Such love doth it bear it, that it bloometh even when
dashed down by the waves.
The creatures which God created in water die without it,
and therefore love it.
O man, how shalt thou be delivered without love ?
God pervadeth the hearts of the pious, and bestoweth on
them a store of devotion.
O man, entertain such love for God as the fish for the
water.
The more it hath, the happier it becometh, and the
greater its peace of mind and body.
Without water it could not live for a moment ; God
alone knoweth the sufferings of its heart.
O man, entertain such love for God as the chatrik for
rain :
Though the tanks be full and the earth drenched, it will
not drink from either.
If so fated, it shall obtain the rain-drops, otherwise it is
fated to die.
O man, entertain such love for God as water for milk.
The water alone is consumed in boiling and alloweth not
the milk to be consumed.
God uniteth the separated, and conferreth true greatness.
man, entertain such love for God as the chakwi[1] for
the sun.
She sleepeth not for a moment, for she knoweth that
her mate is absent from her.
The perverse see not ; to the pious God is ever present.
The perverse make calculations, but it is only what the
Creator doeth that cometh to pass.
His worth cannot be ascertained, even though all men desire it ;
But it can be ascertained under the Guru’s instruction ; by meeting the True One happiness is obtained.
- ↑ The ruddy sheldrake, called by Anglo-Indians the Brāhmani duck. Should the male and female birds be separated at night, for instance at different sides of a river, they are believed to call to each other unul they behold the morning sun when they renew their conjugal acquaintance.
