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5
405-414

  • Night comes, and nothing is caught in thy trap: the trap is naught but a headache (affliction) and shackle to thee. 405
  • Therefore (in reality) thou wert catching thyself with the trap, for thou art imprisoned and disappointed of thy desire.
  • Is any owner of a trap in the world such a dolt that, like us, he tries to catch himself?
  • Pursuit of the vulgar is like hunting pig: the fatigue is infinite, and ’tis unlawful to eat a morsel thereof.
  • That which is worth pursuing is Love alone; but how should He be contained in any one's trap?
  • (Yet) perchance thou mayst come and be made His prey, thou mayst discard the trap, and go into His trap. 410
  • Love is saying very softly into my ear, “To be a prey is better than to be a hunter.
  • Make thyself My fool and be a dupe: renounce the (high) estate of the sun, become a mote!
  • Become a dweller at My door and be homeless: do not pretend to be a candle, be a moth,
  • That thou mayst see (taste) the savour of Life and contemplate the sovereignty hidden in servitude.”