Internally is the whole blood of the heart, externally the red rose;
Thou camest so late after Joseph, who was in the garden expecting thee,
That the rose (of his cheek) became first yellow (from vexation) and at last (from pleasure) a red rose.”
ANOTHER QUATRAIN:
“This existence has, without the azure sphere, no reality,
This existence is confined; for, except the absolute being, nothing has reality.
Is God ever in vain? No! God is not in vain.
This existence is real only with respect to its origin, but whatever is derived has no reality.”
ANOTHER QUATRAIN:
“When God weighed in the balance of destiny with the sun,