A voice replied: ‘That sparkling moon
Is Lailī still—her friend Majnūn;
Deprived in your frail world of bliss,
They reap their great reward in this!’”
Zyd wakened from his wondrous dream, and, rejoicing, told the story of his glad vision. The sons of the desert took up the mystic theme, and still repeat the promise that pure and loyal love can never fail of its final reward.
“Saki! Nizāmī’s song is sung;
The Persian poet’s pearls are strung;
Then fill again the goblet high!
Thou wouldst not ask the reveler why
Fill to the love that changes never!