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2751-2760

  • ’Tis preposterous, O son: it makes even Universal Reason giddy-headed (astounded).
  • When the Amír saw him, he said to him, “O impudent man, I will tell you something, (but) do not fasten on me the name of niggard.
  • What callousness and effrontery and (insolent) behaviour is this, that you come in (here) four times in one day?
  • Who here is attached to you, Shaykh? Never have I seen a sturdy beggar like you.
  • You have brought (all) beggars into contempt and disgrace: what abominable importunity, worthy of ‘Abbás (himself), is this that you have shown! 2755
  • ‘Abbás (the seller) of date-syrup is (merely) your groom: may no freethinker (mulhid) have such an ill-starred soul!”
  • He replied, “O Amír, I am devoted to the (Divine) command. Be silent! Thou art not acquainted with my (inward) fire: do not boil (rage) so much!
  • Had I found in myself any greed for bread, I would have ripped my bread craving belly.
  • During seven years, (inspired) by the ardour of Love that cooks the body, I have eaten (nothing but) vine-leaves in the wilderness,
  • So that, from my eating withered and fresh leaves, this bodily colour of mine had turned green.” 2760