1916.] Quatrains of 



35. 



36. 



On the day when I shall behold my Beloved's beauty, 

 I shall be all eyes — from head to foot, 

 So that I may gaze on Him with a thousand eyes : 

 For how can the Friend be seen with but two eyes ? 



37. 



Where 

 Where 



He who knows not a moment's separation from Thee, 

 His joy is greater than Heaven and Earth 



38. 



205 



When the Huns were drawn up in their ranks to see the 

 Beloved, 



Rizv&n clapped his hands in amazement. 

 But when that Dark Mole veiled their faces, 

 The Abdal clutched the Book in terror. 



This "riddle" is impossible to solve without 

 the key. The following is the interpretation (con- 

 tained in a commentary in the Oudh Library, 

 a copy of which is also in the Hyderabad State 

 Library): "The Huris are the 'Ayan-i-thabita ', 

 the epiphanies of the Divine idea, underlying' 

 each one of God's names and qualities. When 

 these were first manifested in the world of pheno- 

 mena, Rizwan— representing the denizens of Para- 

 dise — clapped his hands in joy and amazement at 

 the marvel of creation. But on the last day 

 when the world is blotted out by the "mole," 

 which is the "point of unity" on the face of 

 God's majesty, the men of God (Abdal) will clasp 

 in terror the Book of the Prophet's existence for 

 whose sake God created the world. 



Said I ■ Here are my eyes.' Said He ' Fix their gaze on the 



Path.' 

 Said I 'Here is my heart.' Said He ■ Let it burn with thy 



sighs.' 

 Said I 'Here is my soul.' Said He ■ What hast thou in thy 



soul ? ■ 

 1 My passion, for thee ' said I. ' Hold fast to that ' He said. 



