221. When the great Founder moulded me of old, He mixed much baser metal with my gold; Better or fairer I can never be Than I first issued from his heavenly mould. 221. C. L. A. I. 222. The joyous souls who quaff potations deep, And saints who in the mosques sad vigils keep, Are lost at sea alike, and find no shore, ONE only wakes, all others are asleep. 222. L. B. One, _i.e._, the Deity. 223. Not-being's water served to mix my clay, And on my heart grief's fire doth ever prey, And blown am I like wind about the world, And last my crumbling earth is swept away. 223. L. This introduction of the four elements in one quatrain is called _Mutazadd_. Gladwin, p. 60. 224. Small gains to learning on this earth accrue, They pluck life's fruitage, learning who eschew; Take pattern by the fools who learning shun, And then perchance shall fortune smile on you. 224. C. L. A. I. _Bu_ contracted from _buzad_ 225. When the fair soul this mansion doth vacate, Each element assumes its primal state, And all the silken furniture of life Is then dismantled by the blows of fate. 225. C. L. A. I. _Abresham tab'_, like _Hatim tab'_. 226. These people string their beads of learned lumber, And tell of Allah stories without number; Yet never solve the riddle of the skies, But wag the chin, and get them back to slumber. 226. Possibly a hit at the _Mutakallamin_, or scholastic theologians. 227. These folk are asses, laden with conceit, And glittering drums, that empty sounds repeat, And humble slaves are they of name and fame, Acquire a name, and, lo! they kiss thy feet. 227. C. L. A. I. _Ba afsos_ is an epithet, like _ba khabar_, and hence _kharan_, the noun qualified by it, takes the _izafat_. Lumsden, ii. 259. _Pur mash'ala_, «full of glitter»; compare _pur mae_ in No. 179. 228. On the dread day of final scrutiny Thou wilt be rated by thy quality; Get wisdom and fair qualities to-day, For, as thou art, requited wilt thou be. 228. C. L. A. I. 229. Many fine heads, like bowls, the Brazier made, And thus his own similitude portrayed; He set one upside down above our heads, Which keeps us all continually afraid. 229. C. L. A. I. «One upside down,» _i.e._, the sky. _Kansa_ is also spelled _kasa_. 230. My true condition I may thus explain In two short verses which the whole contain: «From love to Thee I now lay down my life, In hope Thy love will raise me up again.» 230. C. L. A. I. Scan _wakiayi_. Here _hamza_ stands for _ya i tankir_. 231. The heart, like tapers, takes at beauty's eyes A flame, and lives by that whereby it dies; And beauty is a flame where hearts, like moths, Offer themselves a burning sacrifice.