THE LETTER MIM
677
f"
heart, a warrior-idol plundered and departed of the king (the murshid) take not Pity, if the grace
My
:
my hand
(and justice give
me).
To
the (lofty) sky, had ascended the grandeur of Hafiz's knowledge Me, grieving for Thy lofty box-tree (the true Beloved's stature) made low.
8,
:
The Beloved
When
is
called the warrior-idol, because beloved ones practise tyranny ; as is warrior as well as beloved, calamity on calamity cometh.
the beloved
do
warriors.