Although the creeds number some seventy-three,
I hold with none but that of loving Thee;
What matter faith, unfaith, obedience, sin?
Thou'rt all we need, the rest is vanity.
287. N. See note on Quatrain 194. Forms of faith are indifferent. See Gulshan i Raz, p. 83.
Tell one by one my scanty virtues o'er;
As for my sins, forgive them by the score;
Let not my faults kindle Thy wrath to flame;
By blest Muhammad's tomb, forgive once more!
288. L. N. B. Rasul-ullah: the construction being Arabic, izafat is needed. Lumsden, ii. p. 251. Also ascribed to Zahir ud-din Faryabi.
Grieve not at coming ill, you can't defeat it,
And what far-sighted person goes to meet it?
Cheer up! bear not about a world of grief,
Your fate is fixed, and grieving will not cheat it.