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  • He does not recoil from the fancies (which bar the way) nor is he checked: he shows the King's arrow (token); then way is made (for him to enter). 370
  • (O God), bestow forethought on this bewildered heart, and bestow the arrow (of resolution) on these bows bent double.
  • From that hidden goblet (of Thine) Thou hast poured out of the cup of the noble (prophets and saints) a draught over the dusty earth.
  • From the draught thereof there is a trace on the locks and cheeks (of the fair): hence kings lick the earth (of which the bodies of the fair are made).
  • ’Tis the draught of (Divine) beauty—(mingled) in the lovely earth—that thou art kissing with a hundred hearts day and night.
  • Since the draught, when mingled with dust, makes thee mad, think how its pure essence would affect thee! 375
  • Every one is tattered (torn with emotion) in the presence of a clod that has received a draught of Beauty.
  • (There is) a draught (poured) on the moon and the sun and Aries; (there is) a draught (poured) on the Throne and the Footstool and Saturn.
  • Oh, I wonder, wilt thou call it a draught or an elixir, since from contact with it so many splendours arise?
  • Earnestly seek contact with it, O accomplished man: none shall touch it except the purified.
  • One draught (is poured) on gold and rubies and pearls; one draught (is poured) on wine and dessert and fruits; 380
  • One draught on the faces of the charming fair: (consider, then,) how (marvellous) must be that pure wine!
  • Inasmuch as thou rubbest thy tongue (even) on this (earthly draught), how (enamoured of it) wilt thou be when thou seest (tastest) it without the clay!
  • When at the hour of death that pure draught is separated from the bodily clod by dying,
  • Thou quickly buriest that which remains, since it had been made such an ugly thing by that (separation).
  • When the Spirit displays its beauty without this carcase, I cannot express the loveliness of that union. 385
  • When the Moon displays its radiance without this cloud, ’tis impossible to describe that glory and majesty.
  • How delightful is that Kitchen full of honey and sugar, of which these (worldly) monarchs are (only) the lick-platters!
  • How delightful is that Stack in the spiritual field, of which every (other) stack is (only) the gleaner!
  • How delightful is the Sea of painless Life, of which the Seven Seas are (only) a dewdrop!
  • When the Cup-bearer of Alast poured a draught upon this nitrous abject earth, 390
  • The earth seethed, and we are (the result) of that seething. (O God, pour) another draught, for we are very effortless (unaspiring).
  • If ’twas permitted, I sang of non-existence; and if ’twas not to be told, lo, I was silent.
  • This is the account of the bent (grovelling) duck, which is greed: learn of Khalíl (Abraham) that the duck ought to be killed.
  • In the duck there is much good and evil besides this, (but) I am afraid of missing other (more important) topics of discourse.
  • Description of the Peacock and its nature, and the cause of its being killed by Abraham, on whom be peace.