I after him excuse the moon of the morn If it does not appear...

I after him excuse the moon of the morn If it does not appear, and if the sun does not shine. And the comet if let loose and their clouds, too, If they departed, and if the beasts do not graze, And the water if not pure and the trees If they do not blossom, and the birds If they do not sing at all, And the wind if it does not blow Except becoming storms and gales And water shall I never drink near him But stay grieved, heart-rent.

May the foes shoot my heart with a fateful blow If what the most Exalted Glory did would not let me grieve so. Borne on a bare and lean hump stayed, If I ever forget how his offspring were conveyed.[^18] Yes! The condition of everything changed, and all beings were altered. The wild beasts…