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44-53

  • The duck is greed, and the cock is lust; eminence is like the peacock, and the crow is (worldly) desire.
  • His (the crow's) object of desire is this, that he forms hopes and wishes for immortality or long life. 45
  • The duck is greed, for her bill is always in the ground, seeking what is buried in the wet and dry.
  • That gullet (of hers) is never idle for a moment: it hearkens unto naught of the (Divine) ordinance save the command “Eat ye!”
  • ’Tis like the looter who digs up (ravages) the house and very quickly fills his bag,
  • Cramming into the bag good and bad (indifferently), single pearls and chickpeas,
  • Cramming dry and wet into the sack, for fear lest another enemy should arrive. 50
  • Time presses, the opportunity is small, he is terrified: without delay he heaves it under his arm as speedily as possible.
  • But the true believer, from his confidence in that (Divine) Life, conducts his raid in a leisurely manner and with deliberation.