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1198-1207

  • The thirsty man said, “O water, I have two advantages: I will nowise refrain from this work.
  • The first advantage is (my) hearing the noise of the water, which to thirsty men is (melodious) as a rebeck.
  • The noise thereof has become (to me) like the noise of (the trumpet of) Isráfíl: by this (noise) life has been transferred (restored) to one (that was) dead; 1200
  • Or (it is) like the noise of thunder in days of spring—from it (the thunder) the garden obtains so many (lovely) ornaments;
  • Or like the days of alms to a poor man, or like the message of deliverance to a prisoner.
  • ’Tis like the breath of the Merciful (God) which, without mouth, comes to Mohammed from Yemen;
  • Or ’tis like the scent of Ahmad (Mohammed), the Apostle (of God), which in intercession comes to the sinner;
  • Or like the scent of beauteous, graceful Joseph, (which) strikes upon the soul of lean Jacob. 1205
  • The other advantage is that, (with) every brick I tear off this (wall), I come (nearer) to running water,
  • Since by diminution of the bricks the high wall becomes lower every time that one is removed.