Tell not this secret unto mortal soul,
However much the prince may thee cajole.
Keep safe this knowledge in thy own heart’s core;
So mayest thou, lass, thy lover see once more.145
Our holy Prophet’s sacred maxim ’twas:
‘Who keeps his secret, speedy success has.’
The seed to earth committed sure must be,
Ere field or garden’s pride men may it see.
If gold and silver were not hard to find,
How could they grow?[66] They soon would be out-mined.”