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THE TARJUMAN AL-ASH\VA<i (XXII, X X IIl) 93

G. ‘ Pure silk,’ i.e. midyod, in reference to her being
removed from all contamination.
‘ Anointed with nadd,’ i.e. with mixed perfumes. He
means tljat she is invested with Divine qualities.
9. ‘ She loves not that which I love,’ i.e. she is not limited
by the will of anyone, and if it happens that her will is in
accord with mine, that is due to the effect produced by her
upon me, not to the effect produced by me upon her.
‘ She does not fulfil,’ etc., i.e. she is clement and forgiving.
10. ‘ Her plaited lock,’ i.d? a chain of evidences and proofs.
‘ A black serpent,’ referring to the science of the Divine
majesty and awe.
11. He says that he is only afi’aid of missing the con­
templation of his Beloved, and that he hesitated to follow
her because he wished to acquire such Divine faculties as
would enable him to face this manifestation.

XXIII
1. At dawn they alighted in Wiidi ’l-'A(|iq after having
traversed many a deep ravine,
2. A n d a t d a y b r e a k t h e y d e s c r ie d a c a ir n s h in in g o n t h e t o p
of a mountain peak.
3. When the vulture desires to reach it he is unable, and the
eggs of the anuq are below it.
J). Ornaments are set upon it : its foundations are lofty, like
al-‘A((uq.
5. And they had written some lines which were communicated
G. Who although his thought soai's above this Arctiirus, is
to them -. ‘ Oh, who will help a forlorn and longing
lover,

trodden underfoot like burning ashes,‘
7. And who.se home is beside this Aquila, yet he has died in
tears the death of the drowned ?
8. His love hath delivered him to calamities in this place
without a brother to befriend him.

* Thi.s tnuislution of is conjectural.