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1768-1777

  • No doubt this renunciation of sensuality gives bitter pain, but ’tis better than the bitterness of being far from God.
  • If fighting (against the flesh) and fasting are hard and rough, yet these are better than being far from Him who inflicts tribulation.
  • How should pain endure for a single moment when the Giver of favours says to thee, “How art thou, O My sick one?” 1770
  • And (even) if He say (it) not, because thou hast not the understanding and knowledge (needed) for it, yet thy inward feeling (of supplication) is (equivalent to His) inquiring (after thee).
  • Those beauteous ones who are spiritual physicians turn towards the sick to inquire (after them);
  • And if they be afraid of (incurring) disgrace and (loss of) reputation, they devise some means and send a message;
  • Or if not, that (care for the sick) is pondered in their hearts: no beloved is unaware (forgetful) of his lover.
  • O thou who desirest (to hear) a wondrous tale, read the story of them that play the game of love. 1775
  • Thou hast been boiling mightily during (all) this long time, (and yet), O dried meat, thou hast not even become half-cooked.
  • During a (whole) life-time thou hast seen the justice and jurisdiction (of God), and then (after all) thou art more ignorant than the blind.