Of happy turns of fortune take your fill,
Seek pleasure's couch, or wine-cup, as you will;
Allah regards not if you sin, or saint it,
So take your pleasure, be it good or ill.
239. C. L. N. A. I. J. Alluding to the Hadis, «These are in heaven, and Allah regards not their sins, and those in hell, and Allah regards not their good works.» See Gulshan i' Raz, p. 55.
Heaven multiplies our sorrows day by day,
And grants no joys it does not take away;
If those unborn could know the ills we bear,
What think you, would they rather come or stay?
240. C. L. N. A. I. J. This recalls Byron's «Stanzas for Music.»
Why ponder thus the future to foresee,
And jade thy brain to vain perplexity?
Cast off thy care, leave Allah's plans to him,
He formed them all without consulting thee.