And the Voice said:
Be thou—Thyself.
And Hafiz seized the hammer and said:
“The Sun was stronger than the King, the Cloud was stronger than the Sun, the Rock was stronger than the Cloud, but I, Hafiz, was stronger than all.”
Adapted and arranged for narration by M. C. S.
FOOTNOTES:
[54] The melody to be crooned at first and to grow louder at each incident.
To Your Good Health.
(From the Russian.)
Long long ago there lived a King who was such a mighty monarch that whenever he sneezed everyone in the whole country had to say, “To your good health!” Everyone said it except the Shepherd with the bright blue eyes, and he would not say it.