He who can pardon, he may also doom;
He’s God’s vicegerent; acts in Heaven’s room.
As Ishmaël beneath his father’s knife,[68]
Do thou for such a prince lay down thy life;200
Thus may thy soul, in future blessed abode,
Muhammed-like, in peace be with thy God.
His lovers joyful are, most, when they slay
Their worldly joys with their own hands, as play.
Our prince took not the goldsmith’s life through lust.
Chase such suspicion from thy mind thou must.