I am a Rabbi of the Yahuds, a Kafir, a Muselman.”
The learned rabbis say, according to their belief, among the sons of Israel it was not required that women should wear a dress, and Sarmed said that Ishâiá, the prophet, himself used to go naked in his last days. Sarmeda was a good master of poetry. Here follow some of his verses:
RABAAI, QUATRAIN:
“Sarmed, whom they intoxicated from the cup of love,
Whom they called, exalted, and depressed,
Asked for wine, worship of God, and wisdom:
(But) they intoxicated him, and made him a worshipper of idols.”
In the praise of the prophet, we find what follows:
QUATRAIN:
“O thou, by whose cheek is wounded the mind of the red rose,