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  • “Go away,” said the man; “what have you to do with me?” “You are drunk,” the Inspector said. “Get up and come to prison.”
  • Said the drunken man, “O Inspector, let me alone and go away. How is it possible to carry off pledges from one that is naked?
  • If indeed I had had the power to walk, I should have gone to my house—and (then) how would this (affair between us) have occurred?
  • Were I (still) possessed of understanding and of contingent (unreal) existence, I should be on the bench, (giving instruction) like the Shaykhs.”
  • How the inquirer, for the second time, drew that eminent (saint) into conversation, in order that his condition might be made better known (to the inquirer).
  • That seeker said, “O thou mounted on the cane, pray, ride thy horse this way for one moment.” 2400
  • He rode towards him, crying, “Hark, say as quick as you can (what you want), for my horse is very restive and fierce-tempered.
  • Be quick, lest he kick you: explain clearly what you are asking about.”
  • He (the inquirer) saw no opportunity to tell his heart's secret: he at once made an evasion and drew him into jesting talk.
  • He said, “I wish to marry a woman in this street: who is suitable for one like me?”
  • “There are three kinds of women in the world,” said he: “two of those are a sorrow, and one is the soul's treasure. 2405