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  • If there is no thievish mouse in our barn, where is the corn of forty years' works (of devotion)?
  • Why is the daily sincerity (of our devotions) not being stored, bit by bit, in this barn of ours?
  • Many a star (spark) of fire shot forth from the iron (of good works), and that burning heart received (it) and drew (it) in;
  • But in the darkness a hidden thief is laying his finger upon the stars, 385
  • Extinguishing the stars one by one, that no lamp may shine from the (spiritual) sky.
  • Though there be thousands of snares at our feet, when Thou art with us there is not any trouble.
  • Every night Thou freest the spirits from the body's snare, and dost erase (the impressions on) the tablets (of the mind).
  • The spirits are set free every night from this cage, independent, neither ruling nor ruled by anyone.
  • At night prisoners are unconscious of their prison, at night governors are unconscious of their power. 390
  • There is no sorrow, no thought of gain or loss, no fancy of this person or that person.