root4 ,our q is1 historically1 the only true representative of the ,phoenician letter that equally gave rise to the ,hebrew 1 to the old ,greek ,q1 to the ,latin ,q1 and to the ,arabic 2 as may be seen by comparing the letters in the last element of the ,arabian numeral alphabet1 1 with the ,hebrew ,koph1 ,resh1 ,schin1 ,tau2 with the ,greek ,q #ij1 #ajj1 #bjj1 #cjj2 and with the ,latin ,q1 ,r1 ,s1 ,t4 ,the proof is still more conclusive by comparing1 in order1 the whole alphabets1 as to positions1 names1 shapes1 values in sound1 and numeral values4 #cib ,solomon1 when deprived of his kingdom1 became a fisherman4 #cic ,qur'n ii4 #b4 ,our3 8,credo1 quia impossibile40 #cid ,qur'n lxvii4 #c4 #cie ,muhammed is reported to have said3 8,the prince of a people is their servant40 ,this may be compared with ,matt4 xx4 #bf and #bg4 #cif ,qur'n iii4 #af4 #cig ,qur'n ii4 #bef4 #cih ,qur'n xxxv4 #d4 #cii ,qur'n xxi4 #ajh4 #djj ,qur'n xx4 #d4 #dja ,qur'n xxxvi4 #ec4 #djb ,qur'n xi4 #ei4 #djc ,qur'n xxxiv4 #ab4 #djd ,see the ,translator's 8,turkish ,poetry0 7p4 #cb or #de71 #ahgi2 published by ,trbner ,co41 ,ludgate ,hill1 ,london1 ,e4,c4 #dje ,qur'n ix4 #cb2 lxi4 #h4 ,the expression 8polytheist10 generally used by translators to render the meaning of the ,arabic 8mushrik10 is not correct2 to attribute one 8partner0 to ,god is as much 8shirk0 as to attribute many4 ,see note in p4 #cf1 ,tale iii4 #djf ,qur'n xxi4 #fh1 #fi1 alludes to this4 #djg ,qur'n ii4 #bb2 lxvi4 #f4 #djh ,qur'n ii4 #eh4 #dji ,qur'n ix4 #acj1 c4 #daj ,qur'n lxv4 #b4 #daa #8,aliyyu-'l-,murtadz--8in whom 7,god7 is well pleased0--is the chiefest of the titles of #8,al1 ,prince of ,princes1 ,captain-,general of ,saints4 #dab ,muhammed is reported to have declared3 8,i am the ,city of ,science1 and #8,al is the ,portal thereof20 alluding to the heavenly secrets he had intrusted to the latter1 for communication to the worthy4 ,see ,anecdotes1 chap1 iii41 ,no4 #gi4 #dac ,qur'n cxii4 #d4 #dad 8,commander of the ,faithful20 but 8,commander of the ,believers0 would be more correct4 #dae ,qur'n viii4 #ag4 #daf #8,umer swore he would kill ,muhammed1 and went to execute his design4 ,arrived at the house of his own sister1 who was already a secret ,muslim1 he heard chanted the twentieth chapter of the ,qur'n1 and was immediately converted4 ,he then went to ,muhammed1 and publicly professed the faith4 #dag ,the shooting stars4 #dah ,shanfar says3 8,the most excellent is he who confers a favour40 #dai ,qur'n ii4 #ajj4 #dbj ,idem4 #dba ,qur'n iii4 #afc1 #afd4 #dbb ,qur'n ii4 #age4 #dbc ,qur'n iii4 #f4 #dbd ,qur'n xxv4 #ff4 #dbe ,qur'n ii4 #aia4 #dbf ,qur'n ii4 #adi4 #dbg ,qur'n ii4 #aea4 #dbh ,all ,muslim poets speak of wounds as 8flowers40 #dbi ,qur'n liii4 #ag4 ,there is a pun here4 ,the ,arabic for 8swerved0 and the ,persian for 8a crow10 are identical in orthography1--zg4 ,muhammed has been called by other ,persian poets3 8,the nightingale of the garden of m zg20 which really means 8swerved not10 but may be rendered3 8we1 the crows40 #dcj ,the 8,limner0 is1 here1 ,god1 of course4 ,he was intoxicated with love1 not wine4 #dca ,qur'n ii4 #hh4 #dcb ,these were the ,christian ,arabs of ,nejrn4 ,they sent an embassy to ,muhammed at ,medina4 ,he proposed to them a trial by invocation of ,god's curse on the liars1 their wives1 and children4 ,he uttered it2 they shrank1 and accepted submission to him1 on condition of paying tribute4 #dcc ,the 8canda draconis0 was the 8descending node10 one of the ecliptical points4 ,the 8forbidden fruit10 in ,islm1 is held to have been wheat4