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104 THE TARJUM AN AL-ASH W AQ (X X V II, X X V IU )

‘ There hath risen for you,’ etc., i.e. the light in the heart
(which is the centre of the body) seeks to rise from its
source and convey to the members of the body the Divine
realities. In this station a man .sees by God, he^rs,by God,
speaks by God, and moves by God.
2. ‘ The deserts which I ci’ossed,’ i.e. the mortifications and
au.sterities which I suffered.
4. The camels,’ i.e. the aspirations. He means that they
do not cease from seeking, although exhausted bj' the
difficulty of their quest. The^ are exhausted because
the proofs supplied by the understanding are unable to
lead them to the Divine reality.
7. ' I have claimed something absurd,’ i.e. I pretend to love
God, while complaining of distre.ss and fatigue, yet these
‘ beasts of burden ’, viz. my acts and thoughts which I control
and govern, make no complaint.

, XXVIII
1 . Between al-Naqa and La‘la‘ are the gazelles of 'Dlnit
al-Ajra‘,
2. Grazing there in a dense covert of tangled shrubs, and
pasturing.
3. New moons never rose on the horizon of that hill
4. But I wi.shed, from fear, that they had not risen.
5. And never appeared a fla.sh from the lightning of that
fire-stone
6. But I desired, for iny feeling’s sake, that it had not flashed.
. 8. 0 my sighs, ascend ! O inj^ heart, split!
7. 0 my tears, flow ! 0 mine C3"e, cease not to shed tears I

9. And thou, O camel-driver, go slowlj’, for the fire is
between my ribs.
10. From their copious flowthrough fear of parting m3’ tears
have all been spent,
] 1 . So that, when the time of starting comes, thou wilt not
find an 03^0 to weep.
12. Sot forth, then, to the valley of the curving .sands, their
abode and 103’ death-bed—