208 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XII, 



1030, it is obvious either that the story is non- 

 sense, or the hero of it is some other Saint— it may 

 have been Abu Sa'id who lived during the reign 

 of Mahmiid of Ghazni. 



49. 



My heart looked long in the volume of love , 



And saw nothing worthy of love save thy comely face ; 



Even as thy face is a mole that adorns Beauty, 



So the love of my tortured heart enriches Love itself. 



50. 



All Thy creatures are suppliant at Thy Court, pure Creator, 

 Waiting m anxious grief for one drop of water. 

 Send down, of Thy clemency, the Water-carrier of the clouds 

 That he may pour rain over this patch of earth. 



51. 



Almighty God, who is the Lord of the world, 

 In the whole world there is none beside Him. 

 He unite th us one to the other, 

 For He hath power to do that. 



52. 



JhllTul W S°? m y need u 18 ' ^ whose hands is my Soul ; 

 I have left all alien thoughts, and turn me toward Thee. 

 My works are aU evil, and shall nowise profit me, 

 So I come to Thee with my hope, and place my trust in Thee. 



53. 



The hand which amorously grasped thy locks, 



against 



m&ZSL'ZZZ r^Tf S!^ *»» ™y *»>« 



54. 



No trace of the Musulman bear I on my face, 

 A Feringhi's dog has more honour than I. 



oo black am T with a\v% fv^± ^ 



Would 





55. 



tKL 1 * lnJUre 0t , her8 , le8S ■ the more affl ^ted am I, 

 The greater is my loyalty, the fewer are my friends 



