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1195-1204

  • Those hidden graces of theirs, which come not into (the perception of) the senses or into description— 1195
  • Those are the (real) matter: those are enduring for ever, they are neither cut off nor reclaimed.
  • Prayer.
  • O Giver of (spiritual) nutriment and steadfastness and stability, give Thy creatures deliverance from this instability.
  • Grant unto the soul—for it is bent (crooked)—to stand upright (to persevere with rectitude) in the work wherein it ought to be stable.
  • Bestow patience upon them and heavy balance-scales: deliver them from the guile of impostors;
  • And redeem them from envy, O Gracious One, lest from envy they be devils accursed. 1200
  • How do the vulgar burn with envy for the fleeting happiness of riches and (pleasures of) the body!
  • Behold the kings, how they lead armies (to battle) and slay their own kinsmen because of envy.
  • The lovers of filthy dolls (darlings) have sought each other's blood and life.
  • Read Wís and Rámín and Khusraw and Shírín: (you will see) what those fools did because of envy.