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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[APRIL, 1910.
Sarmad ! if He is true to his word, He Himself will come: If His coming is permissible, He Himself will come. Why shouldst thou wander aimlessly after Him? Sit down: if He be the Khud-a, He Himself will come.
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Sarmad I the pang of Love is not given to the self-seeking The fire in the heart of the moth, is not given to the fly.. It takes a life-time for the beloved to come to the lap : This everlasting wealth is not given to every One.
Although a hundred friends have turned mine enemies, Owing to the friendship of the One, my mind has become contented. I have accepted Unity and been freed from multiplicity. At last I became of Him, and He of me.
10 He who gave thee the soverignty of the world, Gave me all the causes of anxiety. He covered with a garment those with whom He found fault. To the faultless He gave the robe of nudity.
11 Sarmad I thou shouldst shorten thy murmurings. Thon shouldst adopt one course out of these two courses Either, thou shouldst give thy body for the pleasure of the Friend; Or, thou shouldst sacrifice thy life in His way.
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Pass on from the worldly fancy, thought, and care. Like the breeze of morn pass on from the garden and field. Be not mad on the colour and smell of the role and wine. Be wise, pass on from these ballucinations.
13 To put trust in the promises of the men of the world is wrong Yea wrong, verily wrong, to-night wrong, to-morrow wrong. Of the copy of the inquiry of our Book of life do not ask. . Its transcriptions are wrong, meaning wrong, composition wrong, and spellings wrong.
14 I have no business with the fancy and thought of others. In composing * ghazal I adopt the manner of Häfix. But in a ruba't I am the disciple of Khayyām, But do not quaff much of his wine.
15 Sarmad ! speak not of the Ka'ba and of the temple. In the valley of doubt do not wander like the strayed wayfarer. Go and learn from Satan how to worship. Accept one Qebla and do not bow before every stranger.
