And left me naught but love for thee,

To cheer my solitary hours.

Yet let not Abla sink deprest,

Nor separation's pangs deplore;

We meet not—'tis to meet more blest;

We parted—'tis to part no more.

CRUCIFIXION OF EBN BAKIAH

(By Abu Hassan Alanbary)

Whate'er thy fate, in life and death,

hou'rt doomed above us still to rise,