269. C. L. N. A. B. I. J. Takbir, or tekbir the formula «Allah akbar,» in saying which the mind should be abstracted from worldly thoughts; hence «renunciation.» See Nicolas.
We are but chessmen, destined, it is plain,
That great chess-player, Heaven, to entertain;
It moves us on life's chess-board to and fro,
And then in death's dark box shuts up again.
270. L. N. B. Hakikati, see Bl., Prosody 3.
You ask what is this life so frail, so vain,
'Tis long to tell, yet will I make it plain;
'Tis but a breath blown from the vasty deeps,
And then blown back to those same deeps again!
271. C. L. N. A. I. J. Some MSS. read naksh. Deeps, i.e., the ocean of Not-being.
To-day to heights of rapture have I soared,
Yea, and with drunken Maghs pure wine adored;
I am become beside myself, and rest
In that pure temple, «Am not I your Lord?»