226. Possibly a hit at the Mutakallamin, or scholastic theologians.
These folk are asses, laden with conceit,
And glittering drums, that empty sounds repeat,
And humble slaves are they of name and fame,
Acquire a name, and, lo! they kiss thy feet.
227. C. L. A. I. Ba afsos is an epithet, like ba khabar, and hence kharan, the noun qualified by it, takes the izafat. Lumsden, ii. 259. Pur mash'ala, «full of glitter»; compare pur mae in No. 179.
On the dread day of final scrutiny
Thou wilt be rated by thy quality;
Get wisdom and fair qualities to-day,
For, as thou art, requited wilt thou be.
Many fine heads, like bowls, the Brazier made,
And thus his own similitude portrayed;
He set one upside down above our heads,
Which keeps us all continually afraid.