Of thy wings depriv’d, and pent?

He saith, ‘Our griefs are equal:

Worn away with love, I lie.’

Alas! Did not estrangement

Draw my tears, I would not sigh.

“O First, and sole Eternal!

Show Thy favour yet to me.

Thy slave, Ahmad El-Bekree,[[535]]

Hath no Lord excepting Thee.

By Tá-Há,[[536]] the Great Prophet!