A lion true is he who conquers his own flesh.

To illustrate this truth, give ear unto a tale,

That thou of these few words the moral mayest inhale.

From Cæsar[181] an ambassador to ‘Umer came,[182]

Through deserts far-extending, from Madīna’s fame.[183]

He asked: “Where is the palace of the Caliph, men;[184]

That I to it may lead my cavalcade, my train?”20

The people answered: “Thou’lt no Caliph’s palace find,

Our Caliph’s sole pavilion’s his enlightened mind.

Through his ‘Commandership’ his fame to Rome has come;[185]