60.
From mosque an outcast, and to church a foe,
Allah! of what clay didst thou form me so?
Like skeptic monk, or ugly courtesan,
No hopes have I above, no joys below.
61.
Men's lusts, like house-dogs, still the house distress
With clamor, barking for mere wantonness;
Foxes are they, and sleep the sleep of hares;
Crafty as wolves, as tigers pitiless.
62.
Yon turf, fringing the margent of the stream,
As down upon a cherub's lip might seem,
Or growth from dust of buried tulip cheeks;
Tread not that turf with scorn, or light esteem!
60. C. L. N. A. I. J. Ummed has the tashdíd ob metrum. Bl., Prosody 9. Line 2 is in metre 17. Gil i mará for gil i man rá, Vullers, pp. 173 and 193.
61. C. L. N. A. I. J. "Sleep of hares," deceit
62. C. L. N. A. I. J. Juyiy: the yá of júy is hamzated because followed by another yá. Vullers, p. 24.
