And this I’ve brought; unsullied, bright, refulgent ’tis.[349]
Therein thou’lt contemplate thy beauteous, matchless face,
As beaming as the sun that decorates sky’s space.
A mirror have I brought, thou charming, witching one;
In it admire thyself; and think of me, when gone.”50
The mirror now he drew from underneath his skirt.
A mirror is, to beauty, with attractions girt.
In non-existence’ mirror if existence gleams,
Present this mirror to it, thou, as best beseems.
In non-existence mirrored, being we may see;