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  • Oh, alas, would that thou hadst comprehension, so that the unfolded tale of my heart might be shown forth to thee from my soul.
  • This discourse is milk in the teat of the soul: it will not flow well without some one to suck (the teat).
  • When the hearer has become thirsty and craving, the preacher, (even) if he be (as good as) dead, becomes eloquent.
  • When the hearer is fresh and without fatigue (not bored), the dumb and mute will find a hundred tongues to speak withal. 2380
  • When a stranger comes in at my door, the women of the harem hide themselves in the veil,
  • But if a harmless relative should come in, those covered ones will lift up their face-veils.
  • Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made (so) for the eye of him that sees.
  • How should the sound of the harp and treble and bass be (made) for the insentient ear of one who is deaf?
  • Not in vain did God make musk fragrant: He made it (so) for the sense (of smell), He did not make it for one whose nostrils are stopped (by disease). 2385
  • God hath fashioned the earth and the sky, He hath raised in the midst much fire and light.