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  • (But) what knowledge (thereof) hath the weary surfeited soul? How should the mouse know the roar of the lion?
  • (Therefore) write thy (spiritual) experiences with gold-water for the sake of every one of goodly substance whose heart is (deep) as the sea.
  • This spirit-augmenting discourse is (like) the water of the Nile: O Lord, let it seem blood to the eye of the Egyptian! 3430
  • How the Egyptian entreated the Israelite, saying, "Of thine own intention fill a jug from the Nile and put it to my lips, that I may drink. (I beseech thee) by the right of friendship and brotherhood; for the jug which ye Israelites fill from the Nile for yourselves is pure water, while the jug which we Egyptians fill is pure blood."
  • I heard that an Egyptian, on account of thirst, came into the house of an Israelite.
  • He said, “I am thy friend and kinsman: to-day I have become in need of thee,
  • Because Moses wrought sorcery and enchantments, so that he made the water of the Nile to be blood for us.
  • The Israelites drink pure water from it, (but) to the Egyptians the water has become blood from the spell laid on our eyes.
  • Look, the Egyptians are dying of thirst in consequence of their ill-fortune or their evil nature. 3435
  • Fill one cup with water for thyself, that this old friend may drink of thy water.
  • When thou fillest that cup for thine own sake, ’twill not be blood, ’twill be water pure and free (from taint).