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1886-1895

  • The spirit is unconcerned with the beard and moustache of the body, but without the spirit the body is a carcase and vile.
  • Such is the magnificence of the animal spirit: advance farther, behold the human spirit.
  • Pass beyond Man and (logical) disputation unto the shore of the sea of the spirit of Gabriel.
  • After that, the, spirit of Ahmad (Mohammed) will bite thy lip (kiss thee lovingly), and Gabriel will creep back in fear of thee,
  • And will say, “If I come one bow’s length towards thee, I shall be instantly consumed.” 1890
  • How the slave was indignant because no reply to his letter arrived from the king.
  • Truly this desert hath no head or foot (top or bottom). That youth, (being) without a reply to his letter, is aggrieved
  • And says, “Oh, ‘tis a wonder. How did the king give me no reply? Or (perchance) the carrier of the letter behaved treacherously because of the torment (of envy),
  • And concealed the letter and did not show it to the king; for he was a hypocrite and (like) a piece of water beneath straw.
  • I will write another letter by way of test and seek another accomplished messenger.”
  • That heedless man ignorantly puts the blame on the Amir and the steward and the letter-carrier. 1895