Hear now Khayyam's advice, and bear in mind, Consort with revellers, though they be maligned, Cast down the gates of abstinence and prayer, Yea, drink, and even rob, but, oh! be kind! 368. C. L. N. A. B. I. J. A rather violent extension of the doctrine, Mercy is better than sacrifice. 369. This world a body is, and God its soul, And angels are its senses, who control Its limbs--the creatures, elements, and spheres; The ONE is the sole basis of the whole. 369. L. N. So Pope, «All are but parts,» etc. 370. Last night that idol who enchants my heart, With true desire to elevate my heart, Gave me his cup to drink; when I refused, He said, «Oh, drink to gratify my heart!» 370. N. 371. Would'st thou have fortune bow her neck to thee, Make it thy care to feed thy soul with glee; And hold a creed like mine, which is to drain The cup of wine, not that of misery. 371. So the Ecclesiast, «There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat, and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labour.» 372. Though you survey O my enlightened friend, This world of vanity from end to end, You will discover there no other good Than wine and rosy cheeks, you may depend! 372. N. Note _izafat_ dropped after _sahib_. Bl., Prosody, p. 14. 373. Last night upon the river bank we lay, I with my wine-cup, and a maiden gay, So bright it shone, like pearl within its shell, The watchman cried, «Behold the break of day!» 373. N. _Nigare_. Here _ya_ may be _ya i tankir_, the _izafat_ being dispensed with (Lumsden, ii. 269) [?], or perhaps _ya i tausifi_ before the «sifat» _marvzum_. 374. Have you no shame for all the sins you do, Sins of omission and commission too? Suppose you gain the world, you can but leave it, You cannot carry it away with you! 374. C. L. N. A. I. J. 375. In a lone waste I saw a debauchee, He had no home, no faith, no heresy, No God, no truth, no law, no certitude; Where in this world is man so bold as he? 375. L. N. A _beshara'_ or antinomian Sufi. 376. Some look for truth in creeds, and forms, and rules; Some grope for doubts or dogmas in the schools; But from behind the veil a voice proclaims, «Your road lies neither here nor there, O fools.» 376. C. L. N. A. I. Truth, hidden from theologians and philosophers, is revealed to mystics. See _Gulshan i Raz_, p. 11. 377. In heaven is seen the bull we name Parwin, Beneath the earth another lurks unseen; And thus to wisdom's eyes mankind appear A drove of asses, two great bulls between! 377. L. N. The bulls are the constellation Taurus, and that which supports the earth. 378. The people say, «Why not drink somewhat less? What reasons have you for such great excess?» First, my Love's face, second, my morning draught; Can there be clearer reasons, now confess?