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1092-1101

  • The still water whose course is hidden is fresher and sweeter than running brooks,
  • For, like the (vital) spirit and the (rational) soul, it hath within itself a hidden course and a moving foot.
  • The auditor is asleep: cut short (conclude) the address: O preacher, do not draw this picture on water.
  • Arise, O Bilqís, for ’tis a keen (busy and lucrative) market: flee from these vile wretches who ruin (the spiritual) trade. 1095
  • O Bilqís, arise now with free-will, ere Death appear in his sovereign might.
  • After that, Death will pull thy ear (torment thee) in such wise that thou wilt come in agony, like a thief to the magistrate.
  • How long wilt thou be (engaged in) stealing shoes from these asses? If thou art going to steal, come and steal a ruby!
  • Thy sisters have gained the kingdom of everlasting life; thou hast won the kingdom of misery.
  • Oh, happy he that escaped from this kingdom, for Death makes this kingdom desolate. 1100
  • Arise, O Bilqís! Come, behold for once the kingdom of the Sháhs and Sultans of the (true) Religion.