THE LETTER
472, I.
WAWJ
(482).
Torment (of envy) to the violet, giveth the musk-exhaling tress-^ The fold of the rose-bud, rendeth the heart-alluring laughter
O my
sweet of perfume consume not;
rose,
tion),
(the beloved)
!
of thine; of thine.
thy bulbul (thy lover, in separa-
For, night, all night, with the essence of sincerity,
it
makfth -prayer
for (the
of thine.
welfare)
pomp and glory, of sovereignty aslant placeth, the beggar
Love's fortune behold, how, for the desire of
The corner Say
The
I
5.
the
crown
of the
enemy and
violence of
the friend
;
say every
the people of the world,
all
(ill-) I
intention that
is
of Thine.
possible, of
endure for the sake
Thee.
who, with the breathing (murmuring) of angels used to be vexed (so delicate
was my nature) (Now) the disputation ,
of a
whole world (high and low),
I
endure for the sake of
Love Love
for
Thee
for
Thy cheek
Though not
my
(is)
fitted
destiny; the dust of Thy door, my paradise my nature my pleasure the will
(is)
Thee.
:
of
;
Thine.
(matched) together are the khirka of austerity, and the cup of
wine, All this picture,
I
paint (trick
The ragged garment
To
3.
of the
I
play) for the sake of the will
beggar
sovereignty, quickly reacheth
^ji-JCi
tji
plj signifies
of love hath treasure in the sleeve
whoever was the beggar
of Thine.
:
of Thine.
:
to place aslant the crown.
See Odes 318, 5.
I
who,
c.
9; 463,
c.
3; 464,
c. 2.
in the world of non-existence, at the threshold of
Thy
abode, was anointed with the col-
lyrium of love for God ; and who, through exceeding jealousy, was vexed with the breathings (mutterings) of angels, have, by Thy decree, fallen into this up-springing place (this world) ;
and I hear the chatter of illusory ones. Without taking up the illusory (majaz), one cannot reach to the true (hakikat); without enduring the torment of the thorn, one cannot gain the rose.