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6
554-563

  • Continue to sob thus, even foolishly, crying, “Regard the base (sinners), O Almighty One!
  • Whether it be late or early, Thou art omnipotent: when did anything escape Thee, O God?” 555
  • The King of (that ye) may not grieve for what hath escaped you —how should the object of (your) desire vanish from (the range of) His power?
  • How the bird attributed its being caught in the trap to the artifice and cunning and hypocrisy of the ascetic; and how the ascetic answered the bird.
  • The bird said, “This is a fit punishment for one who listens to the beguiling talk of ascetics.”
  • “Nay,” said the ascetic; “it is a fit punishment for the greedy wretch who incontinently devours the property of orphans.”
  • Afterwards it (the bird) began to lament in such wise that the trap and the fowler trembled at the grief (which it displayed),
  • Crying, “My back is broken by the contradictions (conflicting motives) in my heart: come, O Beloved, rub Thy hand on my head. 560
  • Under Thy hand my head hath a (great) relief (from pain): Thy hand is a miracle in bestowing favour.
  • Do not take away Thy shadow (protection) from my head: I am restless, restless, restless.
  • (All) sorts of sleep have quitted mine eye in my passion for Thee, O Thou who art envied by the cypress and the jasmine.