Depart we must! what boots it then to be,
To walk in vain desires continually?
Nay, but if heaven vouchsafe no place of rest,
What power to cease our wanderings have we?
88. N. In line 3 scan jayiga. Bl., Prosody, p. 15.
To chant wine's praises is my daily task,
I live encompassed by cup, bowl and flask;
Zealot! if reason be thy guide, then know
That guide of me doth ofttimes guidance ask.
89. C. L. N. A. I. J. In line 1 scan maddahiyi; and compare Horace,
«Edocet artes;
Fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.»
O men of morals! why do ye defame,
And thus misjudge me? I am not to blame.
Save weakness for the grape, and female charms,
What sins of mine can any of ye name?
90. C. L. N. A. I. J. This change of persons is called Iltifat. Gladwin, Persian Rhetoric, p. 56.