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iJ iJ\ dlmis, a diamond. The idea is prevalent in the East that 

 diamond dust is a deadly poison. Faiszi, (metre Ramal) 



« Do not ask to know the ingredients of tlm antidote against love ; 

 they mix diamond dust into a deadly poison." • 



e,lUi .1 - i ghilan, in Persian generally o***- nmghilan, the babul 

 tree a kind of acacia. The pronunciation muyhaiUn, given by Burnan, 

 is unsupported; the word occurs in rhyme with <i>Xy fUm elephante. 

 The ashes of mnghilan wood are largely used in the East for refining 

 gold and silver, whilst the thorns of the tree have become proverbial ; 

 hence fig., the dangerous obstacles on the road of love, Cairah at 

 giwah (metre Hazaj-i-salim) •,<■,. 



-The road towards the ka'bah (of love) is forbidden; else I would 

 gladly direct thither my feet, not caring for the wounds which the sole 

 of my foot would get from the acacia thorns of the road"-in allusion to 

 the law which prohibits Muhammadans from sleeping with their feet 

 stretched in the direction of Mecca, which would be disrespectful. 

 Judai of Tabriz (metre Munsarih) 



, .ylUi-jli JLSti J»jj~ >\ *&* &" *•* ^ <& W*" 

 '•The beauty of the sweethearts is a ka'bah ; love the desert 

 (through which the wanderer has to pass) ; the obstinacy of the 

 wretches (the v*J, the watcher), the acacia thorns of the road" 



J&o\ imUm, adj., human, referring to man. God is sjtjl v*!> 

 necessary; man is a^lw^* *««■*■» ulwujU, possible ; idols are 

 Wlffii** impossible. Hence J<*\i/r>*ji nnman efforts. 



^In «n<fan», pr.in this, within this. This word is, however, often 

 used as a preposition, within = >,'. Observe that in this ease it 

 cannot take the oiW|, just as^ 6»n<i6ar, or ^> »«*«r o«r,„, on 

 account of. Payimi (metre Mujtass) _ 



,,-u y^ii ar a, ^ a-rt .w jy* ** r 1 8 ^ --#!/■ tfw 



'< I am living in a world where my Yusuf would be better in the 

 pit than in the ba,ar,"-where Yusuf = life, the pit = non-existence, 



the bazar = existence. _ _ ,,,/•. 



SU1 , ^M\ cmfusi o dfdql, referring to the spiritual (anfus.) 



and" to the visible world (ifaqi). Hence mard-i-afwi o ifuqi, a man 



who looks upon life as something agreeable, but who at the 



