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  • This Sun goes with face uncovered: His face is veiled by the excess of His light.
  • From whom art thou hiding Him, O jealous one? The sun (itself) cannot see a trace of Him.
  • (Reason says), “The jealousy in my body is (all) the greater because I desire to hide Him even from myself.
  • On account of the fire of fell jealousy I am at war with my own eyes and ears.”
  • Since thou hast such a (mighty) jealousy, O my soul and heart, close thy mouth and leave off speaking. 695
  • (Reason says), “If I keep silence, I fear that that Sun will rend the veil and (display Himself) from another quarter.”
  • In (keeping) silence our (inward) speaking (of Him) is (only) made more evident, since the desire (for manifestation) is increased by suppression.
  • If the Sea roar, its roaring turns to foam and becomes the surge of “I desired to be known.”
  • To utter words (concerning Him) is to shut the window (through which He reveals Himself): the very act of expression is the concealment (of Him).
  • Sing, like nightingales, in the presence of the Rose, in order that you may divert them from the scent of the Rose, 700