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2
27-36

  • (But if) the fleshly soul makes merry with another fleshly soul, darkness increases, the way becomes hidden.
  • The friend is thine eye, O huntsman: keep him pure from (unsoiled by) sticks and straws.
  • Beware! Do not make a dust with thy tongue's broom, do not make a present of rubbish to thine eye.
  • Since the true believer is a mirror for the true believer, his face is safe from defilement. 30
  • The friend is a mirror for the soul in sorrow: breathe not on the face of the mirror, O my soul!
  • Lest it cover its face to (conceal itself from) thee at once, thou must swallow (suppress) thy breath at every moment.
  • Art thou less than earth? When a plot of earth finds a friend, that is, a springtide, it finds (gains) a hundred thousand flowers.
  • The tree that is united with a friend, that is, the sweet air (of spring), blossoms from head to foot;
  • In autumn, when it sees (meets with) a repugnant companion, it withdraws its face and head under the coverlet 35
  • And says, “A bad comrade is (the means of) stirring up trouble: since he has come, my (best) course is to sleep.