To prayer and fasting when my heart inclined,
All my desire I surely hoped to find;
Alas! my purity is stained with wine,
My prayers are wasted like a breath of wind.
180. C. L. N. A. I. In line 2 scan Kulliyam. In line 4 note izafat dropped after silent he.
I worship rose-red cheeks with heart and soul,
I suffer not my hand to quit the bowl,
I make each part of me his function do,
Or e'er my parts be swallowed in the Whole.
181. C. L. N. A. I. Line 4 alludes to reabsorption in the Divine essence. Note juzwiyam, and tashdid of kull dropped.
This worldly love of yours is counterfeit,
And, like a half-spent blaze, lacks light and heat;
True love is his, who for days, months and years,
Rests not, nor sleeps, nor craves for drink or meat.
182. L. N. B. Line 3 is in metre 17.
Why spend life in vainglorious essay
All Being and Not-being to survey?
Since Death is ever pressing at your heels,
'Tis best to drink or dream your life away.