The fruit of certitude _he_ cannot pluck, The path that leads thereto who never struck, Nor ever shook the bough with strenuous hand; To-day is lost; hope for to-morrow's luck. 115. L. B. _Lit._ «Consider to-morrow your first day.» 116. Now spring-tide showers its foison on the land, And lively hearts wend forth, a joyous band, For 'Isa's breath wakes the dead earth to life, And trees gleam white with flowers, like Musa's hand. 116. B. Alluding to the life-giving breath of Jesus, and the white hand of Moses. (Exodus, IV. 6.) _Bakhushi dastrase (ya i tankir_), «_an_ aid to joy,» _i.e._, Spring. 117. Alas for that cold heart, which never glows With love, nor e'er that charming madness knows; The days misspent with no redeeming love;-- No days are wasted half as much as those! 117. Bl. L. B. 118. The zephyrs waft thy fragrance, and it takes My heart, and me, his master, he forsakes; Careless of me he pants and leaps to thee, And thee his pattern and ensample makes! 118. Bl. C. L. A. I. J. Also ascribed to Abu Sa'id bin Abul Khair. C. writes _buyi_ with two _yas_, and _hamza_ on the first. The second _ya_ seems to be _ya i batni_ or _tausifi_, though that is usual only before adjectives. Bl., Prosody, p. 11. 119. Drink wine! and then as Mahmud thou wilt reign, And hear a music passing David's strain: Think not of past or future, seize to-day, Then all thy life will not be lived in vain. 119. Bl. C. L. A. I. J. 120. Ten Powers, and nine spheres, eight heavens made He, And planets seven, of six sides, as we see, Five senses, and four elements, three souls, Two worlds, but only one, O man, like thee. 120. L. A summary of the Muhammadan doctrine of «Emanations.» See _Gulshan i Raz_, p. 21. Three souls, _i.e._, vegetive, animal and human, as in Aristotle's _De Anima_. _Akhtaram_ (?), also in Cambridge MS. 121. Jewry hath seen a thousand prophets die, Sinai a thousand Musas mount the sky; How many Cæsars Rome's proud forum crossed! 'Neath Kasra's dome how many monarchs lie! 121. L. J. Time is long and life short. 122. Gold breeds not wit, but to wit lacking bread Earth's flowery carpet seems a dungeon bed; 'Tis his full purse that makes the rose to smile, While empty-handed violets hang the head. 122. L. Alluding to the golden stamens of the rose. I supply _tihi_ from the Cambridge MS. 123. Heaven's wheel has made full many a heart to moan, And many a budding rose to earth has thrown; Plume thee not on thy youth and lusty strength, Full many a bud is blasted ere 'tis blown. 123. L. 124. What lord is fit to rule but «Truth»? Not one. What beings disobey His rule? Not one. All things that are, are such as He decrees; And naught is there beside beneath the sun. 124. C. L. A. I. «The Truth» is a Sufi name for the Deity. 125.