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  • He addresses thee smilingly—“O my lord,” (while) in his heart there is a Babylon of sorcery and guileful spells.
  • (He is) deadly poison, (though) in appearance he is honey and milk. Beware, do not go (on thy way) save in company with a wise (spiritual) preceptor.
  • All selfish pleasures are a deceit and fraud: round the lightning-flash is a wall of darkness.
  • The lightning is (but) a brief gleam, false and fleeting, surrounded by darkness; and thy way is long. 4095
  • By its light thou canst neither read a letter nor ride to thy destination.
  • But, as a penalty for thy being enthralled by the lightning, the beams of sunrise withdraw themselves from thee.
  • Mile after mile through the night the lightning's deception leads thee on, without a guide, in a dark wilderness.
  • Now thou fallest on a mountain, now into a river; now thou wanderest in this direction, now in that.
  • O seeker of worldly estate, thou wilt never find the guide; and if thou find him, thou wilt avert thy face from him, 4100
  • Saying, “I have travelled sixty miles on this road, and (now) this guide tells me I have lost my way.