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  • Hath not the Lamp of the peoples called this world and that world the two fellow-wives (who are always quarrelling with each other)?
  • Therefore union with this (world) is separation from that (world): the health of this body is the sickness of the spirit.
  • Hard is the separation from this transitory abode: know, then, that the separation from that permanent abode is harder 3210
  • Since it is hard for thee to be separated from the form, how hard must it be to be parted from its Maker!
  • O thou that hast not the patience to do without the vile world, how, O friend, how hast thou the patience to do without God?
  • Since thou hast not the patience to do without this black water, how hast thou the patience to do without God's (pure) fountain?
  • Since thou art restless without this (worldly) drink, how art thou (remaining patiently) apart from the righteous and from they shall drink (of the wine of Paradise)?
  • If for one moment thou behold the beauty of the Loving One and cast thy soul and existence into the fire (of love), 3215
  • After that thou wilt regard this (worldly) drink as a carcase, when thou beholdest the glory and splendour of nighness (unto Him).
  • Like the prince, thou wilt attain unto thy Beloved; then thou wilt draw out from thy foot the thorn of self.