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4143-4152

  • Do not disgrace thyself in the capital of China: seek a sage and do not separate thyself from him.
  • Hark, whatever the Plato of the age bids thee do, give up thy self-will and act in accordance with that (counsel).
  • All (who dwell) in China are saying in zeal for (the glory of) their King, “He begetteth not. 4145
  • Never in sooth has our King begotten a child; nay, he has not allowed a woman to approach him.”
  • When any king says of him something of this sort, he weds his (traducer's) neck to the cutting scimitar.
  • The King says (to such an one), “Since thou hast spoken these words, either prove that I have a wife and family—
  • And if thou prove that I have a daughter, thou art safe from my keen sword—
  • Or else without any doubt I will cut thy throat: I will tear the mantle (thy body) off the Súfí, thy spirit. 4150
  • Thou wilt never save thy head from the sword, O thou that hast spoken vain and lying words!
  • O thou that hast foolishly spoken an untruth, behold a moat full of severed heads!—