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Yusnf and Zulaikba. That pearl from the ocean of grace was
An orphan
left
in tears, of her love bereft.
The father pitied the babe. Young pearl he gave to his
And
401
The sister's
fair
care
her heart's dear nursling, a bird endued
With gay wings, roamed
Then stood
in the
garden of food. 1
the child on his baby feet,
And
the lisping words of his lips were sweet.
Not
for
From
On
an instant the dame would part
the infant whose love had enchained her heart.
bosom
her
And was
at night, like her soul,
he
lay,
ever the sun of her eyes by day.
But the love of the father grew strong, and he
Would
He
fain the face of his darling see
longed that the babe, who alone could
The grief of his heart, should be near him Day and night he would have him near,
A moon Thus
the
gloom of
to his sister
Let him
is
come
still
his soul to cheer.
he said
:
— " O thou
Whom love for me bends like the willow My Yusuf, my child, to my side restore His absence
kill
grief I can bear to the place
bough,
no more.
where
I
pray alone,
To the dreary cell where I make my moan." The sister heard the words that he said In the sign of obedience she
But plotted deep
To
bowed her head,
in her heart the while
bring the child back to her
home by
She had a belt which Isaac had given, 1
Was weaned
and began
to eat.
guile.