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140 THE TARJUAIAX AL-ASH W AQ (L U I, L IV )

The mention o£ ‘ fave'vell ’ indicates a distinction between
tlie qualities wliich properly belong to the lover and those
which properly belong to the Beloved.
3. ‘ My leanness,’ i.e, I am of the spiritual world.
‘ And his light,’ i.b. on account of the intensity of his light
his eye cannot perceive either his own radiance or iny
subtlety.
‘ And were it not,’ etc.: so Mutanabbi says, ‘ Were it not
that I speak to thee, thou wonldst not see me.’

LIV
1. Thej'^ said, ‘ The suns are in the heavenly sphere.
Where should the sun dwell but in heaven ?
2. When a tin-one is set up, there must be a king to sit
erect upon it.
3. When the heart is purged of its ignorance, then must
the angel descend.
4. He made Himself master of me and I of Him, and each
of us hath posse.ssed the other.
5. My being His property is evident, and my pos.sessing
Him is (proved by) His saying, ‘ Come hither.’
6. O camel-driver, let us turn aside and do not lead the
travellers past Dar al-Falak.
7. A house on a riv^er-bank near al-Musanna caused thee to
fall sick and did not make thee forget thy sickness.
8. Would that the lord of desire had laid on thee (0 my
censor!) my pain and the burden of love that was
10. From the burning grief of the journey (towards Him)
laid on me !
9. For neither Zarud nor Hajir nor Salam is an abode that
emaciated thee.

thou wert seeking the rain-clouds of union, but they
did not o’ershadow thee.
11. The glory of His sovereignty aba.sed thee, and would that
as He abased thee so He had shown fondness towards
thee !
12. And oh, would that, since in His pride He refused to .show