112. C. L. A. B. I. J. Khūsh is pronounced khash or khŭsh. Bl., Prosody, p. 12. Guyi is generally written with hamza and ya, but in some MSS. fatha is substituted for the hamza [?].
To-night pour wine, and sing a dulcet air,
And I upon thy lips will hang, O fair;
Yea, pour some wine as rosy as thy cheeks,
My mind is troubled like thy ruffled hair.
Pen, tablet, heaven and hell I looked to see
Above the skies, from all eternity;
At last the master sage instructed me,
«Pen, tablet, heaven and hell are all in thee.»
114. Allah writes his decrees with the «pen» on the «tablet.» Koran, lxviii. l. See Gulshan i Raz, 1, n.
The fruit of certitude he cannot pluck,
The path that leads thereto who never struck,
Nor ever shook the bough with strenuous hand;
To-day is lost; hope for to-morrow's luck.