The D V N Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...counsel of Hafiz, hear; Khwaja, go; goodness, do: For, better than the treasure of jewels this counsel, I see. 1. "The age of the moon." See Ode 441, c. 6. The second line describeth the marks of the resurrection-day. 2. S (worse) is contracted from Jj 5. See Ode 549, c. 2. 7. When Persia was invaded by Timur Lang Sahib Kiran in 1387, JjUfijt composed this Ode. I The Letter Nun. 443, (449) 1. Displayed from the garden border hath become the diadem of the Sultan, the rose (the true Beloved): O Lord to the cypress and the jessamine (disciples and lovers of the Path), its arrival happy be In his own (proper) place, happy was this imperial sitting (the Sultan, rose) Since now in his own (proper) place, every one sitteth. To Sulaiman's seal-ring, news of the happy conclusion give, Whereby, short the hand (of power) of ahriman (the enemy), the ism-i-a'zam made. Be prosperous to eternity without end, --this house (the world), from the door of which, Every moment, with the perfume of mercy, the breeze of felicity (the words of the perfect murshid) bloweth 1. "The rose" may signify: --(a) the murshid. (6) praised one. To the second line, add--So that by His arrival, they may attain their desire. 3. See Ode 189, c. 2; 435, c. 10. 4. (jljj kili. (the dust of whose door) signifies: --the perfect man. jb (the breeze of Yaman) signifies: --speech that, from the perfect man ariseth; and into the hearer's heart, the recollection of God poureth. It 1s fit to compare the words of the murshid with the breeze of Yaman. This couplet referreth to the Hadis; and to Uvais Karani (d. 657). 5. The majesty of Pashang's son, Afrasiyab, (king of Turan) and his world-seizing sword, In all king-chronicles, the tale of the assembly is. Obedient to thee, became b...