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THE TAKJUMAN AL-ASIIWAQ (X L Ill) 129

XLIII
1. Let mo never forget iny aliocle at WVma and niy saying to
camel-riders as they departed and arrived,
2. ' Stay beside us a while that Ave may be comforted thereby'’,
for I swear by those whom I love that I am consoled
(by thinking of you).’
8. If they set out they will journey with the most auspicious
omen, and if they halt they will alight at the most
bountiful halting-place.
4. ’Twas in the glen of tlie v^alley of Qanat I met them,
and my last sight of them was between an-Naqa
and al-Mushalshal.
5. They watcli every place where the camels find pastui’age,
but they pay no heed to the heart of a lover led
astray.
fi. 0 camel-driver, have pity on a youth Avhom you see
breaking colocyuth when he bids fai’ewell,
7. Laying his palms crosswise on his bosom to still a h^art
that throbbed at the noise of the (moving) howdah.
8. Thej' say, ‘ Patience ! ’ but grief is not patient. What can
I do, since patience is far fi'om me ?
9. Even if I had patience and were ruled by it, my soul
would not be patient. How, therefore, when I hav'e
it not ?
COJIMENTAKY
1. ‘ Wana,’ i.e. the station of confession and shortcoming
and failure to pay due reverence to the majesty of the Divine
‘ Camel-riders,’ i.e. the .saints and favourites of God
presence.

5.
‘ Every place where the camels find pasturage,’ i.e. the
objects to Avhich our aspirations tend.
G. ‘ O camel-driver ’ : he addresses the Divine voice which
calls the aspirations towards it.
‘ Breaking colocynth,’ i.e. having his face distorted with
anguish (for when colocynth is broken its pungent smell