The leaves are scattered by Autumn’s fury:
Oh, do thou pass over our gardens as the Spring! 960
Receive from our downcast brows
The homage of little children and of young men and old!
When thou art there, we will lift up our heads,
Content to suffer the burning fire of this world.
FOOTNOTES:
[63] The religious law of Islam.
[64] I.e. water is an indispensable element in the life of the body.
[65] The first article of the Mohammedan creed.