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  • And give thee a place within their souls, that they may fill thee with wine, like a cup.
  • Take thy abode within their souls: O radiant full-moon, make thy home in the sky!
  • Like Mercury, they will open the book of the heart, that they may reveal mysteries unto thee.
  • Stay beside thy kinsfolk––how art thou roaming abroad? Cleave to the perfect Moon if thou art a piece of the moon. 2580
  • What is the (cause of the) part’s keeping aloof from its whole? What is (the cause of) all this mixture with (that which is) diverse?
  • Behold how the genus hath become species in the process (of differentiation): behold how the unseen things have become visible in (their) escape (from occultation).
  • So long as thou wouldst fain be wheedled like a woman, O man without wisdom, (thou wilt remain imperfect): how wilt thou be helped by lies and wheedling?
  • Thou art taking flattery and sweet words and cajolement and putting them, like a woman, in thy bosom.
  • For thee the revilings and blows of the (spiritual) kings would be better than the praise of the unrighteous. 2585
  • Swallow the slaps of the (spiritual) kings, do not swallow the honey of the rabble, to the end that through the fortune of (those) personages thou mayst (thyself) become a personage;