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596-605

  • One day his friend said, “Come to-night, for I have cooked haricot beans for thee.
  • Sit in such and such a room till midnight, that at midnight I may come unsought.”
  • The man offered sacrifice and distributed loaves, since the moon (of good fortune) had appeared to him from beneath the dust (of ill-luck).
  • At night the passionate lover seated himself in the room in hope of the tryst promised by that loyal friend.
  • (Just) after midnight his friend, the charmer of his heart, arrived (punctually) like those who are true to their promise. 600
  • He found his lover lying asleep; (thereupon) he tore off a little piece of his (the lover's) sleeve
  • And put some walnuts in his lap, saying, “Thou art a child: take these and play a game of dice.”
  • When at dawn the lover sprang up from sleep, he saw the (torn) sleeve and the walnuts.
  • He said, “Our king is entirely truth and loyalty: that (disgrace) which is coming upon us is from ourselves alone.”
  • O sleepless heart, we (true lovers) are secure from this: we, like guardsmen, are plying our rattles on the roof. 605