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91. 



O Lion of God, prince Haidar, give me victory. 

 O opener of forts, open the gate of our Khaibar. 

 The doors of hope were shut in my face ; 

 O Lord of Zulfiqar and Qambar give me victory. 



Haidar (the lion) : a name given to 4 Ali because 

 he slew a snake when an infant in swaddling 

 clothes. 



Khaibar: a fort near Medina which Muhammed 



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captured from the Jews in a.h. 6. 



Zulfiqar : the name of a sword taken by Muham- 

 med at the victory of Badr, and given by him to 

 'All 



Qambar : a freedman of * Ali's. 



92. 



O Thou who knowest the sorrows of the sorrowful, 



And canst give ease and balm to those in anguish : 



Why should I tell Thee of the state of my heart, 



Who knowest, though no word is uttered, of a my 



mine. 



Compare the Masnavi : 



" The omniscient God needs not to be informed 

 of men's case for He knows all; nor to be 

 reminded of it, for He forgets nothing." 



93. 



Thou knowest the burden of the weary in spirit ; 

 Full well thou knowest the sorrow of the broken-hearted. 

 If from my burning heart I call to Thee , Thou hearest , 

 And if I keep silent— Thou knowest the words of the dumb 



94. 



Though thou art in Yemen , if thy heart be with me , thou art 



m <rn m p • 



nigh me; 



If thy heart know me not, though thou art with me, thou art 



in YAmpr 



Such is my nearness to thee, dear one of Yemen, 

 That I am myself in doubt whether I am thou-or thou I. 



, The P? efc ' who is presumably addressing a friend 

 of his living m Yemen, uses words believed to have 

 been spoken by Mohammed concerning a famous 

 saint, Uwais-i-Qarani, whom the Prophet is said to 

 have called the «■ best of his disciples " 



